i listened to a lecture again, while cooking dinner. it was a curator talk from the whitney museum about three of their installations. it's reopening tomorrow and you now have to reserve a time online in order to visit. greg and i will go tomorrow around 3:30.
i made ratatouille with vegetables from my favorite farmer at the green market. chanda tried to cheer me up after dinner by playing the trevor noah skit that the comedian made tuesday after the first night of the rnc. it was funny, but the situation still feels frightening and very dire.
So you will be going to a museum! When was the last time you went?
ReplyDeleteHi Eva! We're writing at the same time :) We haven't been since February . . probably!
DeleteThat is probably true! I am about to give my laptop to Veronika. She would like to check her e-mail and Peter is using his to prepare for classes, which start Monday. I have seen all your entries about conventions and politics, but since I am not following any of that, I cannot comment much. I am simply too busy with other things and do not follow these conventions. Also as a foreigner and non-voter I have more distance to all of this anyway -- in case you were wondering why I never say anything about your entries.
DeleteThe conventions I do not like. I wish we could vote to do away with them. It's money and energy not well spent. In terms of politics, it's good to have an idea of what is going on, though I understand the distance you have as a non-voter.
DeletePeter always thinks those conventions are very boring and not very informative. Most presenters have speech writers so you don't even get to hear what the person really thinks. I get my news from German sources, I like the different perspective of things. In fact, I always give my students links to "slowly-spoken" news, just put out for German learners. Peter likes to get Swiss and Austrian news. He is subscribed to several. Sometimes they report important happenings in the world much faster than the New York Times for example, even things happening in this country.
DeleteThat's very good. I find that the Times doesn't cover international news as well as I would like. I'll often check out UK resources for that. I also like our neighborhood news reports, which I still get on paper. Could you email me the slowly-spoken news links you send to your students?
DeleteTo be honest, I also find the Times biased when it comes to certain topics. I sometimes look at the BBC, they have interesting historical findings. We don't get a local paper because our part of the county never gets mentioned. There is a new free paper now, but that is pretty lame. It talks about how to buy a car, lots of how to build a house, how to hunt, etc. Most topics are of no interest to me.
DeleteOur local papers are very good. I concur that the Times can be biased. I also read the Washington Post, and I enjoy the Guardian and I like listening to the BBC on the radio.
DeleteLucky you! I remember our pastor (the one who married Peter and me in Germany) telling me that he listened to the BBC illegally during WWII. He was very interested in getting world news that were not censored.
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