I’ve been catching up with all the things that I need to catch up with today.
Please excuse my brevity.
(Yes, that’s it.)
(Bye)
Category: this is south africa
More tranquility
Sounds like another hectic day in SA. I’ve been in the relative quiet of the lab, but working hard.
Here’s the Umngazi River in the Eastern Cape, back in July:
If I’m honest, I will always have mixed memories of this holiday, but I couldn’t fault the views that evening.
More stuff here.
Weird Day
Weird day.
Hot weather, back to work, student protests. All a bit chaotic.
So, as per every long-haul flight I take, it’s Ludovico Einaudi to the rescue. And he’s donned a superhero’s costume in the shape of his new album, which, now I’m back home, I have downloaded, post haste.
Here’s the official video from Walk, off his last album:
Nice and calming when set against the ridiculousness of the day. Or indeed at any time.
Ironically, my favourite track off the In A Timelapse album is Run. It’s kind of like Walk, but unsurprisingly, it’s faster, with contrapuntal Vivaldi and Pachelbel-esque overtones. It’s still beautifully relaxing though.
The new album is called Elements (as you’ll know if you’ve been here before) and, at first listen, seems to be a step into the more contemporary, with more electronica and deeper bass. I’m looking forward to giving it more attention before reporting back.
The Best
Lions Head revisited
This one is from November 2008. It features my 64 year old mother, with her artifical hip (thankfully not in shot) and artificial knee (in shot) approaching the top of the Lions Head.
Despite my Mum’s fitness, this was a bit more of a test than she had anticipated – I think a lot of people think that because of its proximity to the city, and its bigger brothers (sisters?) next door, it must be an easy climb. Not so.
Mum made it up of course, although we had some entertainment and giggles with the chains that day. There’s a video somewhere of her sitting on my head as we tried to get her up them. It didn’t work, but it made for some great memories.