(As I type this, NPR is playing a story on basque sports, like stone-lifting and wood-chopping. Agur, Wheylona! (Is that right?))
Yesterday was mostly papers, papers, papers: both Otis and I had stacks to plow through, and plow we did.
We did start off with a nice walk down to the U-district before we hunkered down, and took a break in the afternoon to head over to the purgatory of Home Depot. That trip secured some planter boxes which we adapted for use as cat-houses, in an attempt to keep the critters (Selkie, the indoor-outdoor cat, and Mountie, the outdoor-outdoor cat) happy over the winter. They also keep our front entry looking decent.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
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Aupa, walaka! And agur, too.
I also was watching these very same Basque sports on TV yesterday--big dudes lifting 150kg stones over and over again, others chopping huge blocks o' wood. Oddly enough (or maybe not), these sports also have a serious following in Australia--in fact the top five stone lifter guys yesterday had Anglo names, mayhaps they was Aussies but I couldn't tell you for sure as all commentary was in Basque.
This reminds me of Scottish Highland games. Perhaps there is a connection somewhere, or just a universal need for strong people to throw big things.
I think the connection might be migratory - and involving sheep...
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