Day of Rest

[dewline]

Of course, I haven't really rested today. The following things got done today:

- vacuumed two floors of the house
- picked out stars to host a half-dozen or so planets on that Edge of Midnight map project
- did two walking/shopping trips mainly for exercise
- practiced a bit more for Clip Studio Paint via the Cintiq tablet/monitor
- uploaded a scan of a sketch I drew for my Amateur Press Alliance back in 2006 to various social media outlets for the sake of self-promotion and because of Batman Day
- cleaned up some of my kitchen mess
- applied for another job
- cleaned my CPAP gear, as I need to do each weekend
- wrote a note of comment to the Ottawa Board of Health about protection measures against SARS-CoV-2 and other contagions of note and worry

I'd like to get a new "office/studio" chair, but barring some surprise via trashnothing.com, that's probably not going to happen soon. The one I use currently leans a bit to my right because of years of my leaning to that side when I sit down in it. Also, it deflates an inch after a certain amount of time sitting down.

Comments

[princessofgeeks]

Very productive!

[thewayne]

I'm supposed to get a new work chair, but we're 2.5 months into the new fiscal year and our new budget funds haven't come in yet!

The really, REALLY good news is last year we got about $7,000 in grant money for new books and equipment, this year we're getting $17,000! We're looking at getting a machine to help with book repairs that can actually re-bind books!!!

[dewline]

Looking back, yes, it was. Didn't feel like it in the moment.

[dewline]

I keep thinking about trying for a grant to support researching and writing a book on Ottawa street names. I'm not sure I'd qualify, mind you.

[thewayne]

As a librarian (degreed but without the complete sheepskin) and nominally in charge of what is called our archive, I can see some interesting archival dives for such a project.  There's a lot of historical data - assuming it was preserved - from city archives that would trace street naming and mapping.  If the city didn't maintain such archives, local unis might.  And the post office might also be a resource, though I'm not sure how you'd go about finding what department within them would track such.  And, of course, newspaper archives.  I'll bet there's some interesting stories to be uncovered there.

[wiccanmouse]

Would you like a Pillowfort invite Dwight? Sounds like life is good!

[dewline]

Oh, absolutely. I used to visit the Ottawa Archives on occasion before the Pandemic started hitting Turtle Island. The trouble currently, of course, remains the Pandemic and the current lack of masking protections in place on public transit. If those were back in place, I could take a lot more risk more comfortably in my travels.