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rDay Eight-Hundred-Sixty-Four, Midday

Here is today’s portrait of Mt. Emily as seen from 103, Janet’s viewpoint.  The entire 360 degree sky view is the same, the smoky haze fading the horizon just beyond the distance to the hospital.

For views of Mt. Emily under more normal conditions, just enter “emily” in the search box in the panel to the left, then click on the retrieved titles for each such post.

NEW YORK: A Documentary Film

Why I never saw this film when it was released between 1999 and 2003 under the aegis of PBS’ American Experience escapes me. But I am watching this eight episode, 17.5 hours series right now on Amazon Prime Video. Directed by Ric (no, not Ken) Burns, it takes us from the early 1600s Dutch history through the aftermath of 9/11. In my opinion, this series should be seen by anyone who wants to understand the impact of New York on the nation and the world, even if you don’t feel, as I do, that the city is one of the most compelling and exciting places you could possibly be.

rDay Eight-Hundred-Forty-Three: Car Show, Part Three

After one and a half hours, dripping sweat, I had to abandon the car show (see previous posts for this date — just click July 15 slot on the side panel calendar).  But first I met a guy named Mike from La Pine, OR, who spent 3.5 years building his ’55 International pickup.  Yep, we had one of these on the Iowa farm, but it was utterly unlike this, save for body panels and shape and a few subtle details.  And in our rather lengthy discussion of the machine, we also compared it to the rather outrageous International cab-over truck of about the same vintage, but done up in a sort of rat-rod take with a goat head (?) theme and skeleton dogs, noting that both truck and Mike’s pickup used the identical doors and some other details, obviously to save manufacturing costs.  And I noticed that Mike wears a IH (International Harvester) logo on his shirt.  Anyway …

rDay Eight-Hundred-Forty-Three: Car Show, Part Two