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This project moved to the back burner.<\/strong> It’ll probably stay there a while longer as I work through miscellaneous other tasks. That\u2019s kind of the nature of my Decembers.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n I volunteered to test creek water over the winter.<\/strong> The program monitors levels of road salt in waterways, which can harm plants, animals, and infrastructure. I watched the training, picked a site, and visited it to test my sample collecting setup\u2014dangling a bucket on a rope from a bridge. I found out the bridge is an intimidating 12 feet or so above the water.<\/p>\n \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n The Lighthouse<\/em> got me thinking about mental stability under stress.<\/strong> Researching how to securely tie a rope to my sample bucket put me in a nautical mood, and I decided to watch this movie I’d been curious about. It was intense and a little baffling, but I somewhat identified with the main character, Ephraim. In times of profound strain I\u2019ve been surprised by my own unpleasant reactions, so it’s hard for me to judge. It made me want to strengthen myself to cope with such situations.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n I clarified my interest in the sea.<\/strong> The idea of sea stories appeals to me sometimes, and I\u2019m not sure where it comes from or how to classify the kinds of stories I care about. But some research this time told me what I want to explore is captured in the title of a book by John H. Harland, Seamanship<\/a> in the Age of Sail<\/a><\/em>\u2014how ships worked in the centuries when ships powered by the wind dominated trade and war. I found this fascinating video<\/a> to kick off this line of learning.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Productivity \ud83d\ude10 This project moved to the back burner. It’ll probably stay there a while longer as I work through miscellaneous other tasks. That\u2019s kind of the nature of my Decembers. Nature \ud83d\ude42 I volunteered to test creek water over … Continue reading Nature<\/h2>\n
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