Winter New (Cold) Moon
When Mark and Mary and I spoke today, it went like this: “Good morning, Charlie.”
“Good afternoon, Mark.” “Good night, Mary.” 8 am here. 5 pm Riyadh. 10 pm Singapore.
Another interesting aspect here. Solar weather can upset internet connections over global spans. Felt like we may have had some today. Mark’s connection seems to be the weakest of the three. Whether that’s Saudi tech or Mark tech or, in this case, the sun itself, hard to say.
Woolly brother Bill Schmidt down with a bad cold as the 2013 flu season begins to reach saturations last seen during the pandemic. The older we get and the frailer we get, the more problematic the flu can become, a fact strongly underlined by the death of two healthy teenagers in Minnesota this season.
The flu shot, they say, is 60% effective. Good, but far from perfect. That leaves 40 out of a 100 still exposed. A large number. But, better than 100%.
4 more tours with Qin Shi Huang Di, then blank mornings on the calendar.
Talking to each other on Skype is like the line from Truman Show- in the morning he greets his neighbor : ” In case I don’s see you later- Good Morning, Good Afternoon & Good Night!”