VAMPIR CUADECUC, a gift from my daughter. Yet another film on my shelf from Second Run.
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OPERATIONS: Okay, last week was an absolute loss, so I’m probably a good ten days behind. And I have two Zoom conferences this week so far. The phone is up in the gooseneck holder. Time to get going. But check out my future breakfast growing in the garden. I want a thousand fruit bushes. But our garden is tiny and I’m probably not allowed to dig out the lawn and plant it all with fruit bushes. Okay, time is ticking and I have video to review.
READING: BEYOND THE LIGHT HORIZON, Ken MacLeod (UK) (US+)
LISTENING:
LAST WATCHED: CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 (1962)
MISSION CONTROL: I can be contacted via the Cheng Caplan Company. Link in masthead to join my free newsletter. Forthcoming 2024: THE DEPARTMENT OF MIDNIGHT, DESOLATON JONES: THE BIOHZARD EDITION. 2025: THE STORMWATCH COMPENDIUM.
I had a technical glitch over the weekend which led me to me accidentally unsubscribing to thirty newsletters. Currently wondering if I want to go through the mess of creating an insecure account to get these newsletters again, or whether I just create a bookmarks page to check them once a week. Maybe I like my email being quieter. Maybe it’s okay to take another step back from it all.
In part two we are joined by musician Laura Cannell. We explore her unique ancient folk inspired music that she creates with the violin overbow and double recorders. We talk fairy rings, witch eggs and groaning stones.
Starting point. End point for today:
There has been lopping and sawing and cutting.
One of the mini-greenhouses was smashed beyond repair. I’ll finish assembling one single mini-greenhouse out of parts from two tomorrow. I got slowed down by discovering other jobs that needed doing along the way. All four apple trees are unexpectedly fruiting, so they needed weeding and mulching.
And, shockingly, the cherry tree is fruiting. I thought this was one of the figs at first, because I didn’t expect the cherry to live. I double checked with the plant app and it seems to be the cherry!
I also needed to attend to the berry plants – the strawberries are already starting to fruit. Seems I lost a few raspberry canes, and the peaches are probably beyond saving – they came out of dormancy too early so I couldn’t repot them, then they bloomed in fucking February, then it got cold again, and now they are confused and want to die. I intended to write tomorrow, but I need to repot some raspberry canes very fast, and some chives – just hoping I have enough compost left — and then feed everything.
Braeyden Jae, someone I’ve returned to a lot over the years. Track 3 stands out for that Galaxie 500-era guitar figure and scratch-shuffle. A very late-night sound, to me.
OPERATIONS: script, trailer notes round 2, tv doc, newsletter, development, eyestrain. Offline until I get hold of this.
READING: BEYOND THE LIGHT HORIZON, Ken MacLeod (UK) (US+)
ORBITAL:
MISSION CONTROL: I can be contacted via the Cheng Caplan Company. Link in masthead to join my free newsletter. Forthcoming 2024: THE DEPARTMENT OF MIDNIGHT, DESOLATON JONES: THE BIOHZARD EDITION. 2025: THE STORMWATCH COMPENDIUM.