Yesterday I mentioned Americanah and it reminded me of something. Abbi brought this friend over from Oklahoma this summer. She had hardly been out of the mid west far less travel to Europe. We did the usual tourism and she visited London, Oxford, Lewes and Edinburgh as well as Brighton. We took her to a west end show, the lion king, her choice, and she loved it. But the classic comment from her was, 'I expected Simba to be white... Not black.' Ah well, its not a black or white world. And so today will be the last in paradise, it's been great for re-charging the batteries. I have been advised to take next week off too otherwise I will lose the Annual Leave but that's ok. Next trip, Edinburgh to see my Dad - who took himself off for a picnic to Portobello in the sunshine this week. Good for him. I am going to get Dan to make a little film of him. In the meantime, this week I had a new article published in Axon, here: http://www.axonjournal.com.au/issue-6 so even on holiday I am working - it is ever thus.
