Day: October 16, 2005

Having seen the satellite photographs showing the east coast of the US to be a mass of streetlights, I was expecting the region to be one huge sheet of concrete. Reality is nothing like it; since landing in Boston, I have seen more trees than anywhere else I have ever visited. In the northeast, the highways are lined with forests; wherever you drive, hour after hour of forest slides past the car window. There are also plenty of trees in the cities, exept directly in the downtown areas. I was very positively surprised.

Ben spent much of Saturday at Capclave, a science fiction conference in the area. He is becoming a well-known writer, and moderated one discussion and took part in another. While he was there, we went to Great Falls on the Potomac River with Esther, Noah and Aviva. It was a beautiful day, sunny, blue sky and about 24° (Celcius!); it was wonderful to see the sun again after a week of almost unbroken cloud cover, and walk around in a short-sleeved shirt (even though I am still regretting that, because the mosquitoes discovered how good I taste). In the evening, we ate at an Afghan restaurant, then spent more time discussing two subjects you’re supposed to avoid: theology and politics 😉 .
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Ben and Mary-Anne discussed various theological and philosophical issues on Friday evening, with occasional comments from me. On the way back from the park, Mary-Anne got Ben more riled than I have ever heard before. They both have very strong opinions, and are willing to defend them vociferously! (They did make peace afterwards, though.)