Diversions

I haven't been able to access my email server since Monday afternoon, so I have been Facebooking instead.... If you have sent me an email since 6pm Monday, I haven't received it.

As a diversion I watched the DVD "Children of Men". In a word, awful. For a supposed “message” film, it gets it all wrong. Not recommended. If you want to see a brilliant movie of that kind, see “12 Monkeys”, or “Life is Beautiful”, instead. Now they were good movies!

Here's my Song of the Week: Agua de Beber, by Astrud Gilberto. It's in Portuguese. I "knew" the words in the 1960's when it was one of my favourites. Yesterday for the first time I checked out what they meant. They sound so much more romantic untranslated. Especially when the voice is Astrud's.

Mas o amor (But love)
sabe um segredo (knows a secret)
O medo pode matar (Fear is able to kill)
o seu coração (your heart)

Água de beber (Water to drink)
Água de beber camará (Water to drink, my friend)
Água de beber (Water to drink)
Água de beber camará (Water to drink, my friend)

Eu nunca fiz (I never did)
coisa tão certa (a thing so certain)
Entrei pra escola (I entered the school)
do perdão (of forgiveness)

A minha casa (My house)
viva aberta (lives open)
Abri todas as portas (I opened all the doors)
do coração (of my heart)

Água de beber (Water to drink)
Água de beber camará (Water to drink, my friend)
Água de beber (Water to drink)
Água de beber camará (Water to drink, my friend)

Dinner photo #2

Yelena & Joel

Running photo

Women's and Girls' 5k Fun Run - Maria