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Things I Know
These colorful Korean words hold knowledge and insights collected from people across Ontario. At public workshops, hundreds of participants decorated their words in Hangeul (the Korean writing system), and artist Ik-Joong Kang arranged their contributions into this vibrant mosaic. Kang added the outlines of traditional Korean porcelain vessels, linking everyday ideas to representations of balance, harmony, and history. This work celebrates knowledge of people and shares this collective wisdom, echoing the intended purpose of Hangeul as a script for all.
Yesterday, we were visited by UPS. I got some meds. This stereotypically fit deliveryman was attired in the standard brown summertime uniform, shorts with short sleeve shirt. Appropriate attire for the day’s temperature, especially for one so active, but unfortunately inappropriate for our cabin’s micro clime. Don’t get me wrong, it was warm enough, because I greeted him in shorts and a t-shirt too, but inappropriate because of the latest addition to our environment, mosquitoes. Up until yesterday, they were not bad. In fact, before this week, they were nonexistent, but the wind had died yesterday, and these newly hatched pests were voracious. We were both furiously swatting ourselves, all the while Anne yammered on obliviously with the kitchen door wide open. 🦟 😡 🦟
His first comments were about the road. He asked us who maintained the road, but what he was really asking was who isn’t maintaining it. He had just scratched up the paint of his UPS truck on all of the overgrown brush while driving down the quarter mile from pavement and he knew that the road only got worse the further you went. He didn’t mind that, but he is also a local volunteer fireman and had attended to the next-next-door cabin fire a couple of years back. The thought of scratching up his fire truck seemed to bother him more. His hint was clear, brush your road. By now, he was swatting up a storm, when he mentioned that West Nile virus had arrived. He said that four horses had died from the disease. At that point I fled inside and closed the door.
Toronto Transit Commission
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Dancing Crane Reopens
Last year, when we returned to the UP for the summer, we were disappointed to learn that the Dancing Crane had closed permanently. The story that we got was that the couple who had founded the place had filed for divorce and the coffee shop was a casualty of that process. This year though the Dancing Crane reopened. The story that I got was that the couple’s daughter is leading this revival. The grand reopening was last week, but with our cabin’s reopening going on, we were too busy to attend. This week, while making a garbage run up the hill, we swung by the coffee shop only to find that it is closed on Tuesdays. Our bad luck, but we will be back. The geodesic dome that has been a long-time part of this shop and has received a colorful redressing.
Purple Leaf Sand Cherry
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Another Day in Paradise
Actually, Paradise, MI is over the horizon, across Whitefish Bay. Last night’s sunset was arguably the best one that I have seen this summer, so far. Mostly the skies up here have been crystalline blue, but last night some clouds moved in just in time to dress the setting sun. Tonight there are reports of northern lights, but also more clouds. We’ll see. This morning, Anne spied the doe with her fawn, but again she was unable to get a picture of them. Cleaning progresses slowly. All of the floors have been cleaned at least once, sometimes more. Most of the windows have been cleaned too. A lot of the furniture has been moved back against the walls. Google recommended dish detergent and that seems to have helped, but after the floors dry, I still see residue. Bees are really attracted to the Bora-Care, much to their demise. There is still a lot of stuff out on the deck, and it is supposed to rain tonight. 80° today!