For those counting along with me... It is Day 12
for my friend who has decided music is better than booze. Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Whales: The Night Visit
As I said before, the whales never came in close to our cove during the day. We watched them far out in the waters of the Johnstone Straits, usually traveling along, occasionally feeding. They rarely did anything more dramatic than that, though one day when there was thick fog, we could hear them having a grand party with much breeching going on, water-slapping, and oh such shenanigans that would have been a complete delight to actually see! However, at night when we were at our quietest and... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
The Body Language of Whales
One of the great frustrations of our 5 weeks on the island was that the orcas never came in close to us when we could see them well. It has been observed in other times and places not distant from our island--therefore involving the same whales, same pods of whales--that the orcas do not tend to come close when people are agitated, upset, emotionally out-of-true; they come close when observers are calm and centered, in quiet emotional trim. Interesting, though circumstantial rather than... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
In the country of whales
(TAPS, as you request...) A camera was one of the many pieces of basic equipment I didn't have the summer of the whales. We had some borrowed binoculars, one pair only(which sounds odd, a pair of one binoculars... like a pair of pants. )between us. Pencils and pens and notebook, purchased at Alert Bay. Over the course of the years, sadly, it has been mislaid: I have not seen that notebook in many a day, and it was not, if I say it myself, a bad little book of research notes and sketches. Well,... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, October 23, 2009
The Whales
It was orcas that brought me to the Pacific NW, back in 1975. We drove a car that wanted delivering to San Francisco, then hitched north to the farther reaches of Vancouver Island--a tale in itself, that journey--where we found a ride to a small island with a little bay and inlet, and once we got there, a population of two. We watched whales and everything else in that marvelous place for 5 weeks. The rain was nearly incessant that August of 1975, and we were woefully ignorant and ill-prepared.... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Something wonderful on the news tonight...
http://www.kirotv.com/video/21397178/index.html Sign in to see full entry.
Jack'o'lantern 09
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Day Six...
He's hangin' in there... Still struggling to get off the street, out of the woods... to keep his finances afloat, a rickety, fragile boat that requires constant bailing. I told him I would pay him to play, and have... and will keep on doing so. Looks like I may have to buy this guitar tomorrow when his bills are due. I should start a fund! Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
And the winner is...
Got an email this morning from my son. This term he signed up for a beginning acting class, after last year's theater makeup class tickled his fancy. (Those who've followed this blog a while have seen the pictures not so very far back, of his enthusiastic transformations: http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ciel/617030 also: http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ciel/617666 and http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ciel/616961 ) Well, he has been a live-action roleplay gamer for years. In... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Three days...
My friend showed up for breakfast and brought his guitar with him. Now it will live here, and if he feels a need to sell it, I have first refusal. I won't refuse, of course, I will own it and he will have it to play. It's not a big name guitar, but it does have a nice sound, better than the ones I have had around here. He and guitars are like me and cameras. He came back this evening and played for a while, we recorded a little and talked some more about putting together a homemade video of his... Sign in to see full entry.