On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

Memory and Words

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:29:06 GMT

Yesterday, I needed to be reminded that "eavestrough" is a word and what it's used for.

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That Nagging Feeling

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 23:24:09 GMT

I keep thinking there's some online event I ought to be attending right now. Not sure what it is. Classes, therapy, political rally...?

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A promise about designing a wordmark...

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:53:24 GMT

...I seem to remember making to one of you on my friendlist today. Or one of your friendlisters.

~~I need a memory refresher, because I want that Adobe Illustrator practice time!~~

I remembered: it's for moon_custafer.

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Versions of Home Long Dead

Sat, 23 Nov 2019 12:54:37 GMT

Seanan McGuire made a point about the versions of "Home" we keep on carrying with us, no matter what other people said about and did to those versions back when they actually existed physically.

There were things about living out west that I hated and feared. That I was glad to be away from when I moved here to Ottawa-Gatineau. There are things that I was and still am glad to have found when I got here. I didn't go through gentrification (yet), and my city may be less hard-hit by climate derangement during the rest of my lifetime than other parts of this planet.

But I realize now that it still hurt that I felt that I had to leave in the first place. Being able to fly away to a place that felt like it was going to be healthier for me...and was and still is, in several ways...doesn't detract from that hurt.

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Memory Gap

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 02:02:11 GMT

There was something I wanted to say when I logged in tonight.

Completely forgot what it was.

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Saturday Stuff

Sun, 13 Oct 2019 01:15:54 GMT

1. After watching the third episode of Stumptown, I finally watched the first episode of Diggstown tonight. Had the first season saved on the family PVR for months, and could not find the guts to watch it until tonight.

Yes, I know how that choice of phrasing looks.

Diggstown is worth the time, and I should have made that time sooner. My dumb.

2. I am sad at the death of Alexei Leonov. Yes, he was 85, and he'd lived a full life. He was one of the space explorers I first learned to know the names along with the likes of Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins. The first space mission I have clear memories of watching coverage of on TV was Apollo-Soyuz. We're talking multi-page spreads in the Regina Leader-Post back when they were locally owned - so I want to believe - and not a pawn of Postmedia to serve the international right-wing-big-money movement.

3. I got my hair cut today at the barber shop I've been dealing with since my dad introduced me to their dad. One of the brothers is in hospital and the other is not well yet still working. I fear for them. I couldn't do more than pay for the haircut and wish them well.

4. Enjoyed watching the first two Short Treks, "Q & A" and "The Trouble With Edward".

5. I am still trying to work out some thoughts on the changes to OC Transpo's network that took effect this week.

6. I am not indifferent. I am trying to pay attention.

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BIRTHDAYS: Jack Kirby

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 03:55:23 GMT

So...I'm reminded that today was Jack Kirby's birthday...

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Peacekeepers' Day

Fri, 09 Aug 2019 21:40:26 GMT

Turns out I've forgotten to attend whatever ceremonies were happening today at the Peacekeepers' Monument on Sussex.

Memory failure.

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PHOTOS: Labour Day 2013

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 17:44:36 GMT

I've been trying to make a point of attending the Labour Day parades in Ottawa over the last decade or so. These photos were from the 2013 edition. Sharing them "off-season", admittedly. So what?

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Eye News

Sun, 10 Feb 2019 16:45:59 GMT

I have another Eye Institute checkup tomorrow morning. This one will include a first: an ultrasound scan. I remember being told this is to establish a baseline for the stuff they're keeping watch on inside my left eyeball.

I also remember being told what they're looking at during my last appointment, and I remember writing the phrase down. I can't recall the phrase, though.

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Serling's Words in Memory of Dr. King

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 02:25:06 GMT

A friend pointed this out to me tonight. A letter from Rod Serling to the Los Angeles Times remarking on certain particular consequences of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death:

https://thenightgallery.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/serling-on-the-special-irony-surrounding-martin-luther-kings-death/

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Mon, 10 Sep 2018 02:08:49 GMT

Feeling like I'm forgetting something important all the time.

Not alone in this feeling...

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D-Day and the Tian An Men Square Massacres

Thu, 07 Jun 2018 09:46:02 GMT

Neither are forgotten.

Neither should be forgotten.

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Missed Birthdays

Tue, 24 Apr 2018 01:35:43 GMT

I owe an apology to bunsen_h for my memory lapse, don't I?

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Maya Angelou Plus 90

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 09:48:33 GMT

Today's Google Doodle marks the 90th anniversary of her birth.

Those of you who hold a special place for "And Still I Rise" in your hearts will, I suspect, be rewarded.

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Names to Remember from Ville de Québec

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:13:30 GMT

Azzeddine Soufiane.
Khaled Belkacemi.
Aboubaker Thabti.
Abdelkrim Hassane.
Mamadou Tanou Barry.
Ibrahima Barry.

They also died too soon.

Of terrorism.

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Movies in 2017

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 03:06:16 GMT

I am trying to remember all the movies I went to the cinema for last year. I can recall seven, but I'm thinking that there were more...and after a quick run through my log entries tagged "movies", I find myself remembering correctly.

Ten, in fact, same as in 2016.

Hidden Figures
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Wonder Woman
Justice League
Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Atomic Blonde
Thor: Ragnarok
The Last Jedi
Molly's Game

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One thing before I forget...

Mon, 25 Dec 2017 01:12:40 GMT

For whatever help it gives anyone in my friendlist right now: tomorrow will be the 15th anniversary of my father's death. I still miss him, despite the passage of the years. The day remains the birthday of others whose well-being and wisdom I value. There is a balance in this.

I wish you good tidings, whatever you're celebrating or commemorating.

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