When this was first proposed we thought we would make an extended trip visiting our old haunts in the south of France. It was to take place in April 2021 but postponed to October, 2021 because of COVID.
It would have been a hassle cancelling everything then rebooking but fortunately we had both decided we weren't up to another transatlantic flight. And I don't think we would have been comfortable flying with all this pandemic stuff still going on now.
Jim was a keynote speaker and Zoom allowed him to tape his presentation and it was very well received. Of course he missed seeing old Huxley friends in person but it worked out well for us in the end. I think we'll see more of Zoom presentations at conferences. But, then again, we all might be so Zoomed out we'll be glad to travel to conferences!
* Correction. Jim tells me it wasn't Zoom he did it on. He used his own camera on his computer and uploaded it.
The organizer of the conference sent Jim this email:
"Your keynote went well and was received with a big applause -- your (and of course Huxley's) knowledge of French literature obviously surprised even our French co-convenors, and it was a real pity that you weren't with us to enjoy your deserved success.
Thank you very much again for sending us this video recording, which acted as a highlight at the opening of the conference."
Ah...our beloved south of France. I looked up my blog in 2005 and it was really fun to see these paintings again. I still have them but they are stored away. There is just so much wall space. I also did them on watercolour paper so harder to hang up than the canvases.
