This is how the rising moon looked from across our street last night. The reflection is in the bay between us and Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada. Some of those lights on the island are moving traffic.
Month: August 2023
This is a clue to what really occupies my mind some days
Ten random notes in no particular order:
- I’m still learning to spell Katahdin.
- Was it a mama moose I hit that cold night on my commute back from the office, rather than a deer? Now that I’m getting to know deer, I think the collision involved something bigger.
- Red states? They’re where nobody really wants to live. Or at least the paying jobs.
- How dark the house is at night in an electrical power outage! There’s no ambient light from the street lamps or apparatus power-on buttons.
- Glyphs = little typographic devices.
- I dreamed I was playing violin again. In an orchestra, no less.
- How deeply backpacking as a youth shaped my values (forget efficient as a factor). It’s that travel light thing.
- After living in New Hampshire, I’m still not used to a sales tax.
- English country dance lyric, “If love were an ocean / and water was gin / I’d walk a long plank / and throw myself in.” It’s not from “Robin, Mad Robin,” is it?
- A voicemail message for today: “Let me a message or text me. I’ll get back.”
Bass Lady in action
Something I’m deeply appreciating in my new community is how much depends on people who step up in public service. One person can truly make a difference. What’s amazing us is that some individuals seem to be everywhere we turn.
Some are born and bred here. Others are high-spirited “people from away” who transform the town in unique ways while respecting is core character.
One of the newer arrivals is Joan Lowden, better known as the Bass Lady jazz host on our community radio station. She loves to give shout-outs to others, so here’s one for her.
The former Silicon Valley ventures whiz is much more than a voice. She’s an organizer, fundraiser, website consultant, active volunteer, and cheerful doer who makes things happen, often behind the scenes.
This weekend’s ArtWalk offers some fine examples.
Here Joan is at our monthly open mic event, both singing and playing bass. She’s also a key player in MICE, the Moose Island contradance band, and a welcome member of varied combos. She even starred at our Mardi Gras night at the senior center while definitely lowering the median age.
Jnana's Red Barn 