rome miscellany

there's a room in the vatican museum which is stuffed with animal statuary, including this:



half an hour's brisk walk from the forum puts you on the via appia antica, which is pretty:



Ok, so, many of us went to see Genesis. It was in the circus maximus, and it was free. What can I say? We also drank the best box wine we could find - .50/liter.



One evening at sub arboribus, the small daughter of one of the students presented Reggie with a card to celebrate, if I recall correctly, the anniversary of his having been ordained as a monk. She drew a picture on it of a man all in blue. "Who's this," he's asking here. "You." "Why am I wearing all blue?" "Because you often wear all blue." "No, my dear, ALWAYS." Except that all the dialogue was in Latin.