9th
December
2019
Recently, I came across a phrase that explains so much about how we encounter new media. In this case, the expression “fell down a rabbit hole on YouTube” is good enough to put on a teeshirt. Yesterday, I tested the efforts of “trad bands from the Balkans”. This afternoon, I reviewed the “test reel” of a film producer from our big city; where else would I find those commercials for auto glass and cupboards that fuel the local news? To be fair, I didn’t know the source of the clips (until now), and they are still rather good, even if the producer’s children are often found front and center. I guess you make use of what you are most familiar with.
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30th
November
2019
So much for Saturday; the blowing snow brought an early cancellation to my late afternoon working session with the local community group. We were supposed to go down to the end of the road and take some measurements in the old fog horn building. That will have to wait. To be fair, I had the shortest distance to travel, and we aren’t actually planning to reactivate the noise maker. I’ll put this down to an early onset of seasonal weather, with a strong outlook of green fields in the next few days.
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24th
November
2019
I knew we would get a break in the weather. It was too early to be snowed in. With that pile of recyclable cardboard weighing on my conscience, I spent time last evening, breaking things down and piling, even though the big blue truck wouldn’t be by for another three weeks. And this afternoon, the snow went away. Not all of it; there were traces in the hedgerow, but the path was clear. I put the pilot of the big green machine on alert.
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23rd
November
2019
To those who earn a living shifting heavy objects from here to there (let’s call them movers), a hearty nod of respect. I don’t do much of it, and each time marks me.
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22nd
November
2019
Several months back (not going to bother checking the exact date; it’s irrelevant), our big screen TV died. We didn’t hesitate. The replacement was up on the wall within a day, because some things can’t wait. Except that we had one more step in this process. The old TV had to go.
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20th
November
2019
A confession: I did not attend the local public meeting last evening. The new windmills are a fait accompli, from where I sit, and all I can do now is watch out for my own belongings. After revisiting the “study” this evening (because 300 pages is a lot to ingest), I can say that the planners have respected the bylaw. The tower will be sited just over a kilometer from my front door, and in legal terms the “just over” is all that really matters.
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6th
November
2019
Bring on the rain. I mean, we were given the heads up that snow was on the way, but weather forecasting is an inexact science. Meanwhile, the big tires are loaded in the car, with installation scheduled for the morning, because snow.
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2nd
November
2019
Sometime during my long years in high school, I almost visited Niagara Falls. The almost is important; while on a trip, we came close enough to spot some of the landmarks in that area. Not the actual water, but in my head it was clear; I had visited, and lived to remember.
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31st
October
2019
It is very dark outside. I haven’t turned on the lights, because there are people about. At least, I hope they’re people. A car came in the yard, earlier, stopped, waited, left again. No lights; works every time.
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27th
October
2019
The art of the unexpected, or where I agree to go for a walk in the woods. That was today’s switch-up. Out in the sun, and along the old railway trail to see what had changed since my last time through. Realistically, not very much. On my list of things to watch for were artifacts, and there are none. I did see, in the undergrowth, a total of three ties; compared to the days when heavy iron came through, about one in a thousand didn’t go elsewhere.
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