Living without Wi-Fi, or a tenable cell signal is an interesting situation in 2023. I definitely take for granted that my map app will work while I am driving, that I can quickly answer my questions about restaurant and store hours and locations, and that if I need to look up something to double check on it, my info is only a moment away, only now, it is not. I knew this would be the case where I am living before, I moved, but I am finding these first couple of days to be more challenging than I anticipated living without a signal. I reflexively grab my phone anyway, somehow anticipating a different result. I have even priced MiFi’s, but have decided instead to live these 8 weeks as a break from streaming and endlessly checking things online as welcome break. My beloved Ted Lasso and the Succession finale will be there when I return to Houston.
Why Don’t you use your public library? I am always amazed when I see the statistics of the low number of people who use their public library. They offer so much! The second thing that I did when rolling into town was stop by the small branch location in Fish Creek. Not only is the librarian and Branch Manager, Elisha Adelman informative and helpful, but they have scores of services and all materials at all of the branches are open to all users! They have a well-curated DVD collection, a seed library, free activities, and great new titles. If you don’t see anything you want, you can request anything from them, and they can likely get it for you from a larger system working throughout Wisconsin. You don’t even have to be a resident. Don’t miss out on these kinds of things at whatever library is near you.
Geese and bugs at night. The camper I’m calling home cools off to the 60s, or upper 50s at night. I leave all of the windows open and one of my cats can be seen perching in each spot. We are in a very quiet campground with respectful neighbors and by far my favorite part of it is hearing all of the nature sounds that I grew up with. I am not an entomologist, but I can tell that the bugs that I hear here are drastically different from the ones haranguing in Texas. There are distinct crickets strumming, and indistinct buzzes from bees and mosquitoes. For the first time in years, I heard a group of geese fly overhead. The cat’s eyes and heads all followed the flock as if they were children tracking a plane. I am curious to track how the sounds will change as the summer continues.
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