In Pain and out of time

The Time Traveller has suffered a minor medical emergency upon distant shores - leading to new adventures in hospitals with people speaking every language imaginable - except English. But a translator was found and the pain of constant dislocation in time was relieved with several days of quiet sanctuary in the small apartment by the sea where I could lie under the influence of strong painkillers and listen to the sound of stormy waves upon the Beach.

Desparately seeking amusements to releive the pain I thought I saw a cat'tain at the helm of the snail boat.

Israel is a country that will handle the coming energy challenges with comparitive ease. Sunshine is everywhere most of the year and heating nor cooling is as serious an issue as it is in Canada.

Houses typically have solar water heating and hear and there a new phenomenon of the "electric vehicle" - which is mostly these neat little electric scooters which work great in the more or less flat geography of the coastal plain.