Friday

The weather is lovely at the moment, so warm and sunny, I thought I should make the most of it - with our northern climate in Britain it might be the only summer I get.   Was sitting out on my front porch this afternoon.

 

I went to the bank and thought that I should add to "things I'll miss" are banks providing tea, coffee, chocolate and hot spiced cider.   And popcorn on Fridays - not that I like popcorn but it adds a welcoming touch to the foyer.

 

This evening I went to the movies downtown and saw "Eddie the Eagle".   Anyone my age and British will remember Eddie the Eagle, the British Olympic ski jumper (the only one) in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.   He was not athletic, and a very unlikely champion but he loved ski jumping and dreamed for years of competing in the Olympic games.   I think it is what they call a "feel good" movie, and I left the auditorium feeling good.   

 

I was somewhat surprised though that there were other people in the auditorium, I am used to having it to myself.

 

 

Tuesday

I went to the hospital this morning without incident, but when I went out again in the afternoon I found I had  another flat tyre.  I thought I have HAD it with cars and driving, I can't wait for my bus pass.

I called Terry and he came out and put a little air in the tyre, enough to get me to his workshop so he could repair it.  Unfortunately though I must have driven over something jagged, he described the nature of the damage to me and said he couldn't repair it, I would need a new tyre.  SIGH.   I hope that $75 is the last I will have to fork out on a car.  

I was surprised at how long it all took, I was practically a couple of hours in his workshop while he went for a new tyre then fitted it, but I passed the time crocheting.

Trump is still falling in the polls, and there is no fury like a Trump scorned.   ha, ha.  He has the emotional maturity of a ten year old.   Someone was commenting on the fact that he is always 'tweeting'.   How Presidential is that.   I wouldn't have thought he had a snowball in hell's chance of being elected, but time will tell.

I haven't got very far finding a shipping company (one that will provide me with a wooden box and knows what I am talking about).  I know that shipping takes weeks, it did when I came over here because I shipped all my books.    I did e-mail a company that advertises its global activities but haven't had a reply.  

So that has been my wildly exciting day. 

Monday

I haven't  done a great deal lately apart from sorting out and getting things together which I want to take home with me.   I e-mailed a shipping company this evening to ask how much a box would cost to ship.   Actually there are two shipping companies in town but they seem to send everything by air, or perhaps I need to get into the 21st century.

Phyllis stopped by unexpectedly today and gave me a hand with a cupboard I was turning out, which was very helpful because I can't reach the top shelves of my wall cupboards, and it was lovely to see her and natter.

The news is all still non stop political campaigning.  I am curious to know what news is on at home where I'm sure they're not covering the US election to the extent that it is covered here.

Hilary Clinton was on television this evening, dismissing the FBI agents investigating her and insisting very firmly that it is a "security review" and all will be well.    I don't know how many Americans buy that because even I have learned that there is no such thing as a security review in the FBI, they investigate crimes.

Donald Trump is falling rather in the polls and is spitting feathers, saying the process is all rigged and it is NOT FAIR.     Heaven only knows what he will be like if he is not elected because he is a terrible loser.    He is also shouting that Kasich should not be allowed to run, it is unfair, he will split the vote.

Kasich - taking the mickey out of him - says with a great deal of pouting that's "it's not fair Trump wants his votes, he (Kasich) wants his votes".    I have a deep down intuitive feeling that it will be Kasich, rather than Trump or Cruz who will be President.   Kasich has been a good governor of Ohio, and Trump doesn't even know how to run a state, never mind the nation.

Saturday

Harking back to Wednesday I didn't remember what I said and time has moved on - what happened to Thursday and Friday I ask myself.

The campaign for President is front and centre of the news.  At one time I couldn't stand Trump but am beginning to warm to him - a bit.  He has a lovely family who obviously think the world of him so he can't be that bad.  I can't imagine what kind of President he would be though because I don't think diplomacy is his strong point, the President of Mexico has been on television and is pretty teed off with him saying Mexicans are all criminals and rapists, and he supposes some of them are alright.  But one would hope that if he were to be President he would surround himself with advisers who would calm him down, if I were American I'd certainly hope so.

I think the FBI have finished investigating Hilary Clinton and her e-mails and server, I'm just waiting, practically with bated breath, so see what is going to happen next.   She merrily laughs off any suggestion that she might be in trouble, might be indicted, says very confidently that is just not going to happen.   If it is revealed that there has been some criminal misdoing - even if it is just negligently handling  classified and top secret information - and she is let off the hook I can foresee a furious uprising.    Bernie Sanders is shouting from his podium that she is not "qualified" to be President.   I think qualified is all that she is.  She's been married to a President, lived in the White House, knows what the job entails, has travelled extensively as Secretary of State meeting world leaders.  How 'qualified' does he think she should be.  How qualified is he.   But I'm not for one moment suggesting that she should be President, she is not 'honest and trustworthy' to use a phrase constantly bandied about.

Changing the subject...............    

Sigh.   This idiot who thinks he is heir to the throne actually has a lawyer who is taking him seriously!!!!  That's what I find unbelievable.   

Maybe he is Charles and Camilla's secret son, but anyone with just a passing acquaintance with English history would know that monarchs and heirs to the throne have sired  illegitimate sons over the years, and they don't, and never had, and never will, stand a chance in the Line of Succession.   His lawyer should have laughed him out of his office. 

Wednesday

Oh, the chagrin!!   I wrote several paragraphs just now, thought I hit publish, but it has all just disappeared into cyberspace.    I will try and remember what I said and send it tomorrow.

Monday

It has been a lovely warm day today – Monday – and pleasant crocheting out on the porch.  The outdoor cat kept me company, and Bubbles sat indoors on the back of the sofa, looking out of the window and keeping an eye on both of us.

Yesterday, Sunday, I went to Emmanuel and in the afternoon saw the movie 'I Saw the Light' about the singer Hank Williams.  It wasn't bad but a bit slow, I'm glad I saw it though.

The world leaders have returned home from their Nuclear Summit and President Hollande – who   doesn’t believe in pussyfooting around terrorists who plant bombs in airports etc – referred to them as ‘Islamic terrorists’, but Obama whose political correctness and naïveté has reached a new level of insanity has decreed that they must not be called that, lest they take offence.  I forgot what he said they have to be called instead because it is too long and convoluted to remember.  

This is the Obama who once called Islam “a religion of peace”.  Yeah. If he just spent five minutes reading the Prophet’s writings on spreading Islam throughout the world, exhorting his followers to kill the unbelieving rest of us, he would realise how fallacious that is.

Of course I appreciate that there are billions of Muslims around the world living decent, law abiding lives but it would be helpful if Muslim leaders spoke out and denounced the terrorists carrying out atrocities in the name of Islam – why don’t they?

Bravo President Hollande!!

 

Saturday

It has been a lovely warm, sunny day, 73 degrees as I drove through town.

 

This morning Fr Bill gave a talk on praying the rosary, which has never been part of my tradition, or churchmanship,  but I am always interested to learn something new so I went along.  I thought it was simply a matter of telling us what is being recited as one is holding the rosary, but apparently there is a lot more to it than that - to the extent that on the first Saturday of every month he is leading a little group in praying the rosary.

 

This afternoon I had planned on going to the movies to see the story of Hank Williams, whom I've always liked, but was progressing with my sorting and crocheting and have put it off until tomorrow.

 

Hilary Clinton became very irate today when someone asked her about the FBI's investigation into her e-mail server.   She very irritably brushed aside the question, said it was just a "security review" and everything was going to be alright (some security review, there have been 147 FBI agents working weeks, if not months, on it)   And interestingly - at least from my perspective - is the fact that the guy who actually set up her e-mail server has just negotiated immunity from prosecution in return for evidence.   So it would seem to me - the puzzled bystander here - that there surely has to be a lot more to it than a "security review", we don't know the half of it.  And I wonder why she is so confident nothing is going to come of it, is she expecting Obama to bail her out rather than see her indicted.