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Quarantine social isolation day 206

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Quarantine social isolation day 206 Less Swampwalk, more block walk. Saw some lovely jack-o’-lantern shrooms seen on a quickie stroll to bring smoked salmon to our neighbor KU, a result of our getting the wrong farm box delivery. No chocolate covered pretzels pieces, and instead we got some bland crackers, spelt brick, and some assorted veg that were fine. Chitchatted with KU briefly, then continued on our way. Critters spotted, a flock of tiny songbirds, 2 squirrels, KUs window cat Birdie, a beautiful little gray cat with white socks and tail tip, who looked like a little tough guy. Additional, we might have a bird nest in in our front bush on the east corner. One neighbor is either a dog collector or a pet sitter, with 2 beagles, a white toy mutt, a chihuahua and a bulldog all running rowdy and barking as we walked past the fence. Good dogs, they went silent as we passed the property. Senior human walking a little long hair dachshund pooch, no mask, but had an illuminati tattoo on her neck. Blonde guy on another walk kept his distance too, also no mask. Autumn continues to slowly roll into the neighborhood, more crunchy yellow and brown leaves on the ground and the odd tree is showing a little red or gold too. For future ref- this is the week after the first 45|Biden debate, and then 45 was briefly hospitalized for covid-19. I will be interested in seeing what unfolds at the election in less than a month. Mrs and I sent our ballots in the day before yesterday, and please let my hopes triumph over my expectations. #walkies #streamofthought #bogsafari #ivoted🇺🇸

Turnip queen

Franz Xaver von Schonwerth collected all these fairytales and in the 2000′s they were discovered in an attic and published. Unlike the Grimm brothers, he did not edit anything. The Grimms deliberately edited the stories to fit middle class tastes – they also were trying to create a national identity with these tales as a touchstone.

Meanwhile von Schonwerth’s goal was documenting the Bavarian oral traditions – which is why he didn’t edit the stories in his notes. And the stories are weird and intense. Some have the classic “beginning middle end + moral” – some are just “here’s stuff that happened….” And some of the endings…you know that story about a weary soldier who performs three tasks and gets to marry the princess? In this book, the soldier is continually rejected by both the king and the princess, so he brings an army to burn down the entire castle with everyone inside. The end.

The other interesting thing is that while the Grimms tales had mostly female protagonists, Von Schonwerth’s have as many boys trying to escape nasty situations as girls. There are boys who cuddle up with frogs to discover that the frogs are princesses, there are boys called “King Goldenhair,” there are brothers fighting, and fathers sending sons out to stop being a burden on the family. In the introduction, Maria Tatar posits that the Grimms, having suffered from being orphans, may have avoided these types of stories. Anyway, if you like fairytales, The Turnip Princess book is worth the read.

October 02, 2020 at 10:51PM

“There’s no telling what’s going to happen, is there?’ 

‘No, not even the computers can figure that out yet.'” 

From Dark Shadows episode 1073.

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October 02, 2020 at 02:25PM

Swampwalk quarantine Social distance day 204

My walk was late morning, and the swamp was pretty quiet.

Creature count was minimal. 3 squirrels, a spider, a tiny frog. No songbirds, or larger eagles / buzzards / gulls.

All told, not many birds at all, ground was still a bit wet from last night’s rain. Aside from the occasional snap of twigs or scuttle of squirrel, there was a sense you could hear the sound of the toadstools growing and the faint gurgle of trees digesting sunlight. There are some small hints of brown, gold and orange peeking through the swamp’s green.

The thunderous thudding of my shoes treading through that serenity must have seemed pretty rude in comparison. None of the tiny blue flowers complained, at least not to me.

The plank signboard still has nothing hanging on the eyelets, so I haven’t any idea as to the purpose of that thing yet. I hope it doesn’t turn into a no trespassing signs.

Heard today that mrs company is doing telework measures well into the center of next year. I am both happy that she doesn’t need to commute for a bit, but it also drives home that we have a ways to go before a sense of normalcy will return to our lives, and when it does, expectations and behavior will have changed.

I just caught myself saying “uh oh, SpaghettiOs”, after dropping an ice tray.

Does anyone say that anymore?

Anyone under 20?

Any kids even eat SpaghettiOs these days?

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Swampwalk quarantine Social distance day 204 My walk was late morning, and the swamp was pretty quiet. Creature count was minimal. 3 squirrels, a spider, a tiny frog. No songbirds, or larger eagles / buzzards / gulls. All told, not many birds at all, ground was still a bit wet from last night's rain. Aside from the occasional snap of twigs or scuttle of squirrel, there was a sense you could hear the sound of the toadstools growing and the faint gurgle of trees digesting sunlight. There are some small hints of brown, gold and orange peeking through the swamp's green. The thunderous thudding of my shoes treading through that serenity must have seemed pretty rude in comparison. None of the tiny blue flowers complained, at least not to me. The plank signboard still has nothing hanging on the eyelets, so I haven't any idea as to the purpose of that thing yet. I hope it doesn't turn into a no trespassing signs. Heard today that mrs company is doing telework measures well into the center of next year. I am both happy that she doesn't need to commute for a bit, but it also drives home that we have a ways to go before a sense of normalcy will return to our lives, and when it does, expectations and behavior will have changed. I just caught myself saying "uh oh, SpaghettiOs", after dropping an ice tray. Does anyone say that anymore? Anyone under 20? Any kids even eat SpaghettiOs these days? #swampwalk #bogsafari #streamofthought #uhohspaghettios #itissoquiet

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October 01, 2020 at 09:37PM

Lobster Tom is coming for your pancreas!

Do you even know what part of your body to cover?

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