I was still dozing today when the sun rose over the City at 7:03 because my phone was still on silent from Vespers the day before. The sun set at 18:57.
The Ave Maria bell would ring at 19:15.
It has been the Feast of the Dedication of St. Michael.
As such, I had the gift of a nice chat with a Australian seminarian named Michael, as we walked along at my slow pace from having said Mass this evening.
I had tried to stream the Mass out to me regular list, but it didn’t work. Back to the drawing board.
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Today was lovely, classic October weather. Amazing blue sky. Unique golden light toward sunset. Cool mornings and evenings.
Heading home last night.
Today in the market. I went for…
… fresh figs! For figs and prosciutto!
Picking up some bread at the Antico Forno which changed the legendary Nancy Silverton’s direction.
My shopping bag after the bakery. I stopped at Pippo’s for alstroemeria, but it was lacking. I scored some fresh herbs.
I have some superb taleggio and gorgonzola for tomorrow. I think tomorrow… what… chicken? A steak?
Today I ordered some little shades and pressure drapery rods for small windows which open into my space. Also, I ordered up a hand-held transceiver to connect to my Pi-Star hotspot to get ZEDNET back up!
I see there were some orders from the wonderful Summit Dominicans, the “soap sisters”. Help them with your orders! Great gift ideas.
Find the best move for white. There may be a mate in a few moves.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
Psssst. You might need to sac to be able to remove a defender. Just sayin’.
Interested in learning? Try THIS.
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Scenarios A, B, and C: , .
A) mate in 2
1. Rxg6 – hxg6
2. Q-h8 mate
B) mate in 2
1. Rxg6 – K-h8
2. Q-h7 mate
C) mate in 4
1. Rxg6 – fxg6
2. Qx-h7 – Kf8
3. R-f4 -bf7
4. Qxf7 mate
Father, since you mentioned getting connected (Zednet, etc.), a question for down the road. My brother has a super cell phone/connectivity advisor who is ex-military and up on the latest. The advisor says that soon, if you get an Apple iPhone 17 Pro (the top one now) and a T-Mobile Experience plan, that will include access to Elon Musk’s satellite system from anywhere with at least 5GB of free data a month. That plan featuring Elon’s satellites isn’t up on T-Mobile yet, but apparently it’s coming. If donors supported that for you, perhaps a lot of your connectivity struggles would go away. Just something to keep an eye out for :)
David: That’s very interesting! I switched to T-Mobile from ATT a while back, to save money. I’m presently using an iPhone 15, which I bought in Rome because it still has a SIM slot.