can you buy prednisone over the counter in mexico June 16th. Potchefstroom. We made it. A little difficult, but we made it. Our plane landed perfectly on time. We disembarked to find a lovely, modern, spacious, comfortable, neat airport – it is always pleasant to be reminded that the world’s worst major airports are in Queens. But the line to get through passport control […]
Monthly Archives: June 2015
South Africa.
21-Jun-15Mind With Mind.
21-Jun-15Vizianagaram “In Pioneeer countries hospitality is a necessity of life not to the travellers alone but to the settlers. A visitor is a friend, he brings news, good or bad, which is bread to the hungry minds in lonely places. A real friend who comes to the house is a heavenly messenger, who brings the panis […]
Almost There.
21-Jun-15June 16th. On the plane. As we reached cruising speed, the flight attendants walked through the cabin spraying pesticides, to fumigate the cabin. My phone is off, and I neglected to purchase a watch, as I thought I might do before departure, so I have little idea of the time, but we are more than […]
In Dakar.
21-Jun-15June 16th. On the plane. Dawn in Dakar. We are sitting here on the tarmac, the dawn just a yellow line on the horizon. Insects of various sorts boarding the plane. We are in Africa. At dawn nearly 80 degrees, and tropical humidity breathing into the cabin.
D.C. to Dakar.
20-Jun-15June 15th. On the Airplane, D.C. to Dakar. Seated next to a gentleman by the name of Ed Yates, who is a most impressive big-game hunter. He is bringing some acquaintances on a hunting trip – he is familiar with the country, having owned land in South Africa and gone on numerous hunting trips here. […]
Isak Dinesen – or, Karen von Blixen.
20-Jun-15June 15th, Dulles Airport. Starting Out of Africa, which features the untranslated epigraph EQUITARE, ARCUM TENDERE, VERITATEM DICERE. I have to admit it’s hard not to love anyone who starts a book with those words. “To ride a horse, to shoot the bow, to speak the truth.” It’s from Herodotus, describing the Persians – he […]
At the Airport.
19-Jun-15June 15th. Dulles Airport. Now at the airport. Unable to get the internet working properly. Pondering possible Latin texts for our classes in South Africa – there exist many Latin accounts of the animals – certainly good material on elephants, lions, and giraffes, from Pliny to Linnaeus. There is much Latin writing about North Africa […]
In the National Gallery.
19-Jun-15June 15th. Dulles Airport. We had time today in the morning, before our evening flight, and so we drove into D.C. and visited the National Gallery. I had been there before, but I don’t know the museum well. In general, it aroused in me the same feelings that D.C. does: I am kind of impressed, […]
Prolegomenon: Latin In America.
19-Jun-15June 15th. Dulles Airport. We drove down to Washington D.C. after a funeral in New York. I had my usual repeated meals of pizza while in New York, attempting to stock up on calories. It might be a long time before I have my next good slice. In D.C. we stayed with Catherine’s aunt and […]