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Neil Armstrong denies that he was on the moon! Perhaps he should check out the status of his neurotransmitters. It's one thing to be an ordinary person and have doubts that something like the moon voyage never happened. But it's another thing to have been the person who made such a voyage and say that it was a hoax. How could he have possibly been fooled into thinking he was experiencing zero gravity. The world is getting stranger every day.

Fortunately, I made a landing at BH's today for a tasty lunch (salad, frittata with fava beans and other delectables, spicy sausage, fruit and cranberry juice). GH and I watched Dreyer's Passion of Joan of Arc. It was done in the 20s as a silent film. It is extraordinary! Hundreds of edits and cuts that made the piece dynamic and spellbinding. Dreyer had his final cut destroyed and he had to recreate the film from the materials he had left over from his initial edit. The film disappeared until a copy was discovered in a mental institution (would be interesting to know how it ended up there). The film's set was very expensive but because of Dreyer's use of so many closeups the set was barely seen. The actors used no makeup since Dreyer wanted to show the details of their faces.

Today was cooler thank goodness! A relief to not be in the heat!