kronos

The mantle clock I got at an antique shop about 15 years ago stopped working, again, a number of months after my wife had taken it in to be fixed. Despite the rather expensive repair, the clock stopped working, only to sometimes just start up again. Then, over a year ago, it stopped working and didn't start up again. Recently, I was watching the Incredibles with my youngest daughter...we like the movie. There is a scene in the movie, early on, where Bob Parr is meeting with the owner of the insurance company where Bob works. The boss begins a lecture about the importance of all the parts of a company working together, like a clock, "...well oiled and wound tight." I realized the problem with my clock was not the wound tight issue, but maybe it needed oil. So, I applied the lubrication and the click is back to continuous movement again. It's a bit like being home again.

Level

While there is evidence tectonic plates shift and mountains increase in height, weather conditions and water...whether rain or snow...wear down what grows. Geologic life is a pattern of increase and erosion, with erosion the more powerful and sustaining force. One day folk will exist on a level playing field.

close, and only two noticed

I headed off to work this past Tuesday, in a good mood overall, and as I was heading west on Meinecke, I noticed a car traveling south on 67th Street...traveling quite fast. I slowed, though I had the right-of-way, and monitored if the other car was going to stop. That driver didn't stop...appeared to be texting...and I was 2-feet short of a collision. I've not told anyone of this incident, other than in my journal and now this blog. Much exists in life that few to none notice.