Wednesday: Hili dialogue

May 18, 2016 • 6:15 am

It’s Wednesday, May 18, and today I get new ceiling tiles in my office and a backsplash for my sink (yes, I have a sink in there, which is a great convenience.) On this day in history, what is arguably the very first feature length (22 minutes) Indian film, Shree Pundalik, was released in Mumbai (1912). You can see the ad for the film below. And, in 1980, Mount St. Helens in Washington State erupted, killing 57. Hard to believe that was 36 years ago.

Not many notables were born on this day; one was Tina Fey (1970). Same for deaths, though Gustav Mahler died on May 18, 1911. Gus the cat (see below) was partly named after him. Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, it was lovely weather yesterday, but Hili of course had only one thing on her mind:

Hili: It’s very nice here…
Cyrus: But…?
Hili: But now let’s go and have something to eat.
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In Polish:
Hili: Tu jest bardzo miło…
Cyrus: Ale…?
Hili: Ale teraz pójdziemy coś zjeść.

And Gus had an adventure; his staff Taskin reports:

I took him out into the front yard, which he loves. He went into my neighbour’s garden and when I bent over to get him, he hissed at me. He was madly sniffing everything and then rolled in the dirt with great enthusiasm.

And a poster for the first Indian movie:

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9 thoughts on “Wednesday: Hili dialogue”

    1. Ah it will be the child’s vision of Heaven that moved you 🙂

      John lets the lambkin out,
      and Herod the Butcher lies in wait for it.
      We lead a patient,
      an innocent, patient,
      dear little lamb to its death.
      Saint Luke slaughters the ox
      without any thought or concern.
      Wine doesn’t cost a penny
      in the heavenly cellars;
      The angels bake the bread.

  3. Gus probably smelled something good in the ground there, we hate to think what.

    So what’s the new color in the office?

  6. Still have a tiny jar of Mt. St. Helens ash that my parents swept up off their deck in Portland.

    Loved the bumper sticker that WA released at that time: “Don’t come to Washington, Washington will come to you.”

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