Field Notes- Sunday, February 5th. Sunshine and nearing 40 degrees outside. Global Warming.

 William Rice woodcut.

If you wanted Proof of Global Warming, look no further than Maine.  The State that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean.  The State that will eventually lose 5 miles of coastline to rising ocean.  That five miles will include my house. My street and my Town.  Eventually.  I hope I am dead by then.

I have had to do massive re-think regarding the.....husband asked me for a twist tie for a plastic bag and now I have no idea where I was going with that sentence.  Let's just let it go.

Ah it was the Desk Calendar I was having to rethink.  It's different (than the calendar I have used for three years) and has a plain wide border....on January's page, I just covered the date blocks and had so much white empty space when the month was done. So in February I am covering the calendar edge to edge.  Covering the white borders with things.  Like the older calendar pages.  The entire right side is covered and now I must concentrate on the left edges.  There is also a wide top and bottom blank border to fill.  Old Dog. New Tricks.

I got a notice from the Library.  Some of the books I have borrowed from other Libraries are being called back and I can't renew them.  So tomorrow some books I haven't gotten to as yet-- will go back unread. Which is a bummer but indicates to me that the book I am reading is taking up quite a few days.

Alice has died.  But is still unidentified at the morgue.  I would think the old guy she was renting a room from would wonder where she was........why she didn't come home...

I watched a few NEW Valentine Movies on Hallmark.  Sigh.  I wish I could have been a fly on the wall, so to speak, to correct a few annoying missteps the production crew made.  I saw right away that the NEW movies are being made in tight quarters...few locations. On a shoestring budget. Which led to placement and costume mis-steps.  The big EVENING had maybe six people and the rest of the "ballroom" was empty. In an empty house, two women with the same large handbag in different colors.  An advertising placement?  I am thinking my Time spent with Hallmark will exist only in the Old Stuff I recorded. 

I don't feel sad about letting go. I've outgrown Hallmark.

It's Sunday so no Law and Order (which I may NEVER outgrow).  No Football.  Hopefully, no News Alerts regarding the "other" Chinese Balloon (South America if you aren't paying attention).  Anyone else thinking the Chinese are losing their minds?????  But thank you Chinese Balloon-- you took the spotlight off the House of Representatives for an entire DAY. And their AK whatever rifle pins.

And why are large objects measured in School Busses?  Tell me why?  The Balloon was three School Busses. The fighter jet that shot it down is actually not small and it hardly registered. But the fighter jet would be larger if parked next to a school bus.  I know...I'm weird.