Archives for 2021

The slider control needs raising to its maximum.

We are mixing music recordings, raising the temperature in the greenhouse or adjusting the water flow to our artificial lake.

Meanwhile, there are no crocodiles and just an occasional human visitor.

The kitchen, a gorgeous well-designed-for-purpose room, has a view across the lake to mountains clad with a variety of trees. There are green leaves all year. Sometimes autumnal colors add to the spectrum.

We are also just three miles from the ocean.

Fair enough.

She updated every morning.

Was it the app, or was she renewed, recreated and replenished?

Ask her.

Now is the time to communicate, gently clearly, seriously and humorously said the owl to the cat.

Twice there was thunder, once lightning and no sign of dust in the sky.

We are smaller than giants and bigger than ants.

Worth measuring.

Steam and sand.

We were thirsty.

Feeling rough.

A fresh peach solved all and smoothed and quenched any uneasiness.

People danced on the side of the mountains as a mountain lion looked on.

A bottle was half full.

Towards the water.

A lake, a pond, a river, a sea or an ocean.

Tempting.

But so are the mountains.

Echoes of past decisions and the style of their announcement.

At one time, leaders announced things with a voice of great magnitude, depth and solidity.

Listening to the earliest recordings of these there was something equivalent to an etched-in-granite milestone, a moment in history.

The timbre and sonic resonance of these missives was not as important as the content, the statements being made for better or worse, but that quality often has more effect than the subject addressed or choices made.

How anything is said, the words chosen, mean – almost – everything. Then with vocal delivery, add in tone of voice for complete effect.