A Cambridge friend from London by way of Algiers & Monte Cassino during WWII

I moved to SW FR after the previous post, the blog continues here.

The title will hint at why: my brief stay in Algiers 60 years ago was my intro to June, now 99, who was stationed there... 80 years ago when we met!

Language and mores, Part X

The last of this series, blog continues here.

Ten is a good place to stop as I quit social media and cancelled online subscriptions - incl. a decade or so of map data I could no longer afford to keep online, tho I kept some on my dev channel (top right here). This is a winter view from where I moved to, for now, in Pau SW FR where I enjoy the mountains up close&personal, say, here.

Language and mores, Part IX

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A view West over Jerusalem, not East toward it

Update: in Andrew Zolnai Private Blog, two mid-2026 posts on Middle-Eastern religious regimes compared here, and Climate Change and the Old Testament here.

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Having a pinched shoulder nerve forced me off both mobiles and socials... so I read a book "Le défi de Jerusalem" (Google books) by French author E-M Schmitt. On his tour of the Holy Land, this second volume follows "Nuit de feu", where he embraced his faith at Foucault's retreat near Tamanrasset in North Africa. This book was given to me by my Mum, who welcomed me back to the Catholic fold after 50 years. 

White House Correspondants Association annual dinner

Watched it on ABC News Live, here are my notes. This is a rare show of genuine journalistic ambition in the post-truth era. It slots in with previous posts on Language & Mores here.