29th
July
2021
My hunger for power continues. Nothing political; I want access to AC, everywhere. Especially when away from home, in the RV. Several months ago, I purchased a “solar generator”, and today the Fedex truck delivered a second battery pack. Power! My recharge tests, using solar panels were great fun, and now I feel confident that I can make it through a long, dark night. Maybe not with A/C (the chilled air variety), but at least with most other comforts.
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25th
July
2021
As I hang with two hounds for the day, I stopped to remember. Sixty years back, when we had our own pair of black spaniels. Two dogs that like one another makes having them together into a relaxed game. Which one will react to, say, a car in the lane. Or… no, that’s about the only way to interrupt the naps.
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21st
July
2021
Dod you every play Monopoly? Not the real game; that version where the rule sheet is MIA, and your sibling keeps making up the regulations as time goes on? Well, that’s exactly where we (meaning Canada and the US) are at right now, in the decisions to open the border.
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12th
July
2021
Congratulations to the student from the city who just received a BA, at the age of sixteen. An achievement. I must wonder, though. How much of the “total university experience” did the new graduate actually have, along the way? Although I’m a long way removed from my time on campus, there was a lot more going on than simple academics. When the moment for the big 50th anniversary comes around (in 2071), what memories will be among the top ten?
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1st
July
2021
After some careful research, I now understand the billing model for satellite radio. Simple, really. Charge as much as you can, for as long as you can.
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29th
June
2021
How lacking in novel content is my existence? Well, I just noted that my bin dump, this week, is scheduled for a national holiday. The date has been rescheduled off to the weekend. And all I can think about is how inconvenient it must be, to give up your Saturday in return for a day when everything will be closed. I guess I don’t have much inconvenience any more. No delayed bus routes. A local store that doesn’t even “do” holidays, so milk will be in the cooler. And if I want to wander the beach, I can accept that we will have a breeze. We always have a breeze. Also, this may be the first time that the dump takes a holiday.
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26th
June
2021
Te web is full of advice at a bargain price. Free, if you don’t count your own time. Today, I learned that while on a cruise ship, I should opt for a room without a window. Costs less, and the view from a porthole is actually not that good. I don’t have an ocean trip in my itinerary, but the advice came without any strings attached.
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25th
June
2021
Yesterday, I noted that there were unmarked graves at a school in SK. Turns out, there may have been markings at one time, but an overzealous official (doublespeak for clergy) had used the school bulldozer to clean up the site. As in, erase any indications that this was a graveyard. I can’t understand any of this.
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16th
June
2021
As usual, I’m all caught up in the little details. There is a strong desire to celebrate the solstice, in a few days, by going camping. Or glamping. Probably the latter. Here’s the catch. The RV is still in hibernation. Awaiting the sudden onset of any freezing temperatures. That we’ve been under frost warnings for several nights hasn’t pushed me to get the dewinterization done.
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13th
June
2021
Another G7 meeting is over. No big news, therefore no big deal. Are these nothing more than photo ops for the power brokers? I mean, getting a selfie with the Queen is probably a big deal, and I fully accept that I’m not ever going to have the opportunity. My life will go on.
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