Signal Station Waiting Room
Currently reading: The Edge of the World: A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe by Michael Pye π
Finished reading: One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War by Michael Dobbs π
“That which you do not know, the doing will quickly teach you.”
β Master Po, “Kung Fu”
Finished listening to: The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World’s Most Expensive Painting by Ben Lewis. Read by Peter Noble. π§ π (Audible) Fascinating. Amazing.
Hemingway said, “… stop while you are going good.” I understand this. Thelonius Monk said, “When you’re swinging, swing some more!” I understand this too. π
New boxes from Musgrave Pencil. These pencils used to be packaged in plastic bags. β Shiny.
Local store low on spices. Whatever happened to βthe spice must flowβ?
“Fear is the enemy…. Do what must be done with a docile heart.”
– Master Po, “Kung Fu” TV series
“Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on. It also interferes with flow and rhythm which can only come from a kind of unconscious association with the material.”
β John Steinbeck
Currently listening to: The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World’s Most Expensive Painting by Ben Lewis. Read by Peter Noble. π§ π (Audible)
π· October Photo Challenge Day 31: Home. I look forward to the half-price sales tomorrow so I can afford to celebrate Halloween year-round at home. π
Discovered while trying to find screenshot of planet Meta signal: Big Finish is now making audio dramas for “Space: 1999”? Yes please thank you. π
In the premiere episode of “Space: 1999” (1974), a probe has been sent to the rogue planet Meta. At the end of the episode they receive a transmission from the planet, represented as a computer-generated waveform. Looks familiar in recent press. Cosmic coincidence (or not).
Finished reading: Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation by Elaine Pagels π