This morning Tim spotted a pair of Bald Eagles on a Douglas Fir tree down in front of our house, sunning themselves on the top branch, checking out the low tide marsh. Too far away for a good photo but this at least proves they were not the "ones that got away."
We leave tomorrow for Florida and then fly to Cape Town on New Year's eve for another two quarters of students, classes and very full lives.
The past month has been quiet for me. Tim went to Cape Town to prepare for his Community Based Research course and other matters needing the Director's attention. On his way home he stopped in Spain for the Islam Conference convened by Stanford's Spanish Centre. Students studying in Stanford's Europe, Russian and Washington DC centres presented talks on Islam in their host country. A brief stop at each end in Madrid, three nights in Cordoba, a short trip to Sevilla and one to Granada - a Spanish intensive - too much for five days so a return trip is on the wish list.
I was meant to go but had an embarrassing fall on our driveway and was laid up for two weeks unable to do much more than hobble around the house. All is now healed in time for our departure.
Happy Christmas to all!
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