29th
December
2021
Today as I saw it
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26th
December
2021
As seen from the actuarial angle
Later in life, we recall odd things. Like, from high school, the bi-weekly visits from the “guidance counsellors. He, in a gray suit, and she, in a beige blouse. They may have had names, but that wasn’t of lasting importance. The came equipped with the tools of their trade: mimeographed handouts on the various professions we might wish to follow, once finished with our basic educations.
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13th
December
2021
Read a good book
Read a good book, they said. And so I did. Many, actually. But here we are in the ‘20s. An update is is order. Fifty years ago (yes, I AM that old), I had time to take a single book and discover it. Digest it. Now, my forward looking timeline says that I should gorge on tweets. And YT videos. Life (the remaining part) is too brief to get hung up on character development and plot lines. There. I’ve said it. Moving ahead.
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11th
December
2021
But will there be war?
Stuck in the middle of a situation. Today’s informal study in animal behavior. We have our loaner dog, here. And for the record, dogs and humans share a lot of DNA and a lot of manners for dealing with a potential rival. The bed, the couch, the food bowls; all the same.
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4th
December
2021
Is it still a parade, if nobody marches?
Following the lead of a classmate (thanks, Bob) I joined a band, (a long time ago). Not what you think; this was a classic English brass ensemble, and we had uniforms. Spent the autumn going to weekly practice in a small hall, and then prepared for our first public appearance. Not the ban’s; they had been around for a ling time (if I could go by the old, framed photographs in the hall. Anyhow, there was grumbling about how I wasn’t wearing high sidewalls, below my uniform cap.
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30th
November
2021
Check your change (purse)
But, it could be important: Canada wonders if we are due (overdue?) for an upgraded coat of arms. The one that used to be seen on certain coins. Remember coins? In this case, the Fifty cent piece. At a bet (safe one), there are none of these in your back pocket, or the family change purse. The thing is, duringr the last century, there have been a few changes in the bigger Canadian story. We added one province, for sure. Changed the name of a couple of those mysterious territories that many will never visit, in a lifetime. Became a true nation, with our own rule of law.
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26th
November
2021
And then, we have Ian, from Tull
Anyone who has passed through the mill of musical education will understand where I’m coming from. Yes, a teacher is a good thing. No, a teacher cannot take all the praise for someone who moves beyond the basics of study on a given instrument. You can’t teach everything. Now, what set that off?
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22nd
November
2021
Could a brief nap provide inspiration?
Well, so much for that idea. I had come up with a bright idea: if I was to pretend to fall asleep, after a large meal, I could get one of those thought streams that seem so wonderful, at the time. A whole post, composed while threading my way through a dream field.
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4th
November
2021
Came in through the window
Look, a new rig! In the field, this evening, the biggest tricycle I’ve ever see. Special machine, tasked with spreading lime before the winter begins. And the job was over and done before we understood the implications. There’s going to be another crop, of something, next year. Else, why spend money on extras. Now we wait for the new growth, to discover what will be our “farm view” in ’22. Just the anticipation of watching something novel (and amazing) spring forth already takes the edge off a winter that hasn’t started.
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23rd
October
2021
How I tried to go to prison
ON my scorecard of “life experience”, I have a glaring hole. I’ve never been in jail. I have driven by a jail, but that doesn’t count. It has been repurposed into a pizza place, if memory serves. Anyhow, I did try, once, to get into jail.
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