Thursday at Sea

I only took one picture today...of sleet falling on my balcony. It lasted for about 30 minutes before the rain dissolved it, but still...sleet! I’ve never tried to photograph sleet. It’s kind of cool, no pun intended. Look closely, you can see it in mid-air!

Since my time was not taken up with my camera, what did I do all day? Good you should ask!

I attended Dr. Cunningham’s lecture on dark matter. Intriguing that no one can actually prove it exists, all deduce it must due to about a dozen indicators suggesting its presence. If math weren’t involved, this would be fun to study. I am excited about the information she gave me, post lecture, about how students could access LHC data from Cerne. I’m thinking Joe’s kids could have some fun with it.

Still haven’t found my Immigration agent and her husband, but one of the knitters husband is an airplane enthusiast, so we chatted about Solent Sky. He also gave me the names of two other such places. Joe is going to be really busy when he travels to the UK next year.

(Oops, gotta run, more later. I'm trying a new approach to posting - doing it in bits during the day.)

Back on-line.

John McCarthy spoke again on his imprisonment, its aftermaths, especially his extensive rehabilitation. A fascinating yet repellent story. Listening to him speak is like watching a snake charmer, you know there's probably going to be bite, but you're still rapt.

I spent a couple of hours with the knitters, especially Karen from northern New Hampshire. the weather was dismal, no huge seas, but shrieking wind from the polar ice fields and light fog made the decks unfit to walk. I enjoyed a Godiva hot chocolate - pretty good but not worth the $$$.

I read and napped in my cabin.

I had cocktails with Latrice before dinner. She went off to the dining room while I headed up to Kings Court and roast mutton with sour apple sauce and broccoli spears. EXCELLENT.

Played trivia in the Golden Lion...lost miserably. Went to RADA's performance of Ghost Stories in Carinthia, then headed for bed.

A pleasant day, given all the passengers were kind of trapped inside.