Where did the week go? We had to go back to New Glasgow at the end of the week, once we had Summer tyres on the Honda.
As part of the recovery, we went to see David Attenborough’s Ocean at King’s Theatre.
While the film attempted to put a positive spin on the state of the oceans, we (Heather and I) did not ‘buy into the message’. What is a serious environmental concern turned into photographic celebrity entertainment.
On returning home, I preferred to listen to Robert MacFarlane in conversation on Being Rivered, available from Emergence magazine.
He discussed his new book ‘Is a River Alive’.
The other book that I finished was Alice Wexler’s ‘Mapping Fate’.
It’s the story of a family at risk for a hereditary , incurable, fatal disorder: Huntington’s disease. It is a remarkable story of a family commitment.
This morning, I just returned from the post office. My daughter, Laurel had expressed interest in our LP collection of children’s records. They had recently purchased a record player. We no longer have one. I packed up two boxes of memories from her childhood, to share with her two boys. It was quite nostalgic to rediscover Raffi, Sharon, Lois and Bram, John Denver and the Muppets etc.
I trust that this week, we shall return to ‘normal’.
Acknowledgements.
Edward for his graphics and links. Heather shared the multiple crossings of the Rawdon Hills and Mount Thom.
References
Alice Wexler, 1995, Mapping Fate, Random House
Robert MacFarlane, 2025, Is a River Alive? Penguin Random House.
Ernest Blair Experiment 