November 7, 2026 NV #223
“Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.” - Herman Hesse
IT'S NOT JUST THE TIME
DESKTALK: I am shocked. Some people can’t tell time unless they’re looking at a digital clock source. An analogue time source may as well be a sundial.
What, what, what the heck are we teaching young people today?
Of course, it’s not an extremely important skill. (No matter that it’s not a “skill” at all). But who knows? It’s like tying shoes. No one really needs to know how to do it. But it has it’s merits..
e.g. What does a quarter past the hour mean?
I suppose it really doesn’t matter unless someone yells something like, “Man with gun at three o’clock!” and everyone looks puzzled because their watches plainly tell them that it’s only noon.
IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING
IT ONLY GOES TO SHOW: Moving along. I’ve been in what I would term to be a “flux” for the last few week. I began (and still do to a degree) struggle with my email. Then it’s been one thing after another. I don’t know the reason everything’s do difficult. But it is. And I am uncomfortable with the situation. I like routine. And nothing’s been routine. It’s just been, as I said, one struggle after another.
I like Macintosh computers because they’re easy to use and are perfect for working with the visual and audio mediums. My old Imac at the museum is nearing 10 years old. I’ve been (no lie) using it for hours nearly every day during all those years
Obviously, I have a lot of “stuff” on it. Moreover, I also have at least 3 external hard drives that I use with it.
I try to keep the load off the main computer. But, again, I have a good deal of software. And that affects / infects things over time. In short, my museum computer is nearing the “kaput!” stage.
I didn’t realize it until just a year or so ago – but computers do have a life span.
I got my first computer around 1998. It’s not something that really occurred to me until my home computer just stopped working one day about a year ago. [When I took it to be fixed it was D.O.A.] Fortunately, because of that thing called the “Cloud” most of the material was saved.
…If it ain’t one thing…
WHAT'S IN A WORD
VOCABULARY: Learning new words is forever a very good thing to do.
CHARLOTTE GOODELL
SHE IS OF SOME INTEREST: I doubt that many persons other than me understand the significance of Charlotte “Lottie” Goodell in context with Vermilion history. In reality, she didn’t affect the course of history in Vermilion or elsewhere. She was just what one might call a “plain-Jane”.
Her close relatives – the Peltons and the Goodells – were the notable Vermilion people. Lottie was a missionry. In short, she lived her life helping others succeed in theirs.
So they’re be no monuments celebrating her life erected in a park with her name listed on it. But during her life there were some folks whose lives were made better because of her work.
This is A VERY SPECIAL NOTE
NEW: I’ve added a “special section” to the “Past 20 Years” part of the page. You will find there nearly (but not all) every video and audio production I’ve published over the last few years. They’re not arranged as nicely as I want them to be. But SOME are there – and I’ll add to them as time passes.
FIREFLY #1st - REGATTA
THIS IS FIREFLY: This is a terrible photo celebrating Vermilion’s very first Regatta in 1903. I’ve had it for years, but never knew when or where I’d use it.
The original is gray-scale (of course). It shows a little better in color.
In the meantime I got an email from Adobe advertising a thing called “Firefly”. The ap. lets one make a video from a still shot. They offered a free trial. So I tried it.
Surprise, surprise! It was not until the video was done that I noticed all the folks on the shore beside the boat.
I’ll have more to say about the even itself another time.
LITTLE HELEN (under the Buckeye Tree)
VERMILION HISTORY THEATRE: Due to all the distractions surrounding me lately I neglected to keep the link to the History Audio/ Video Theatre. So – click on the name above and visit.