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Week(end) Notes No. 6

By Justin G. on 24APR21SUN

Words about sound and pictures and words.

Change of plan: keep this on Sunday because it requires a bit of time and thinking. Move the Now page update to Mondays; it requires less thinking.

Phonography:

Yesterday afternoon I was listening to the most perfect sound of wind in trees. I was standing under the tree, and my app said the wind was 8 mph, with gusts to 18 mph. It was just the right amount. I wonder if it was the new spring leaves, or the tree kind of by itself, or well, not in a forest. Maybe it could be a project, trees in wind in different seasons or stages of leaf maturity or presence. The wind in the trees is always a sound on my list.

Photography:

Started a short silly project that actually is good. I’m taking a picture of the sunset every day from my backyard. It’s limited: only 7 days. The contraint has been good, because it was only the second day that had a really glorious sunset. The other days have required more creativity, more looking and seeing.

I’ve also put in a bit more effort when other opportunities present themselves to make photos. Food and cooking in the kitchen require solving lighting challenges, and also background objects. The San Jose Bike Party rode by in the dark on Saturday, and instead of thinking about going out to take some photos, I actually went out there. Sure, I haven’t taken many photos in the dark of people on bikes, so many of the photos were bad. And I’m fine with that because I learned quite a few things, and also things that I need to learn about working the camera in the dark. So that’s success.

I also struggled with getting a Shortcut that would add photos to my blog repository in Working Copy. I got one version working that uses the clipboard. But it’s kind of a hack. I found this howto, but it’s not working for me. Shortcuts almost never seem to work as advertised, and the errors (or lack of) make it quite difficult to debug. The reuse of words also makes it hard to search for help. Do they do this on purpose? I am again ready to quit Shortcuts. And so another cycle is complete.

Writing

Many notes made, thoughts recorded, ideas kept. One other blog post written, just a recipe, but still, there is more words there than the recipe alone.

Seasons and Days:

I think I’m going to be able to call this 30 days a success. There is still a couple of weeks to go, but progress is being made on adding more fiber into my diet. I’m having a higher awareness of it, and what foods are better or worse for it.

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