Thought this sticker was odd when I picked it up at the polls, but it pretty much matches the times now. Multiple ways to read it.

Read Han Kang's Human Acts not long ago, particularly chilling in light of events today in S. Korea. Would recommend it, because the experience of living in an authoritarian state is at the moment beyond the boundary of most Americans' imagining.

Nice project, love the word "evensong." I suppose I could cut up this and do the same, but it would lack the personal touch.

Not that climbing the Rock of Gibraltar was on my bucket list, much less in driving rain, but it happened, on a trail called the Mediterranean Steps. You may be greeted by Barbary macaques as well, should this particular challenge appeal to you.

Little did I suspect that Picasso was moonlighting. (Malaga)

Sculpture by Jose Seguiri based on a drawing by Rafael Perez Estrada (Malaga). A message for these times.

They write your tab in chalk on the unvarnished bar in the Antigua Casa de Guardios Vinos (Malaga), which has been in public service for 180-plus years. They wipe it off with the swipe of a hand when you've paid. Why is the U.S. so backward?

Double rainbow yesterday afternoon, Cordoba, Spain

Statue of Maimonides, Cordoba, Spain