So much for rabbits, white or otherwise. Perhaps I said it with less conviction than I ought, implying it was no more than an old wives’ tale. Or perhaps a rabbit’s foot is a sine qua non for the good-luck spell to work. Whatever. The magic didn’t last long. Yes, Emma and I had a more than pleasant afternoon (on Wednesday) and I have the scratches to prove it. But on Thursday morning Emma woke with a splitting headache which heralded a sever cold - just the first of the season if our recent history of chest infections is anything to go by. I am left to cater to her every whim, unrewarded by any sexual contact whatsoever, until inevitably I too succumb. Till then I will amuse myself editing pictures which remind me of what I should be doing. How long before they find a cure for the common cold?So much for rabbits, white or otherwise. Perhaps I said it with less conviction than I ought, implying it was no more than an old wives’ tale. Or perhaps a rabbit’s foot is a sine qua non for the good-luck spell to work. Whatever. The magic didn’t last long. Yes, Emma and I had a more than pleasant afternoon (on Wednesday) and I have the scratches to prove it. But on Thursday morning Emma woke with a splitting headache which heralded a sever cold - just the first of the season if our recent history of chest infections is anything to go by. I am left to cater to her every whim, unrewarded by any sexual contact whatsoever, until inevitably I too succumb. Till then I will amuse myself editing pictures which remind me of what I should be doing. How long before they find a cure for the common cold?
[Es tut mir leid, aber Ich spreche kein Deutsch.] Today is German Unity Day. It was on 3rd October 1990 that Germany was officially reunified. In contrast to the November booze-up that commemorates the night the Berlin Wall came down, the official reunification celebrations tend to be structured civic events. The organisers stress the European dimension of 1989, when the breaching of the Wall showed that the cracks in East European Communism were beginning to split wide open, letting unity between East and West flood through. Sounds a bit boring. Thank goodness Berliners know how to throw a party, with live entertainment, food, drink and lots of dancing. Einen schönen Tag allerseits!
