Sunday, March 17, 2002

We just left the Gladiator sets at Atlas Studios, so here's a piece of Roman trivia: The man who later took the name Patricius and eventually became Ireland's patron saint was a Welshman named Maewyn, born in Roman Britain in the late 4th century.

Here in San Antonio, the river was dyed green today for the annual parade of barges. Instead of throwing candy or beads from the floats, they toss Irish potatoes to the spectators who, meanwhile, are getting juiced on green margaritas.

Back in Morocco, these pictures are from 15 December, on the road from Ouarzazate east toward Erfoud. When we stopped to get a closer view of the dunes and camels, there wasn't a human being in sight, nor was there a village in either direction for 50 km. Still, out of nowhere came two kids on bicycles, trying to sell us fossils, polished stones, and carved wooden camels. I bought a little camel, which I gave to Said's son, Karam, when we got back to Ifrane.