Mildly cheerful things
Jun. 29th, 2016 11:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
heliopausaSo... stopping to think of some mildly cheerful things happening.
For one thing, some old (fifteenth century) wooden panels which had been stolen from a church in Devon, have been recovered and restored and returned to their home church.
I hold no brief for Margaret of antioch, or Victor of Marseilles, (I know nothing at all about either of them) but I hate it when something which is out in the world, publicly visible, being part of our general human heritage, is ripped away from all of us, whether from theft or destructiveness - so I was glad to see this one loss undone.
and it's good news that in the US there's been an overhaul and extension of the regulation of toxic substances. US readers will understand the political implication of this better than I would, but it's meant co-operation between Democrats and Republicans and commercial interests and the Environmental Protection agency, which all sounds good - and the safer environment at ordinary-citizen level is definitely good. :)
I think it's even good news that a man in australia can have fun making silly hats. I would actually wear the pancakes one, in the unlikely circumstance of the artist giving it to me. :)
Three mildly cheerful things closer to home:
The commitment to honouring the Year of the Pulse with a weekly meal continues: this week, a simple carrot and lentil dhal, with cumin and plum accents. :)
I managed another Sunday evening Old Who catch-up, this time going back to the beginning of the season I last week saw the end of, with "The Leisure Hive".
Maybe the best thing about it was the opening scene - very post-apocalypse. I liked the way it was echoed in the outdoor scenes on Thingummy planet, too. (The indoor scenes with tourists milling about reminded me of something in New Who - the end of the universe scenes, I think.)
I liked the plot very much, with its grave philosophy about the responsibilities of a dying individual/culture, though the business planning to carry out the responsibilities wasn't very impressive. I liked the other side of it as well - the cynicism about corruption and deceit in science and business and politics (domestic and interplanetary). Oh, and I was interested in the fairly complex relationships going on, as well, including an inter-species romance (wasn't it?).
The plot took me by surprise in the last episode, too, which is a huge plus - I like being startled by Old Who. :) (The absolute end, though, was visible a mile off, and I thought it was rather shoddy writing.)
The white bougainvillea in the front yard is in flower. :)
For one thing, some old (fifteenth century) wooden panels which had been stolen from a church in Devon, have been recovered and restored and returned to their home church.
I hold no brief for Margaret of antioch, or Victor of Marseilles, (I know nothing at all about either of them) but I hate it when something which is out in the world, publicly visible, being part of our general human heritage, is ripped away from all of us, whether from theft or destructiveness - so I was glad to see this one loss undone.
and it's good news that in the US there's been an overhaul and extension of the regulation of toxic substances. US readers will understand the political implication of this better than I would, but it's meant co-operation between Democrats and Republicans and commercial interests and the Environmental Protection agency, which all sounds good - and the safer environment at ordinary-citizen level is definitely good. :)
I think it's even good news that a man in australia can have fun making silly hats. I would actually wear the pancakes one, in the unlikely circumstance of the artist giving it to me. :)
Three mildly cheerful things closer to home:
The commitment to honouring the Year of the Pulse with a weekly meal continues: this week, a simple carrot and lentil dhal, with cumin and plum accents. :)
I managed another Sunday evening Old Who catch-up, this time going back to the beginning of the season I last week saw the end of, with "The Leisure Hive".
Maybe the best thing about it was the opening scene - very post-apocalypse. I liked the way it was echoed in the outdoor scenes on Thingummy planet, too. (The indoor scenes with tourists milling about reminded me of something in New Who - the end of the universe scenes, I think.)
I liked the plot very much, with its grave philosophy about the responsibilities of a dying individual/culture, though the business planning to carry out the responsibilities wasn't very impressive. I liked the other side of it as well - the cynicism about corruption and deceit in science and business and politics (domestic and interplanetary). Oh, and I was interested in the fairly complex relationships going on, as well, including an inter-species romance (wasn't it?).
The plot took me by surprise in the last episode, too, which is a huge plus - I like being startled by Old Who. :) (The absolute end, though, was visible a mile off, and I thought it was rather shoddy writing.)
The white bougainvillea in the front yard is in flower. :)
