August touring, and conjunctivitis

Amid the very hectic school days and illnesses, we now at last find a restful Saturday.
Today is pleasant, with an hour or so of sunlight, temperatures in the 70s; now (mid-afternoon) the fog has rolled in a bit, but still, barb and I are sitting on the porch, writing journals and e-mails.

Barb has now contracted conjunctivitis (from one of her students), so she will stay home now, washing her eyes and hands regularly. Coleman and I will walk up to school for a folk dance session, and then dinner and a performance by the folkdance group. Chris will probably stay home too, as he's not real interested in dancing, and he can "nurse" mother. We went up to the health center at school this morning-- the nurse gave her some "gentamycin" eye drops which barb will take the next 5 days.

Recently we went to a more official tourist part of Mussoorie, the Library Bazaar:


Our sons are happy now, that we have satellite TV (provided as a service by the school!)-- among many Indian channels of varied languages, we get HBO and CNN and TCM and BBC and CNBC and a couple of sports channels, and the GOD channel along with a couple of other U.S. Christian channels; and also some radio channels, too. I've asked the kids to go through and document all the channels so we know better what all the options are.


They're also happy to have received a CARE package from grand-dad, with some rice krispy cereal--here's the joyous celebration.