23rd
July
2008
There is something very zen about waking to the sound of a good surf. Lay back, allow your ears to resonate with thousands of tiny subharmonic notes. White noise, in the original version. We had no rain overnight, but the campground is running on a low note right now, as the fairweather campers have all gone away. I feel like someone caught in a last man on earth movie.
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10th
February
2008
A notice to the commercial recording industry of America; you can keep your junk food. This year, my house is Grammy-free (this has nothing to do with grandmothers, for those who are easily confused!). Moreover, it isn’t because we can’t receive the telecast, but because we are disinterested, to a man. I will let the woman speak for herself.
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17th
August
2007
It’s probably illegal, immoral and fattening, but I have a new junk food to recommend to the discerning shopper. Someone in the office was down to New England during the holidays and came back via York Beach in Maine. I’ve never been there; without the help of Google Maps I’d be able to propose the general direction, nothing more. However, this is one place that might be worth a visit sometime during an upcoming summer vacation.
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2nd
August
2007
Today we went to Acadie. The drive north from Inverness goes from wooded steep hills to a bare shore land at Margaree Harbour, and the region of Cheticamp begins. The topography, architecture and language, all at once.
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1st
December
2006
Things started with the windows rattling in mid-afternoon. Nothing like an earthquake; more like a good gust of wind. By the time I quit the building less than an hour later, the skiffling of snow along the ground served as a call to the dance.
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14th
October
2006
Had to nip over to the local supermarket this evening, in case anyone wanted to eat tomorrow morning. What are the odds, with three boys around the house? A very ordinary run, for the essentials such as bread, pop, cheese, cookies, more pop, rice cakes, sugar-free jam (what the heck is that about?). A balanced diet; not a good diet, but balanced.
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3rd
August
2006
We’ve had our morning coffee in the new pushmugs, and my “gut feeling” is that the Bodum doesn’t match this new camping standard. Good coffee is as necessary as a dry tent, in our circle.
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