Back in the swim of things

This evening I did something I have not done for months - I put in a full non-stop hour of mild exercise at the pool - twenty minutes on the exercise machines (bicycle and elliptical), twenty minutes of exercises in the hot tub and twenty minutes of aerobics in the pool. And I'm still alive! I dropped Ellen off at the Latchis Theater at 6:15pm - she is taking in First Man,  the film about Neil Armstrong. Then I came here, did my thing,  and now it's 8:30pm, and I''ll go back pretty soon and pick her up at the Latchis. Nancy Tierra may have met her there for the movie. When we get home, we'll probably watch the 10pm showing of the PBS Newshour - if I can stay awake!

I'm in the waiting area of the pool - you can see the pool behind the doors.

Sunday we sang in the choir in Dummerston and then had a quiet afternoon doing the Spelling Bee puzzle and enjoying reading the NYTimes and listening to the radio. Earlier today we had our Osher Lecture on the Arctic - another very interesting lecture, this time by Prof. Jean Kayira who is from Malawi and has made a special study of what is called "De-Colonization" - a work that is being done by indigenous peoples in many formerly colonial societies, attempting to re-affirm their social, cultural, spiritual and even geographic heritage, undo at least some of the negative effects of colonialization (which usually involved suppression of their identity in every way) and nuture a new relationship which affirms that identity. The focus of today's lecture was the Innu Nation of Labrador. We saw several vidoes of the Innu Nation peoples and their efforts - fascinating. This includes, by the way, a whole new set of guidelines for doing research among indigenous peoples. So - an interesting day and a good one for body and soul. 

A slide from our Osher lecture listing the names of three indigenous peoples in Labrador and the meanings of those names. The background is of Northern Lights.