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flemmings ([personal profile] flemmings) wrote2013-11-16 10:46 pm
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Boring observations on a boring day

1. Quiet day. Had acupuncture, visited aged aunt, had wine next door. Thus my exciting life. Well, also cruised Whole Paycheque close to aunt's retirement home and left without buying anything, after an attack of Wretched Excess.

2. Worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie. The city's leaf sweepers have been through and ground everything to dust; what leaves remain on the trees are a bleached-out barest yellow in the pewter November light.

3. Next door is jubilant at our mayor's de facto loss of power and confident he'll soon either resign or be kicked out by the premier (that's the governor to you Murcans.) If it is so it is good, as the Japanese say; but Rob Ford is not only teflon, he has the devil's luck. I do not hold my breath.

4. Environment Canada's historical stats contain many surprises, such as the fact that 2002 holds the record for most snow on the ground on Nov 16. I was incredulous: 2002 was a scorcher, surely not given to early snowstorms? Luckily I have a copy of my pitas blog for that year, and yes, it did snow mid-November, even though up to then the autumn was much warmer than average.

5. Reading The Science of Discworld, outdated as it is (I believe they've found the Higgs Boson particle now?) makes the world seem stranger even than Tibetan Buddhism does.
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[personal profile] incandescens 2013-11-17 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Speaking of Pratchett, I put Raising Steam in the post for you today.

[identity profile] flemmings.livejournal.com 2013-11-17 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
Oh excellent! Thank you very much. Next weekend's reading is now assured.

Is there anything at all I can send you from these shores (that isn't available in NH)?
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[personal profile] incandescens 2013-11-17 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
If you happened to be able to get your hands on some maple sugar candy without undue inconvenience, I would be extremely grateful...

[identity profile] flemmings.livejournal.com 2013-11-18 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yes, it exists in quantity at the end of my street. Is it the actual (sugary) candy you want or the chocolates with the (syrupy) filling?

They will be shaped like a maple leaf, whichever, because (sigh) we're like that.

(How about maple sugar tea?)
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[personal profile] incandescens 2013-11-18 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
The actual sugary candy, please. And I would be curious about the tea, if you don't mind.

[identity profile] flemmings.livejournal.com 2013-11-18 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
I've never tried the tea but [livejournal.com profile] i_am_zan thought it quite tasty.
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[personal profile] incandescens 2013-11-18 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
In that case, please may I request a small sample.

Anything from England that you'd like for Christmas?

[identity profile] flemmings.livejournal.com 2013-11-18 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
The Pratchett will do me quite nicely for now, thank you. If something desirable appears that won't be released in Canada until mid-2014 (like the Pratchett), I'll be sure to let you know.

[identity profile] yumiyoshi.livejournal.com 2013-11-17 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Those are not boring observations! Also you referenced my favorite poem ever, so <3

[identity profile] flemmings.livejournal.com 2013-11-17 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, you're right- the minutia of other people's lives do seem more interesting than one's own. All a matter of viewpoint.

That Hopkins is splendid. I can't get into the rest of his stuff, but that one (and the Shakespeare I referenced an entry or so ago) get autumn exactly.