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The rain is pissing down once again. And the one pot I didn’t put copper tape around has been attacked by snails, who managed to swarm around the cone of netting. Good morning from out here on the Thames Delta.
Last night I managed to nail the plot progression on the job in front of me, so today is filling in a few gaps on that and writing the newsletter, which is only part-done.
I need to wake up and get on with things.
Pulsed plasma rocket (PPR): Shielded, fast transits for humans to Mars
“Howe Industries is currently developing a propulsion system that may generate up to 100,000 N of thrust with a specific impulse (Isp) of 5,000 seconds. The Pulsed Plasma Rocket (PPR) is originally derived from the Pulsed Fission Fusion concept, but is smaller, simpler, and more affordable.
“The exceptional performance of the PPR, combining high Isp and high thrust, holds the potential to revolutionize space exploration. The system’s high efficiency allows for manned missions to Mars to be completed within a mere two months”
May 02, 2024 at 07:14PM
Looks like I will have mange tout this year. Unless the rolling thunderstorms crush it like they did the other pot. Who knows? We will find out.
I’m on the edge of figuring out this entire plot progression, and if I can land all that today, I can do the newsletter tomorrow and take a breath, and then start scripting Saturday. I have at least one work call next week, but am pushing them just past my daytime writing block, so I can go straight from work to Zoom.
So I’m switching off and powering through the end of the chapter breakdown. If I do that today. tomorrow I can breathe.
I have to figure out the back end of this story progression today so I can rewrite and do the detail work tomorrow and start scripting Saturday and last night I stalled out at 1130pm so into the mines I go. Happy Beltane.
I packed up a battery powered synth (softpop) and amp, and my binaural mic and hiked out to Hidden Lake in Putnam County, NY with David who brought a hydrophone and some speakers along with his clarinet and iPad.
We made some sounds inspired by what was happening below the surface*. The results are strange and surprising!
Chive plant arrived yesterday (I’ve so far had no luck growing them from seed).
Today marks the end of full-on Lab Mode. By the weekend I need to be in Production Mode during daytime, and stay there for around three months. I may squander part of today’s time by going out to hard-prune the buddleia that’s growing over compost bin two, if the weather stays good. But mostly it’s about finishing some thoughts and prepping for the three days of outline generation from notes that I need done by end of play Friday to set up the next four weeks of production.
Inbox cut back to 48, what remains is mostly just stuff I want to access easily. 1110am and all’s well.
Importantly, these cursus monuments are clearly aligned with burial monuments in the landscape, as well as the rising and setting sun during major solar events such as the solstice.
According to Dr. O’Driscoll, “This may have symbolized the ascent of the dead into the heavens and their perceived rebirth, with the cursus physically setting out the final route of the dead, where they left the land of the living and joined the ancestors beyond the visible horizon.”
Well, the time is never found, quoth Ms Cameron; it can only be made. But it is also the case that habits must be broken or (re)built one at a time…
When you are sitting there looking at an individual tweet, watching youtube video, or looking at an Instagram post, ask yourself: “What About This Excites Me?“.
The question I’m finding, serves as good jumping off point to becoming more conscious of about the engagement with the media I’m consuming. This question helps me immediately identify whether my engagement is driven by genuine interest or merely habitual scrolling.
The epic may go to the origins: the archetypes of thought, emotion and spiritual desire, and dissolve them in the present. The sensuous, contemporary life, seen from the perspectives of both past and future: film. Like music, the cinema is experienced as a continuous, live process of energies. It is conceived and best remembered in a flash, a composite whole.—Kumar Shahani, Film as a Contemporary Art
Laura Cannell is a musician based in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. Her work combines experimental, folk, early and medieval music, as well as a number of unique and rare techniques.
Her website is https://lauracannell.com/ where you can find out about recordings and gigs, or you can visit her Brawl Records bandcamp site to check out music and buy recordings.
The music in this episode is from Laura’s recent ‘Lore’ series, available through the bandcamp site.
Host Justin Hopper has an Uncanny Landscapes substack. The Substack is free, and includes the podcast + more. JH can be found via LinkTree or on Instagram.