This is one of my stubborn days, I guess. I should already be in bed, but the post won’t write itself, so I am here in near darkness, muttering about a half backlit keyboard and depending on my upping skills to get something coherent on the screen.
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Today’s challenge: answer an email. One from a cousin, who has the vacation of a lifetime in view, and who wants to know more of the family origin story. Yes, the one where I have a great deal of information, but not enough to do justice to the question.
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Unless they were particularly attentive during visits to museum sites, my children are unfamiliar with School Driving Fountain version One. That was the installation where you put your mouth just below a running faucet. Actually, my own generation had water from a faucet, most of the time. No need to head outside with a bucket and pump the ration for the morning in your classroom. My mother is from an earlier generation, and she would go to a local stream with a bucket and bring back several gallons of cold and clear. Different era.
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Today, a fast food ad caught my attention. Probably not the worst item on their menu, but the idea of a “chicken Big Mac: seems like a chance to prove how something might not be good for me. In fact, sight unseen, I am giving the item a BFN. Shorthand for Big Fat Nope, have checked the nutrition profile. No, I will not be adding this to my must have list of meals. Sorry.
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Questions, on instant replay, if you will. How many answers can you get, the second time around? One of our simple pleasures, at home, costs very little. Actually, only our time. We watch streamed episodes of Jeopardy. The catch is that once in a while, not only is the episode condensed, but actual questions and answers get skipped. If you are willing to continue your search, it is possible to find alternate recordings, and you get the added fun of re-watching part of the show.
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Unsure if my education professors mentioned this, but if you must deliver a lesson on something boring, inject a little humour into the spiel. Won’t make the material into something interesting, but it will distract the listener.
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For several days now, one of my weather apps has been offering an enigmatic Special Weather Statement. A veiled warning, possibly. By yesterday, we were convinced that there was a snow storm due on the next gust of wind. And there was not. However, the dog just came in, a day later, and his dark fur was veiled in white snow, which was immediately shook off onto the living room floor. Enough talk about the weather.
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All that I know about getting stuck comes from a couple of silly moments in a car. On a flat driveway. Guess I haven’t driven enough. However, knowledge is power, so I am watching videos on how to get stuck. In the sand. In the mud. On a hill. Useful stuff, even if I have no intention of driving anywhere, ever.
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Let me admit something. I have had a very sheltered life, with almost no time spent in other countries. One country. So, I have been trying to make up for a lifetime of being sheltered from other customs by watching videos. Trying to get a feeling for what other people consider as noteworthy. Trying to equip myself for an uncertain future.
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There are some good restaurants in the province. Not that they depend on me for their business plan, but I am content that I can send friends and family out there. I have one restaurant that I tend to visit over and over again several times a year. In fact, we were celebrating a family moment today, so I did go to the restaurant. And I did wander around blindly, but that just keeps other patrons alert.
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