I’m can’t testify to either of these
items, though I did see a picture of the flag, but they’re just too good not to
share. Apparently when Donald Trump deplaned in Scotland, he was greeted by a
mariachi band pushing a wheelbarrow full of bricks. And someone planted a
Mexican flag just outside the border of his golf course. Word is he’d been
trying, without success, to evict the land owner whose property adjoins the
course. I know from family stories that Scots do not easily part with their
land.
When Houston MacBain was the MacBain
of MacBain (Chief of the Clan) he tried to buy the property that had held the
homestead before the Clearances. (I am a registered member of the
MacBain/McBean Clan.) The owner reluctantly parted with a small portion of what
MacBain wanted—and he had to do with that. So I’m sure Trump has had a hard
time wresting property from his neighbor.
I think that means the Scots did not
welcome Mr. Trump.
That was my amusement for the day. It
was a lazy Sunday, but one in which I got a fair amount of work done—roughed out
a newsletter (want to be on the list? Email me at j.alter@tculedu), finished a novel I’m
reading, made notes for a novel I want to write, read Facebook and email, and
had a good nap—I didn’t sleep well last night.
Tonight neighbors Jay and Susan shared
their Sunday night supper with me—tuna salad, chicken salad, potato chips,
cherry tomatoes, and good wheat bread. It’s what they eat every Sunday night,
and it’s my kind of meal. We had a jolly time, laughing and talking, until I
mentioned a political topic—Jay and I immediately clashed as we always do. He
takes it in better humor than I do—I want to demand, “How can you be so wrong?”
He said, “You and I are going to have an interesting fall.”
I’m really enjoying reading again and
am off to start a new book.
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