15th
April
2021
In the absence of a magic wand, I am now committed to progress at a slower pace. Today, the piano returned to my area, and I played a few familiar chords before moving on to other activity. Who knows? Maybe tomorrow I’ll progress to simple melodies, and include a whole array of other voices by unpacking one (or more) of the synthesizers. After all, this isn’t a race.
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4th
April
2021
As a parent, it would be better if my children did not realize how little I actually know about many things. They have a covenant with me. And yes, as they get older, they may have caught hints; glimpses behind the curtain, if you will.
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30th
March
2021
Rock music has given us some lyrics that are terrifying, if one takes the time to consider things. A good example is The End by The Doors. Not many fun images in there, thank you. And as I read the daily news, I can’t help going there.
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29th
March
2021
Still trying to build my trip log. What I have determined is that place names don’t stick properly, when your travel plan is about the route rather than the destination. I can visualize most of our campgrounds, but trying to find any given site by its corporate name? Not so much. In fact, we’ve called up the big guns; getting out the old credit card statements. On line, of course. The financial world is well organized, and going back seven years is simply a game of patience. Oh, and deciphering the mysterious abbreviations used for long community names. We did know the state, usually, and with some careful triangulation I now have a trip log that is solid.
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24th
March
2021
If it wasn’t for the ordinary, how could we ever recognize the extraordinary? I have days where finding something unique to mention is tough. Other than the date, I mean.
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16th
March
2021
Once upon a time, I was trained to watch the weather. No joke. Several months of intense classroom and lab time, under the leadership of Norm, the met tech. And his favourite reporting term was “visby verbil”, which was the teletype shorthand for rapidly changing observation distance. As in, now you see it, now you don’t.
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posted in health, Wx |
14th
March
2021
As a homeowner, I consider myself fortunate. At best, the bank is very much a hand’s off partner in my daily life, and I was able to choose the features I wanted in my home. With more than a year in “confined to quarters” life, the house works for me, rather than against.
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9th
March
2021
With my damaged eyesight, I worry about the future. At what point will I have to alter my lifetime of habits? Will the required strategies be more than I can easily handle? I know that this will be a part of my reality, as sure as the sun shines.
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28th
February
2021
Lock the doors! Shutter the windows! If not, the authorities will take care of things for you. Today, another public health teleconference, with increased restrictions. To protect us, because there are among us those too stunned to do so on a personal basis.
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27th
February
2021
Isn’t that special! We now share something (other than being an island) with New Zealand. Heading back into lockdown (the polite term for an upgraded quarantine).
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