Yesterday I did my first field trip and went to Dundee, the nearest town. Not much of a town, but with a well equipped Borders bookstore. Bought five books,
The Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (short stories by one of my favourite writers),
Netherland by Joseph O'Neill (a novel),
Ascent by Jed Mercurio (part novel, part historical fact),
God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens (on religion, or rather, Hitchens' attack on religion) and
The Daily Druckerby Peter Drucker (about management).
Ascent was an impulse, but the others were books I've been meaning to get for some time now but haven't for various reasons. But now the gloves are off. My three years in St Andrews will not only be spent on film, but on all the things that interest me. The aim is to expand all my intellectual horizons. (And besides, I got a 20% student discount.)
But I also found the time for an evening celebrating the Bengal film tradition, with wine, dance and a screening of Satyajit Ray's film
Devi (1960).
And I bought the weekend's issue of The Guardian, which I will sink my teeth into now. The luxury of living in Britain.
Another luxury is living next to the ocean. I've been going there every evening, when it's dark and quiet, and I stand there and listen to the waves, all alone. It's a wonderful feeling, very relaxing. Soothing. This time I went right after I'd chatted with Carolina. Now that's a way of ending your day!
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The photos are from Deans Court where I live. The garden, and the door from the garden to my house.
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ah, the pleasures of Dundee shopping! I like Borders a lot too, especially the cafe, it's peaceful even when it's busy. There is also a theatre in Dundee. we should go to the DCA together one of these days, I must check what films they have coming up.
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