The film with Jeremy Irons still resonates as I catch, not what was left out, but 'added in' - the whole red coat business. Brilliant film technique of course.
My third read in French in 2 years thanks to finding Fr versions (in this case German) left behind in communal UK libraries. RIP Herr Bieri.

"The Royal Exchange in New York City, the first meeting place of the Supreme Court.
This drawing was published in Vol. 2 of the History of the City of New York by Martha Joanna Lamb (1881).
-Public Domain, Wikipedia

Yea. Too many people in front of the Mona Lisa. The plight of museums, the overcrowded ones.

The Edinburgh National Gallery was a treat and I will be back soon. Young Elizabeth (I) in the London Portrait Gallery was the ideal English face to me, the slightest bump on Her Former Majesty’s nose.

"A series of illustrated stories from the Quran, told in simple language for children, in Dari and Pashto (‘The Taliban have a problem w/ the pictures’), a series of illus Russian stories, also for children, and an Afghan-Jewish folk tale, The Wooden Sword, which ‘makes the Taliban very angry’. 5/5

Years ago he pulled the same stunt in Ohio to get Sherrod on the ballot.
Now he’s sitting at home

"Federal prosecutors failed to secure a felony indictment against Sean Charles Dunn, the man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent earlier this month and has since become a fixture in street art across the city. The grand jury’s rejection of the charge .." 1/3
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"It's the DNC summer meeting in Minneapolis today, and high on the list of agenda items is the party’s calendar ahead of 2028. Politico’s Jonathan Martin writes that New Hampshire “is likely to again begin the party’s nomination process in 2028,” .." 1/3
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At a Democratic Socialists of America watch party in Brooklyn, the primary results thrilled Mamdani supporters.Credit...Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

Safir Hotel, destroyed during the civil war
(Photos by David Guttenfelder, NY Times)

Christians (who stayed, backers of Bashir) "gathered for coffee after the service - upon the return of the bells -, their current worries surfacing, about how peaceful Syria’s future would be." 1/2

Quick weekend gloss of breeds. But, alas, not of that working dog, the Siberian Husky.

www.petmd.com/dog/general-...

GIFT ARTICLE
"Bodhi, a Shiba Inu whose smartly tailored sport coats and luxurious knitwear helped make him the rare canine men’s wear influencer, died last Monday. He was 15." 1/2
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/s...

Reading for Pleasure

Rosamunde Pilcher died 6 years ago this February. Under the rubric of Cornish 'author of romances' from early in her long career, she brought more to it than was required.

In my having returned to Scotland in mere months, and found her 'Retour en Ecosse' in the lobby .. 1/3

Now if only I can find 20 minutes, what with a new dog tomorrow.
Found a Rosamunde Pilcher combo of 3 novels from the 70's while in Scotland, in FRENCH, 'Retour en Ecosse' and am pleased to be past page 200 and learning a few words. Fiction makes it easy, because of predictable interpretation.