Right now, I’ve got the achy arms and legs of someone who has done too much physical labour in too short a stretch of time. I now understand why I have zealously avoided moving. I now also realize that my parents were tough folk; our family, over a period of less than fifteen years, managed to change address no less than nine times!
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Sometime during the morning, between cups of coffee, the garbage elves came and removed our pile by the road. The one we’d requested and detailed to the city; since the office and the curb crew never speak, I felt obliged to up the ante. Got rid of a few other things that would have required effort (and space in a dumpster). Just for the record, when you turn over large objects for disposal, they send a large truck. No sorting going on here; this will be direct deposit to the incinerator.
posted in economy, environment | Comments Off on A visit by the garbage elves | 268 words
Ain’t over until it’s over, I guess. More snow, this morning, on the Island. Sufficient to push this year into the record book, as the snowiest one on record. Not that it matters, unless it doesn’t stop…
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Today, we prepared for tomorrow. Great slogan; fit for a political bumper sticker. In my case, a simple nod to the others who are involved in getting the house done. The money machine required that I twist the crank, but all seems to be working now. One more element in my restless nights taken care of.
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Should anyone ask, I have decided to claim that I like the gut-wrenching sensation of an impending deadline. How else to explain my reluctance to file the required revenue reports? I do have until next Thursday evening, and if the internet closes, then a lot of us will be in the same position; millions of us, last report.
posted in economy, pets | Comments Off on Filing avoidance | 270 words
Based on what I’ve absorbed from cinema, getting from there to here should require nothing more than a wiggle of the nose, or a snap of the fingers, or perhaps a wayward wand whatever. On a low budget shoot, a card showing “one thousand miles later”. In my life, the transportation requires hours and hours, seated in the same position, trying not to snore (I fail, apparently).
posted in travel | Comments Off on Alone on a bridge | 263 words
Taking care of this blog is usually maintenance-free, other than infrequent tweaks to plugins. But… when things go wrong, for whatever reason, some serious concentration is required.
posted in travel | Comments Off on Maintenance mode | 256 words
An exciting day, here. We spent our first night in the new house, getting used to the different sights and sounds. Quiet, except for the intermittent sump pump; when you’ve spent thirty years without one, it has novelty value. When you need one, it must be one of the world’s more satisfying sounds.
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Despite the frost and the fog and the rain, we played the travel game today. The night was restless, so before 05h00, the car met the road. We watched the sun rise, and disappear – into dense, nacreous vapours that caused everything to vanish, beyond our moving bubble.
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Worms, beware. The first robin of the year is afoot.
There are only two ways to receive a delivery at your door. Either you sleep in, and miss the low flying run-by completely… or you get up bright and early, and then wait for the whole day for the truck to park at the end of the drive. I chose the latter.
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