This is an attempt to sculpt my Reminiscence Bump into bumps.  Plural.  My end-goal is to have a Series of Reminiscence Moguls so eerily similar to the graph of the US 2020-2022 Covid19 infection rate, they become indistinguishable in my memory of this time.  One replacing the other.



          This homage to Ryan North's DINOSAUR COMICS was created by placing my words into Ryan's internet-famous, constrained, six panel comic.  I did make slight alterations to his artwork (which are visible if you follow T-Rex's recommendation).  I regularly read Ryan and highly recommend his daily webcomic orif he is unfamiliar to youyou can mega-binge during one of your upcoming lock-down/quarantines and catch-up on the nearly two decades you've missed. 

          After informing Ryan, he replied:

Hey, this is great!!  Thank you!
--
Ryan 

RyanNorth.ca / Dinosaur Comics / @ryanqnorth

         

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floods & fires

 

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          Although many have already reviewed the food products made by the company Magic Spoon, which they label with adjectives: expensive, keto, adult, and cereal.  Let me add my fifty dollars worth.
 
          'Expensive' is relative and subject to your anchoring bias.  Comparing a box of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes to a box of Magic Spoon Frosted flavor would be like comparing a Big Mac to a Ribeye steak.  Nobody expects a nice cut of beef to cost the same as a sandwich from McDonald's.  The reason to spend significantly more for Magic Spoon is because it has nothing high fructose in it, an insignificant amount of cane sugar, and absolutely no grains.

          'Keto' has become a marketing word.  The ingredients of anything marketed as "keto-friendly" should be scrutinized for bullshittery.  In this case, a single serving of Magic Spoon contains:  Milk and Whey Proteins, one or more oils from: Coconut/Sunflower/Avacado/Almond/Peanut, Tapioca Flour or Starch, Allulose, Monk Fruit, Stevia, Chicory Root, Salt, and various Natural Flavors (cinnamon in the Cinnamon; cocoa in the Cocoa; fruit/vegtable juice in the Fruity; turmeric and a trivial amount of sugar in the Salted Caramel; Inulin and a trivial amount of sugar in the Frosted; peanut extract/flour in the Peanut-butter; Honey in the Honey Nut) . . . and, no bullshittery.  (I love their use of the term trivial.)

          'Adult' is a marketing ploy for parents who feed cheap sugary carbs to their kids but are interested in eating good tasting, healthy, high-quality, food themselves.  This should be the only snack-food in your house!  To feed Cheerios to your childrenbecause it is 1/4 the pricebut buy Magic Spoon for yourself, because it tastes better and contains a negligible amount of carbs is child abuse.  I think you should stop encouraging your kids to become diabetic.  Insulin (the hormone, with an 's') is very expensive, whereas inulin (without the 's', a dietary fiber from Chicory Root) is not expensive.

          'Cereal'in describing this snack-foodis a form of antimony (bullshittery).  Someone in the marketing department convinced the creators that since it looks like a whole-grain breakfast food and tastes better than all of them, then it must be labelled one, and the people in charge at Magic Spoon compromised and agreed to put the convoluted phrase 'grain-free cereal' on their boxes.  Yea.  And the dehydrated water in my lungs is what currently keeps me alive.  I wish they were forward-thinking enough to use the term 'tooth-sized crunchy protein doughnuts'.      

          Someone in Magic Spoon's marketing department deserves commendation, however.  They let you order any 4-pack from their current inventory of flavors (which varies and changes, obviously) and today that was a choice from Fruity, Blueberry, Peanut Butter, Frosted, and Cinnamon.  Then.  After you've finished submitting your order, shipment, and payment, they close with: 'Would you like to include a box of Honey Nut and a box of Salted Caramel to your order?'  I had to smile at the audacity of hiding those flavors until I was almost out the door!  I call it the (effective) in for a penny - in for a Ulysses S. Grant, marketing scheme.
 
          Final point, there are some free shipping or 10% off codes available out there.  I recommend a quick scan of the webs (I got mine from Wisecrack on YouTube) and treat your family to a trial taste with a 100% money-back guarantee (and, who does that? . . a company, confident in their products, that's who.)



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Thanksgiving on Rimworld

 
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Dinosaurs of Vermont Daytrip



          If possible, I recommend driving the slower 80 mile route between Quechee and Huntington, Vermont, on secondary roads and over mountains.  The additional 45 minutes of winding roads and elevated terrain always makes the journey as memorable as the destinations.  Comfortable boots are a must.  Covid masks are mandatory.  Binoculars may be helpful.  Entry fees are reasonable.  Check for hours.  Some paths/trails are closed/not plowed in winter. 
 
          Plan on at least: 2 to 3 hours in Quechee at VINS (Vermont Institute of Natural Science) to see all the different raptors, travel the sky-walk and attend a presentation [add hours if you plan on visiting the Gorge and/or the Antique Mall(s)]; 2 hours to hike some of the Audubon trails in Huntington and about an hour to explore the Birds of Vermont Museum, also in Huntington. 
 
 
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Montgomery hoon tracks



Renfield Reminder


          This is a courtesy reminder.  You may not have known (or possessed sufficient prescience) to request this reminder, but it's more-than-definitely needed.
 
          Keep a safe distance between yourself and all vampires.
 
          They verymuchstill want to feed on you.
 
          You accomplished the first step:  identifying that they possess the traits of a vampirelack of reflection (lack of empathy); aversion to religious icons (lying); aversion to garlic (use of manipulation and gas-lighting); avoid direct sunlight (lack of remorse).  
 
          Subsequently, you have stopped inviting them into your home and you avoid them in public.  Good for you.  Now keep it up.  For the remainder of your time alive.

          Because, vampires know time fades even the most negative memories.  The vampire in your life is counting on 'bygones' and hopes you soon forget about the last time they relished and thrived on your chaos.  Remember the emotional anguish they caused!  Know that your vampire will never apologize for their past horrid behavior, will never express humility or modesty, will never be someone you can trust, and will never care about you except inasmuch as you can be their Renfield.


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Looking at Tomorrow (from the perspective of many yesterdays)

Dear tomorrow,
 
          Most of the humans you'd consider to be included in the term 'everyone'—who are living complex-n-simple in every locationin all of time (which includes the distant future) have felt, and will feel, similar to the way you're feeling today.
 
          No matter what happens tomorrow (or next month) or even next year.  No matter who does what to whom on this election day, no matter who's happy and who's sad:  you've already made it through worse things before.  We are surviving 2020, the most calamitous year in the last century, things have to improve (since there's no where to go but up).
 
          If they burn the oilfields as they retreat, we'll extinguish them.  If they kill the hostages before we board the plane, we will morn them.  If they seize the Bureau of Land Management's Wildlife Refuge, we will mail them sugarless gummy bears.  And, if they win the election, we'll win next time.

          Thanks for keeping this in mind,

          Yesterday

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     Burb Bear Got My Birb Food

 

Black bear came into my backyard last night.

Birb feeder pole snapped-off level to ground.
 

Birdseed eaten, feeder beaten, suet...

bracket bent, while I and my neighbors slept.
 

Busy village livelong day - in starlight...

barely a sound (two nightly trains, except).

Bolder, hungrier, less reason to fear...

Beware there, bear, hunting season is here.



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 cat photo-art

Aunt Teabody’s Ataraxia Expedition on the Pennsylvanian Escarpment (Episode 2 in the Age of Loneliness Series)


aka:  Mama Timedance and the Lightness of Being


 
 ⬅ Age of Loneliness Series, Episode 1

 

          Ataraxia - Freedom from mental perturbation through the rational act of eschewing all dogmatic beliefs relating to thoughts and perceptions; related to the ancient Greek philosophy of Pyrrho (circa 300 BCE).

          Pennsylvanian - Geological subperiod dominated by large invertebrates (circa -300 Ma).

 

 

 

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all image excerpts by
Barnabás

B.R.O.Y.G.

 

 
Blue daylight clear cloudless sky
Red dying leaves asking why
Orange liar: say bye-bye
Yellow underlying sly
Green amplifier, stay high
 
True delight 'rear clothe-less thigh'
Shed prying eaves basking nigh
Our change dire: Tuesday shy
Bellow! *gratifying sigh*
Between the pyres walking by

Cyanobacteria and Poision Ivy and Covid (oh my)

 

 
Closed, of course, we went to Burlington's shore.
Dozed, did we, forget it's twenty-twenty?
  Nosed, instead, park path to tree-house, no cure.
Rosed, three leaves, surrounded by so many!
 
Church, shops full, sidewalk restaurant tables.
Search, crowd masks; rarely a bare face in sight.
Merch, local: Bern, Ben, Jerry, things maple.
Lurch, ski slope. Is Champy a hoax? (not quite).
 
 
 
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Haiku  裏庭のアート  5-7-5  俳句  Backyard Art



Spring's leaves will struggle

春の葉は苦労します

to recall the pain of fall

秋の痛みを思い出す

because of new storms

新しい嵐のため


more:
 


image excerpts by Michael Soriano

    |   Modern Times   |   And How   |


Modern Times



I designed this poem to  s l o w  your  reading  pace  to  a  crawl.
Its titleAnd Howsuggests use of the investigative "six W’s".
Use of colloquialisms, syl·la·ble-breaks, [internal dialogue],
and 3rd person omniscient POV; as well as spoken aloud,”
emphasis,*added emphasis* and various tools of poetry
have been combined to paint a picture  in  your  mind
about something which I, personally, fear the most.

 

 

Book·ing-thru  their  big  pho·to  al·bum  book  (at)

un·fam·ili·ar  pla·ces  and  fa·ces when  (theez)

[  . . . got to get bet·ter - not too up·set, we’re . . . ]

pe·ople  in  this  room  claim:  that’s  young  me  wear(ing)

 

look·ing-a·skew  with  squints  and  guard·ed  looks  (that)

[  . . . wrought true; fret ne·ver - blot new debt let·ter . . . ]

seem  un·hap·py  their life’s crap·py *my* ... what(eav’z)

spy·ing  fro·zen  strange  day-dreams  in  time  stare(ing)

 

[  . . . aught you bet whe·ther - hot dew sweat sweat·ter . . . ]

nook·ing-brew  this  knocks  stuff  from  brain  nook,  (fat)

chance  of  that  -  I  dont  say  to  crowd  of  who?  (Friendz)

[  . . . thought grew: met bet·ter - fraught shrew threat fet·ter! . . . ]

weve  al·rea·dy  said,  known  whole  life·time  *glare(ing)*

 

gob·ble·dey·gook·ing-slew  hop·ing  I  gob(smackt)

 [  . . . rot through abet·ter - slaught sprue sun-sett·er! . . . ]

them;  flare  my  scare·y  eyes.   Do  you  know  where  (pleadz)

all  these  pic·tures mem·or·ies,  now,  are  hide(ing)?

 

Where moose tracks are rare, but hoon tracks ubiquitous

 

          About a dozen miles south of the US-Canadian border, Montgomery, Vermont (almost-kinda translates into mountain man-of-power green mountain, which conjures *ho ho ho green giant*) contains three covered bridges, numerous signs warning motorists to be alert for moose, and a plethora of hoon tracks (see image, above).  Not much else.

          A few miles south of Montgomery—near the center of Montgomery Centeris a quaint hotel-restaurant called The INN (accent theirs, which conjures *the in in inn*).  The INN calls attention to itself with unique signage; currently, their sign says: I CAN SPOT A JUDGEMENTAL PERSON JUST BY LOOKING AT THEM.  The rest of the village: ditto the hoon tracks and watch for moose signs, no covered bridges, however.

          As one continues south thru Hutchins, VT, the hoon tracks continue in prevalence, the "don't crash into a moose" signs become less-so, and there is but one covered bridge.

          Another ten miles south thru Belvidere, VT, the hoon tracks begin fading, as do moose warning signs, but there are a handful of covered bridges; including the Montgomery Covered Bridge in Waterville, Vermont.  [The exact number of bridges available to find/see may vary.  I found one, labelled Kissing Bridge, that doesn't appear on every map because, I suspect, it's not very old.  (Vermont has several named Kissing Bridge, including one in the center of Waterville).]


           Also, I learned, that not all covered bridges are referred to as such, some are labelled Romantic Shelters.  And it's possible that if it is a newer structure (not part of the Historical Society) or built on private land, it can only be found by lucky sightseers and observant travelers.

 

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