A bright but cloudy morning, as the cloud was uneven and not low. Only six hours sleep, not enough for me. Serves me right for not getting to bed early enough. Thankfully my intestines are not as irritated now, but I seem to wake up at first light and am restless, thinking about what I intend to do and what I've not yet succeeded in doing. Low level anxiety is still driving me.
I didn't do much. I just tried to grab some more sleep in my arm chair, but with no success. I gave up in the end and occupied myself with transcribing a few more pages of my Jamaica travel diary. Clare didn't go to her study group, and cooked a veggie pasta dish for lunch instead of me. She went to her meditation group after we'd eaten. I recorded another biblical reflection and Morning Prayer in advance, then walked in Llandaff Fields for an hour. Today's session of the Urdd schools rugby tournament was in full swing over the wall in Pontcanna Fields. Noise from bilingual announcements on the public address system could be heard echoing far and wide, perhaps because quite a strong wind blew from the east this afternoon. I came home stiff and tired for tea, though I don't think I pushed myself all that hard.
Peace talks between America and Iran haven't made significant progress. As the cease-fire period expires. Trump is threatening to resume bombing Iranian bridges and energy production targets. The blockade of Iranian oil ports has led to the closure of the Straight of Hormuz again. The longer this war goes on, the greater the cost to those who use million dollar missiles, against adversaries who can deploy fifty cheap drones for the same price. At what point does making war become un-affordable for one side or the other?
Trump's coercive rhetoric leads to oil market price rises and a ripple effect runs through financial markets. Analysts are noticing this is leading to profitable anticipatory moves by market traders and alleging this is evidence of illegal insider trading. While there are bound to be attempts to discredit Trump by his political opponents, I have yet to hear any dismissal of such allegations on the grounds that AI analysis of financial market activity could to predict Trump's utterances and reactions to them to inform traders of most likely investment options. His efforts to keep competitors and adversaries guessing about his next move are now working against him. If only Trump would think before he speaks and say less!
After supper, I did a bit more Jamaica travel diary transcription and edited together the Morning Prayer audio recorded yesterday, then went to bed feeling tired.
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