November 04, 2024

1) I don't have enough scenes close-by.
So I keep returning to the scenes I do have,
hoping to see it with new eyes.
And, of course, that always works to charm me
again.

Fall is my favorite season.
Spring is next.
Summer and winter are equally boring for me,
and spring is getting difficult,
with knees that make getting low to small spring flowers
out of the question,
and the flowers themselves being indistinguishable 
from last spring's offerings.

Which makes Fall my go-to season.
Anne Springs Close Greenway will afford another trip or two,
and the Carolina Thread Trail
(Connecting all of the locations of cotton mills in the area)
will offer another.
Beyond that, I will await inspiration.

The Blue Ridge Parkway and its trails have been rendered
inaccessible for me due to the damage caused by Hellene,
and I expect my time there is done
due to the effort of getting there being not worth 
the benefit of being there.

I sold all of my proper camera gear last year
in preparation for the inescapable arrival of the truth
of the consequences of 80 and beyond. 
And I incorporated a Halide camera in my iPhone
to ease the transition from the old to the new.

I find my present landscape needs being nicely met
by the new camera, and I don't miss the weight
and unwieldyness of the old system at all.

And I expect to go on "making the best of it"
all the days of my life.

2) Think of all the people
who have a right to be angry...

Native Americans,
People of color,
LGBTQ people,
Homeless people...
The list is long.

And who are the angriest?
Wealthy white people.

I need to think about this for a while...

3) College basketball starts tonight.
One of my favorite forms of distraction!
I am fascinated by the way basketball teams
are able to generate and maintain 
the pace of flow and attention--
and lose focus and presence "like that."

And how some coaches seem to be able 
to keep teams flowing together,
and some coaches don't have a clue
about how to do that.

I would like to follow the top coaches--
men and women--throughout their life
and quiz them about how they keep 
themselves there.

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