Monday Morning Wake-Up Call

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My job is clear: I must protect the transmission, smuggle it out of the theater, to examine it later in my room, see if it still glows. If it does, I might start to think in sentences about it. If the sentences get bossy enough, I might start to write them down. This much I’ve learned—you put enough in, and eventually, if unpredictably, something will come out.

— Maggie Nelson, Like Love: Essays and Conversations. (Graywolf Press, April 2, 2024)

Notes: Book Review from The Guardian: “Like Love by Maggie Nelson review – music, passion and friendship“

Sunday Morning

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Daybreak Walk @ Cove Island Park. Time Series. 49° F. 3:54, 5:03 & 6:07 am. Mother’s Day, May 12, 2024. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT. For more pictures of this morning’s walk, go here.

Walking. With Ellie.

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Good morning from Connecticut. Today, makes it 1,467 consecutive (almost) days on this daybreak morning walk at Cove Island Park. Like in a Row.

We were primed for another rant following last week’s diatribe: “Ladies Give Me Your Best Shot.” All the targeted Ladies (aka Sawsan) went scurrying back to her Den (with her Broom). Her replacement, while not an total embarrassment, is on her way to earning that merit badge shortly.

So, there’s one Lady left standing. I asked Susan if I can share more specifics about her OCD, that being her neuroses with light switches at the top and bottom of the stairs. Wally and I got a hostile reaction, and decided that this was a red line not to be tested.

I walk, wandering, ruminating. What shall we blog about today? Is it…

  • How I gained 10 lbs in 10 days? (Cake!)
  • How my insomnia has progressively deteriorated during the same period? (Cake?)
  • Why my Doctored-ordered Glucose test (a pre-diabetic alert) reported an alarming upward trend? (Cake?)

I walk.

I noodle these issues (and others), feeling the weight of their drag.

Continue reading “Walking. With Ellie.” →

Guess.What.Day.It.Is?

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Caleb is courting the ladies. Much watch T.V.

Notes:

  • Thank you Kiki for sharing the video.
  • Post Title: Background on Caleb/Wednesday/Hump Day Posts and Geico’s original commercial: Let’s Hit it Again.

A quiet song that I love…

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A quiet song that I love, and a loud song that I love: In college, I developed a steady rotation of quiet songs that didn’t distract me while I was studying. Artists such as Tycho and Washed Out were some of my favorites.Recently, I’ve been into Floating Points, the moniker for Samuel Shepherd, a British electronic-music producer. I could recommend his Late Night Tales album or Elaenia, but the one that stands out most to me is his collaborative album, Promises, featuring the saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra. It’s a gorgeous, layered work that’s best listened to all the way through—but if you’re pressed for time, “Movement 6” is an exceptional track.

— Kevin Townsend, The Culture Survey (The Atlantic, May 4, 2024)

(Music starts at 0:40 seconds)

(Like this track, listen to Movement 6 here.)