When the white
missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They
said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the
Bible and they had the land.~ Desmond Tutu
Hi Vittorino! Terrific that you dropped in to say hello and introduce Juniper! Both Coriandre and I were very taken with her so have no difficulty understanding why you are as well. Lovely to meet her. Again, great to have enjoyed your visit. Fondestos from Coriandre to you and Jenny. Cheers, Patrizzio! Pics: Jennifer Juniper, restless model, and her goofy, older man!
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Thank you for your Easter card. Here us an Easter egg for you! Happy Easter!
Derek and Gayle
Hello Cornwall!
I gather you have received Easter card! Trust all goes well. (Just received your e-egg! Is that a Camel Valley Bacchus I spy in the background? Rather the wine, please!) Have been thinking of you two for a number of reasons over last few days. (You will need to plow on to discover why!) This morning we had invited Chloë to come for breakfast before starting her shift at GIB. She phoned at 8:30 am to say she was just getting into the shower. Cora Lee bet she would be here by 9:30 am, I said 9:15 am. She walked in the door at 9:16 am so Coriandre cannot buy shoes for two years and I'm allowed to purchse a bottle of malt every week!
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Again, Fondestos and Happy Easter to you and Gayle and family. Cheers, Patrizzio! Pics: Thursday's walk, Fridays' fish plate and Easter breakfast!
Sorry that it has taken me so long to provide details of our Richmond ride. No excuses but plenty of reasons, as you can well imagine, I'm sure. At any rate, to recap, after we said goodbye, near Pajo's on the Steveston Wharf, abandoning you to Tourist Hell, we retraced the route we had taken earlier. Again, great ride to Richmond even if your part was only half as good! Fondestos and Happy Easter to you and Kerry and Tia from Coriandre and I. (Have a bag of coloured pencils, marker pens, etc. for Tia Maria so can bring them domani or we can chat about exchange when we work out film logistics.) Cheers, Il Conduttore!
PS: I think Skalbania's quotation was wrongly attributed!
Hi Patrizio! Thanks for the Easter card. Appreciate it being nondenominational, especially me being an atheist. Charlie
Contemprary Philosphers for Confirmed Atheists! Hi Champagne: Some travel musings, among other topics, here! Cheers, Patrizzio!!!
Eyob, Shewa and the kids who have yet to wake up.
Hi Eyob! Trust your family woke up in time to enjoy Easter! Hope we might be able to arrange a get-together of some sort, in mid-May, perhaps. Fondestos to you and Shewa, and "kids", from Cora Lee. Cheers, Patrizzio!
Chloe Alexis Dunn Martha Stewart!! No it's Patrick James Dunn!!
Happy Ham Easter!! 
Patrick James Dunn Lobster Man bastes ham with new silicon gloves. Costco's Easter present to Patrizzio!
Rae Tanner Wait--don't those red things go over bottles to hide the labels before wine tasting? Hope y'all had fun!- Patrick James Dunn No, Rae, they go over my hands so that I can't pour from bottles!
Nadienka Wyss I miss your cooking skills feel like talking over Skype?
Patrick James Dunn We miss your bitter sweet presence too, Dearest Host Daughter! Have a paucity of people to tell what to do now that Chloë has her own place and Cora Lee is at meetings all day, every day. and no unruly Cruel Swiss! Truly sorry that we won't see you in Mexico but it will be terrific to visit with Anna Maria Tremonte and Rudi Rudenheimer. Perhaps we can arrange a Skype session from Playa del Carmen with all the wedding gang. Fondestos and Cheers, your Cruel Host Father!
I will be on vacation out of the country until April 25th. Cheers colin
Thank you for both our cards!!! Adding some holiday spice to our otherwise routine (dare I say boring?) Sunday. Today, the freedom of our butcher's shop to close for Easter Holiday gives me the freedom to come up with something unexpected for dinner. Such are the vagaries on a planet where there is free will. Such a drag.....love from us in Boikley
Lynnie has us well organized for our travels so I just have to go with the flow and enjoy it. Hope you're both well, especially Corinne who was ailing on the birthday party weekend. Abrazos (hugs) Peter
Hi Patricio, many thanks for the good wishes from you all. We hope you are having a good Easter. Have enjoyed the famy being here but are missing Mark and Krissy. Hope all well with you all. Best wishes from us in Cornwall
Thank you for your Easter card. Here us an Easter egg for you! Happy Easter!
Derek and Gayle
Hi Giorgio!
Not sure if you listened to your voice mail or not but I let a message saying I was probably going to drop by in the afternoon to bring over the things for Tia Maria. As things transpired, I left the HBT a little later than I had planned and only just had time for a quick, but invigorating, run out to UBC. Stats for ride:
Not
much more than a ride regulare but since I wasn't really expecting to
go at all, it was a terrific bonus. Cloudy and overcast with a ferocious
head wind in each and every direction but I suppose I can't really
complain as it was dry as a bone. One of the reasons I decided not to
stop off at your place, on return leg, was the fact that I was charged
with basting the ham and I was half an hour late anyway, by time I
pulled into our parkade.
Nevertheless, ham turned out to be a
mouth-waterer and was extremely well received by guests and Sutherlands
alike. Flamin's' turkey and stuffing were delish, her snow peas and
green beans a vegetarian's delight, while Marvinator's garlic potatoes,
a whipped dream. In addition to mistress-minding the ham, Coramandel
prepared a very tasty coleslaw salad. Just a tad left so it must have
been a hit as well. A gluten-free carrot cake by Michele for formal
dessert and loads of Peter Rabitt's chocolate leavings for the port
which Sarge poured while we watched next episode of Game of Thrones.
Not a bad ending to a full day, I must say.
Pic: The bride and groom to be.
Pat, Many thanks for the Easter card. They really are very clever. Sylvia and I went to Arthur's memorial gathering yesterday afternoon. We were a bit late arriving but heard most of the speeches from 3 family members and 2 friends which were very well done. The formal part was extremely sad for me and I couldn't bring myself to look at all the old photos but I did have a good time eventually and met up with several old friends I haven't seen in many years.
Drove Jenny out to the airport this afternoon. It's amazing how quickly 10 days can pass. I think she made the most of it with lots of get-togethers with old friends and her brothers and bike or gym exercise most days. Trust that you and Corinne are having a great weekend. Ray Hi Raymond!
Just back from downstairs where we enjoyed a wonderful Easter dinner with Clan Sutherland. Chloë was able to join us as well. She was off shift at 6:00 pm and dinner wasn't served until about 7:30 pm. Cheers, Patrizzio!
Pic: Peregrine Falcon? Easter breakfast this morning. The bride and groom to be, this evening.
If you like the idea of going from the Basque Country to Turkey, if you are in any way tempted by the notion of leaving the confines of a Montreal psychiatric ward or a London hospital to venture into the rich allegorical possibilities of a mental asylum in Istanbul, if you appreciate well written political parody, but most of all if you are fascinated by the idea of perfecting a system of fines in order to to regulate human behaviour, then it is possible you might find something worthwhile in The Time Regulation Institute, by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, 1962, English translation 2013, Penguin Classics. Here is a link to a review.
http://www.guernicamag.com/daily/kaya-genc-the-self-inventions-of-modernity/ Guy
The Sound and the Flurry, Yours truly, W.F.
Well spoken Migraine Man!
However the title you refer to is The Sound and the Slurry, a mixture of Long Table Cucumber Gin, fresh mint, tonic water and crushed ice! Cheers, Bill, "50 Shades of a Martini" the Falconer!
Pic: Cooper's Hawk devouring a non-reading pigeon just beside duck pond at GI, this past Thursday!
It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is.
Sheila is tall. Neil is tired. In English we use the same word "is" to describe the two conditions even though one is a permanent attribute while the other is temporary.
Or consider the statement: Joan is quiet. What does that mean? Is she quiet by nature, an introvert, or is she being quiet today?
In Spanish, there are two verbs to describe the idea of being. Ser and estar both mean "to be" but with a big difference. Ser describes something that's inherent while estar is temporary. If you want to say someone is tall, you'd go with ser, but if you want to say someone is tired, estar is the one to use. Each language is a different way of describing the world. This week we'll feature five words to describe people. Whether these are temporary conditions or not, is left as an exercise for the reader.
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