Saturday, January 29, 2011
Internet down/Banff Mountain Movie
Started the day or actually second day with no internet because something was wrong. I paid the bill so that wasn't it. Called verizon and it took a guy about 3 hours to get it back working. Outside wires frayed. It is easy to take internet for granted - my connection to the whole universe in a second. Anyway I went to the Banff Film Festival in Sandpoint. Some great movies. A fanatic Swiss guy who did speed rock climbing - it is like speed walking but instead mountain climbing things like El Capton in Yosemite in record time. It is strange the things that people do or that I have done as well but it is nice to see peoples passion for whatever it is that they are doing whether it be fly fishing, rock climbing, skiing down a slope or mountain biking. I sometimes feel like where is my passion - did I lose it some place - I like passion it makes me feel alive - It is the garlic in life that gives me that extra bite of thrill. Sometimes I feel tied down to the home to the kids to the job to the responsibilities in life - I want that freedom of being 20 and exploring but I don't want the anguish of that age - I like the mellowness of almost being 50 but I miss that I can do what I want feeling that I had when I was younger. I destroyed my tea pot. I put it on the stove with not enough water but better than forgetting about the hard boiled eggs that exploded with no water. Anyway shopping for a new tea kettle at the thrift stores but none to be found.
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I know I tend to take my internet priveleges for granted sometimes. I think when we don't have them is when we miss them the most. I used to have to go to the library to turn in my papers for school. My adoring husband finally set up Satelite serves for us in our remote home. What a treat and it has saved me ooodles of time. :)
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your tea kettle....bet those eggs stunk for days. :)
Wanted to ask you about dyslexia. Is your experience as a young student something you care to share? I tutor a young boy in second grade who is dyslexic and would love some input on what teaching strategies worked for you.