under another sun

So, readied and prepared another short story (after a good deal of rewriting) which I sent out this afternoon. Dawn here again, working very hard indeed, and then she gave me a lift to Hove for a late afternoon back crack at the osteopath. I waited alone in a waiting room, and young Bradley strode in and I didn't recognise him for a moment, due to the fact he wasn't at first wearing a mask. The session itself hasn't yielded the big crack I need in my back, nor I suspect will the next. I wonder what is to be done. My back is some percentage better however. Walked home listening to my lectures about Egypt. It is exactly what I wanted: a detailed overview of Ancient Egyptian history. I particularly like it when he explains an antiquity in detail. I found one piece he was talking about online and could understand what was going on, even down to recognising the hieroglyphs for the name of the king. Calling kings Pharaohs was a Hebrew thing, apparently, as pr-o in Egyptian mea...

Awake for several hours last night. Listened to a short lecture about Napoleon in Egypt, who while he had a fairly disastrous military adventure there, had thoughtfully taken lots of artists and scientists with him, who kicked off the study of Ancient Egypt. Before I went to sleep I listened to a second lecture about the Rosetta Stone. A bits and pieces sort of day. I focused on the tiresome business getting my new credentials document together. I have always been terrible at forcing people to provide evidence that I had done any work in the last twenty years. Normally I don't have to prove anything to anyone, but it is good practice. I found a few minutes of film at the foot of this page , which Brad shot when we were in Chad. Took me back it did, especially in one or two shots I was standing next to  him.  Not often you see a movie shot by a filmmaker of such a vivid moment in your experience. Ignore the voiceover commentary. Anton and I discussed a local walk we are pla...

Downloaded The History of Ancient Egypt by Professor Bob Brier, a series of half hour lectures for undergraduates. Today was the prehistory of Egypt. Lorraine and I listened in the garden this afternoon, after a morning spent moving things around, as we are having our bedroom and en suite bathroom painted by Dawn, so we had to clear everything away and hoover behind the bed so that she would not think we lived like animals. Also hoovering the big bedroom at the front of the house and stowing various Betty things in containers under the bed.  Lorraine and I had a couple of our cold beers we bought yesterday in the sun, and pottered about tending to our trug, and ate our Sunday roast in the back garden in the sun, and then had a couple of games of cards. All good fun.