Palm Sunday

Rob went to the Steiner School in Colle di Val d’Elsa where he met the teachers who are planning to start a Liceo and need an English teacher. Annalisa beat Rob at chess with two spectators, and them beat him the next day with none. Spring is here with beautiful bright light but strong gusty winds and zero centigrade in the morning. Joe arrived to stay for a few days; he will play a hourse concert here with Emanuela Marsico trumpet. We hid five eggs of each colour for the easter egg hunt, and only found four each. Swallows have arrived in the nests above the front window. We have had overnight frost. The furnace is working again, with new indicator LEDs but still the old thermostats.

Finland joined NATO; the Finnish government of Sanna Marin was ousted the same day. Russia assumed the rotating presidency of the UN security council. Two US military helicopters collided in Kenticky with the loss of nine lives. The latest school shooting in America was perpertrated by a 28 year old girl. Donald Trump became the first former US president to be indicted on criminal charges. A caller to a radio show claiming to be an impersonator of Giorgia Meloni turned out to be the prime minister herself.  Italy has banned access to the artificial intelligence program ChatGPT. Meloni’s government proposes a law to forbid use of foreign words in Italian.