The next time you commit to the creation of a doodle image, think big. I’m unsure how people missed this one until recently (although I suspect that the lack of personal drones played a role), but in Peru the announcement of the discovery of an enormous cat drawing on a hillside has made news around the world.
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While WordPress installed the latest version, I decided to reflect on just how long I’ve been “keeping track” of my thoughts using this software. Easy to do. I have tended to post, daily, since back in mid-2005. As the repository of all things WP tells me, I would have started with version 1.5, which today rolled over to version 5.5 with no noise.
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Who should you believe? For the last few years, a common rebuttal to pretty much anything newsworthy is that it is “fake news”. Doesn’t matter about the provenance. When in doubt, disparage.
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In this part of Canada, there is nothing that qualifies as “really old”, (in terms of human construction). I pay attention to things like that. And so, last evening, coming across a YouTube documentary hosted by Alice Roberts (I follow her on social media), I sat down to learn some new things.
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Part of my rationale for posting regularly is memory enhancement. We all try to keep track of the bigger moments, but the day to day, the mundane moments… they get lost in the proverbial shuffle.
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On my social media feed, a simple photograph. Tones of grey, with that odd scalloped border that Agfa and Kodak used with snapshot paper back when pictures went from wet to dry, rather than on the computer screen to on the computer screen. Yes, this photo had been digitized, but a lifetime after the fact.
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The official term is “snow squalls”. Something to do with an ideal temperature and humidity level, and then it snows, quickly. All fascinating, until you’re actually caught up in one, and visibility just goes away. Someone asked on a forum, last evening, about how to tell if one had started and the response was curt: look out the window.
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Last evening, we had a very well-mannered visitor to the door. Seemed to understand simple comments, and even took the time to check out that rope we have attached to the front step. Couldn’t invite him (her?) in, though, as foxes and dogs don’t always mix well.
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Neat visit from the neighbours, this afternoon. Two dogs. Our own ball of fur was over the top happy; I guess he doesn’t figure that the ordinary visitors (humans) are there for him.
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Although I no longer watch movies in public spaces, it used to be a thing. After all, we didn’t have much else to do on a week night, with friends. Bring along enough provisions (very discretely) and you could turn a cinema night into a party with close friends.
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