Tag: words
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Decay Time: The Reverberation of Words
The time it takes for a sound to hang in suspense like that is called decay time. Or. Reverberation time. It’s half life will depend on the acoustics of course. Some sounds will last longer than others. If the sound or the word is pronounced in a room with perfect acoustics and the listener is…
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Talking Words
I am traveling again. Today I am in Austin, Texas. Hot. Hot. Hot. Like my Dad I am no good in the heat. But I love cities. Everyone needs variety so this morning we walked a trail through the Barton Creek Green Belt. This particular trail (I call it a track) runs right under an…
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Yesterday
Yesterday, Mama our old sheep, stood three times, for an hour each time, inside her sling. I am getting good at getting her in and up all by myself. She is standing bearing weight on her front legs now, and moves her back legs about. Though she is unusually calm and dreamy about the whole thing. And when…
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The lack of chatter in the box
I discovered an interesting thing about myself while I was away. Maybe I knew it along. Have you ever worked in an old fashioned darkroom. With film, good old fashioned honest film. You expose your image with a light projector through the negative and onto the photo paper, then in your dark room you slide…
The Kitchen's Garden 