Perhaps this should go in the Alligator Ed memoriam essay - but since wisdom was brought up here...

From: Yes, the Storm is here--coming in on little cat feet (3/14/20)

Hope that Dr. Ed is dancing up a storm on the other side. Spent a *long* time today searching for the comment in which Ed posted the shoes - in the course of that revisited a whole lot of threads from the past. Many gems of wisdom and blasts from the past there and I was only going back a couple years, not to the dawn of time.

So - if you've got a bit of time, I'd recommend a cruise through the AE essays and comments and please post any favorite bits here (or in the essay from his brother).

I liked this one:

Speculation is always warranted as long as it is so identified

@ovals49 Speculation is at the foundation of most discoveries not originally based upon proven facts. There must be an inductive process to expand the information produced by deductive processes.

from: Corona virus--a conspiracy theory? (2/27/20)

That's what my husband said while watching the local news the other night. He said that's what it said at the bottom of the screen. I was thinking, surely they would be talking about it as a big story instead of just running it by at the bottom. But I came here anyway to see if anyone had said anything about it. Nothing. So, I watch the tv to wait for it to roll by again. Then I see, somebody... advisor to Bill Clinton died. Well, shit. Shouldn't be getting my hopes up like that.

Am headed to my old house outside Austin in the hill country to check it for leaks after the “great storm that showed how great the infrastructure created by politics isl”. Poorly constructed sentence but made y point perhaps. My water was cut off at the street but the house is old and the plumbing done by us so we shall see what is there.

Love the clothesline art! Have a old clothesline that was put there by one of the original owners and the tree the wire was wrapped around has now grown around the tree. Maybe I will try my hand at some clothesline art.

Am also getting my second vaccination from the County Health here. I must say there process has been smooth and painless and was given ample notification of when I could come in and my choice of time. My sister in law and her husband are not having as good luck here in Austin. The public health organization has been overwhelmed by demand and their computer system and personnel do not seem capable of handling all the demand. We will see.

Should be a nice day for me with temps rising into the 70’s. A river runs through town so will take my lunch down to the river before heading for home.

Good day all!

my every week I have declared Thursday to be "Bonus Day" in my personal reconceptualizartion of things. Beats the hell out of "garbage day", which it also is, but shares the sobriquet with yestidday. It is more technically garbage pick up day, which is both good and bad. Many is the week when our greenwaste container is brim full, far more than we could compost here in our meagre yard ourselves,so the county will compost it and donate it to all comers, good thing, imo.

Allegedly it will begin to rain Monday, and continue almost the entire week, but that's deceptive as all get out, .31 inches, .44 inches, .17 inches, .06 inches, etc. Sure it adds up, but a week of cloudy, dreary, "rainy" weather to get less than 1 & 1/2 inches of precipitation is a bit of a drag. Keeps one out of the yard right when one should be out there.

So I'll explain the Bonus of bonus day some other time, I theen, once I see if it really is, but suffice it to say that today we have nothing on but going to get out second covid shots, and I need to run down and get a propane bottle filled, an optional, bonus activity. Beyond that it is a free day woo hoo.

Since it is a free day, I have decided to keep free from politics to the extent that I can, though as somebody or other once said, all life is politics, so maybe I should say that I am avoiding big P Politics. After all, here in the USA it is certain to be the same tomorrow anyway. Oooh, cancel Congress, there's gonna be a revolution or riot or assault or bullshit, but wait, how can there be bullshit without Congress? Ah well, so it goes.

Off to begin the day.

be well and have a good one

edit: changed bonue to bonus

My downer comment for today is that my brother-in-law had the "vaccine" yesterday and proceeded to have a stroke. Is in hospital now. Me, myself, and I will not be getting the "vaccine." Long term effects have not yet been determined and will not be determined for quite some time, so I'm going by the short-term effects I'm witnessing and reading about. Those of you choosing the "vaccine," I respect the decision you are making for yourself. I know I am in the odd-girl-out category, but I prefer it that way. Better safe than sorry.

Enjoy the day!

Edited to add this Ted Talk about the danger of carbohydrates:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da1vvigy5tQ

http://cloverdalesculpturetrail.org/exhibit/

Located 80 miles north of San Francisco, Cloverdale is nestled among gently rolling hills and lush vineyards at the top of the renowned Alexander Valley. Cloverdale is the hidden gem of Sonoma Wine Country. Its older homes, tree-lined neighborhoods and friendly residents give the city a small town character that visitors from urban centers love to experience. The walkable Cloverdale is in downtown Cloverdale with a cultural corridor of innovative art galleries, Performing Arts Center, Sculpture Trail, restaurants, shops, and Cloverdale Museum and History Center.

Whoop de do, and thank gawd for small town character. I forgot my debit card in the machine at the grocery store and it was still there the next day when I realized it, they just handed it over when I walked through the door and dropped my name out loud. Where would I be without kind people? deep shit

There are sculptures every where I go around town. One favorite is called Spokes, what really draws me in is the little mirror reflections, and the geometry. It sits on the corner of the Citrus Fair intersection, a four way plus turn lanes with all kinds of beeping lights and timers and flashing hand signals and stuff.

“The wheels of this piece are recycled steel from another project and reference the old wagon wheels of the American west – strong. The three of them represent a cardinal number of 2 plus 1; attached together they form an equilateral triangle, the strongest geometric shape. The mirrors in the wheels center give the illusion of virtual space from the flat side and an inverted ‘virtual’ view from the concave side.”

The sculpture, 70 in. x 70 in. x 70 in. and its composition is patinated with mirrors.

Huh! Math surgery and I didn't know patinated was a word, but now I do, thank you. To make it stick, use it in a sentence. "Bong water has patinated the glass tube with a fine sheen of cannabis oil." Okay, because the Quonset Botanicals is right there on the corner too. I have never shopped there, it is delivery only. Their flower menu looks dank, right on Jack Herer. The Cloverdale cannabis tax income was 300% greater than budgeted, and so saved the balance sheet after one year of pandemic closures. "Legalize it, don't criticize it." -- Peter Tosh

In 2016 this sculpture hung over the Farmers Market space downtown:

Cloverdale will host the sculpture “Hung Up,” which is an appreciation of women’s work with inspirations from Boston brownstones, riversides in India and apartments in China. This sculpture by Beth Hartmann of Sebastopol and Allegra Davis Burke of Santa Rosa is a larger than life clothesline with clothespins and clothes created from fiber, wood and metal. The clothesline will be hung 18 feet about the ground and will have glow-in-the-dark features.

That was cool. I used to have a fancy clothesline rig when I had more outdoor space, no glow. I Like the look.

I guess anyone with a phone can get the app with the virtual tour now, it is called otto that's all I know:

This year we have added a new feature, you can select to hear the artists’ audio in English or Spanish. Thank you Yave Guzman for translating the English audio clips into Spanish.

To enjoy the audio guide you download through Google Play or the Apple App Store the free Otocast app, which includes the Cloverdale Sculpture Trail. Enjoy the experience of public art in Cloverdale.

cheers

Peace and Love

@Lookout  

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A beautiful day here...headed for 70's. Weirdly dry in what is normally our wettest month. Got close to 6" all told last month in Feb. Will need to start watering the garden. Round we go.

Loved the clothesline horse. Reminds me of a festival we played, when there was a dress hanging up outside in our camp. We added a paper plate face and called her Blanche. She hung around the whole festival.

As to politics, all I can say is Bye-done is living up to my low expectations.

Hope you all have a good one!

LOVE that clothesline art. So creative. The Hot Tuna is awesome too. Saw them once in a little club on Sunset in Hollywood, close, tables and drinks... Jack and Jorma are amazing.

It was about relief claims from the Texas freeze. I imagined it would be tips on how to sue, who to sue, etc...unfortunately, it was about the one or two free resources, and basically how to get loans for home repairs, lost business, from FEMA and SBA.
Not my area of practice, very boring, and when people are as down as down can get, they do NOT need to take on a 30 year loan. Just depressing as hell.
On the upside, I have hot water in my kitchen sink and in one bathroom! I can run the dishwasher! I am feeling more like normal living than I have in two weeks.
My electric co-op is not raising prices, so no surprise big bill. We no longer have to boil our tap water. And my insurance only covers home structure damage. The plumbing is not covered, unless the burst pipes damage walls, etc...My plumbing is under the home. The plumbing bill is, thus, mine all mine.