Good News Morning
On the way to an interpretation in Crete this morning I was cranking NPR ‘Morning Edition’ to distract from having forgone breakfast and, more critically, coffee. Guatemala and Colombia had the top stories for world news, and not exactly news you’d expect. In the former, the president has been accused of murder. A few minutes later I was with the client, a Guatemalan himself, who told me it was yesterday’s papers, con tanta corrupción allá. Still, it was a good listen and a nice coincidence to have him in the car with me. I brought up the Colombia bit, which was actually good news for once. This opened up some more conversation on travel, family and the like. Then the doctor saw him, ran a few electro-conductivity tests and we were off. On the way back to Crete I spotted a school chair—the kind with the writing surface bolted on—at the edge of someone’s parkway next to the trash bin. We nabbed it since he said it was perfect for his daughter, soon to enter first grade. It was a morning quite agradable—it’s not every interp appt you get that some advocacy and familiar conversation come into play.
