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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
How important is the role of music in your life and in your creative process? Do you write to music? If so, what kind and why do you think it helps?  Music is Necessary to Life Quote:from:https://www.quora.com/What-does-music-have-to-do-with-the-soul Music and its profound effects on the human organism are very real indeedby Jeffrey Werbock this is the opening sentence from his article on Quora. Find the link above. Music is an integrated part of my life. I never get enough of it. Before pandemic on days when K was working away from home I would fill the house with music. I play music for the pets to calm them. I like a variety of music. Just to name a few I have discs of bagpipes, guitar, flute, piano, violin, harp, wind chimes, bird songs, and other sounds. I will not name all the artists who sing for me or their styles of music. I'm playing my guitar lately and really enjoy doing it. However, I do not write to music, read to music, or study to music. I need silence for those things. I like to be able to hear the real sounds of life around me. It's keyed to my fight or flight mechanisms. I like jazz and dance music to clean house to, because it energizes me. Four A.M yesterday, there was the howl of a real coyote close in to us. I'll be glad when the hay is off, because maybe the predator wild life won't come in as close. I have a disc of bird sounds that the parrots are always happy to hear. Their favorite movie is Paulie This is real life music. I have a lot of new age meditation music because it soothes me. I also like spiritual music which sings praises to God. One of my favorites is Celtic music singing scriptural Psalms. I do like some kinds of country music and specific artists and groups but, don't listen to it as often as instrumental. I guess I could live without music but surely would not want to live without it. See Ya! |
NEOWISE comet: “Enjoy it while you can. The frozen ball of ice won’t return to the inner solar system for 6,800 years.” Talk about it! https://www.nytimes.com/article/neowise-comet.html   Catching Up Quote: from https://earthsky.org/space/what-lives-between-the-stars What lives between the stars? Posted by Christopher Crockett in Space | November 28, 2012 The interstellar medium is the stuff between the stars. Made up mostly of hydrogen and helium gas, it contains all the material needed to make stars and planets. It is shaped by stellar winds, dying stars, galactic magnetic fields, and supernova explosions. I was shopping for 5 weeks worth of groceries yesterday so this is catch up for me. Many of the times over the years I have stayed up to watch a comet or other phenomenon only to find a cover of clouds so thick watching was worthless. NEOWISE is still near so I'll make an effort to see it for real. I have binoculars. I even have a telescope that shows me some good views of stars and the moon. In the mean time I like the pictures on the web. I knew scientists were involved in watching for comets that may harm the earth. I never heard the name of the program is NEOWISE until now. During the winter I went out to watch the stars on a couple of clear cold nights. There is always something going on in the sky. Here is a good place to go on our august vacation. We could go camping in space. Live on the space station. Visit the mars robots and telescopes. Visit the earth stations that watch the sky. I think I'll study teleporting. Is Saudi Arabia really interested in Mars? See Ya! apondia#1781748 |
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