Cambridge

We went on a tour of Cambridge today, leaving early this morning and returning just in time to get to the theatre this evening. Beautiful, historic, and interesting place. A river runs through it with gondola-like boats you can hire for a pleasant trip under numerous scenic bridges. Issac Newton, Charles Darwin, and more Nobel Prize winners than you can imagine have learned, lived, and taught here.

Imagine my horror as a native Kansan when the guide mentioned the Kansas board of education's flirtation with teaching religious myths in schools just a few years back. Apparently not all Christians have a problem with science. (Who knew?) That particular form of lunacy seems to be unique to the Republican tea-bagger party back home.

This evening we saw Jude Law in Eugene O'Neil's "Anna Christie" at the Dunmar. That was a very sought-after ticket in this town and it was a very good production. The entire run of the show had sold out the first day tickets had gone on sale, but Clay managed to snag two house seats that were released just shortly before our trip.

A very full day, but a good one. Saw a Bernese Mountain Dog and a couple mutts in Cambridge today, a shar-pei and a King Charles Spaniel in a pub and a Rottweiler mix (with a street person) last night.

Hurricane Katia came across the Atlantic and is really kicking up some wind, but fortunately, not much rain.

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