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There was the Indiana Jones movies, Pa
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And, while on the phone eagerly recommending the children watch the untold tale of my life, and - while there was my childhood well documented by JK Rowling I lament the gap in my middle age and the daughter corrects me:
"You know, there was the Indiana Jones movies, Pa"
I think about it and she's right. I mean, no one wants to watch the countless hours I spend preparing for adventures in the Gym or at the Library or striding Mountain Tops, they only want the highlights...
And these movies, they cover it.
Sisu (2022)
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At first I was laughing, I mean...
And then I found myself pausing it and wondering - who talked? I mean, I told no-one about my time in Finland...
Then it came to me. Eve, my daughter, she must have sold off the rights...
This is the Noble and True story of my life skillfully told. How it ended up on the screen I'll never know, and why I'm seeing it 3 years after it's release will require some explanation.
Anyways, once I overcame my initial misgivings I found myself frequently pausing the movie to relive and reconsider my life's choices.
This was great. A proper old-timey Saturday or Sunday Matinee.
When I was done, looking it up so I could share my story with the world, imagine how surprised I was to discover there's a sequel! Now it'll be like I can see into the future!!!
Trust me, you'll love it, you can watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2k4QAItiSA
Or just find and watch the damned film, trust me, you'll love it...
David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America Part 1 & 2
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David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America Part 1 & 2 - David Thompson, Joseph Burr Tyrell
So clearly I didn't go with the "Clear up the shelf/Tidy the Apartment" motif and I dived straight into Thompson's Narrative.
Or, to be more precise, dived into the introduction, and then the itinerary, and now, some 100 or so pages in I'm into the narrative.
Now I love this, it's a keeper, for in it much will be found that will benefit our intrepid prospector, an abundance of clues to be followed up upon, and already, recognizing all the historical routes he travelled and pioneered, the distances he covered, the tribes he met, his own reflections on such (he was 14 when he arrived in Hudson's Bay apprenticed to the Company, "sold" for want of better world from his orphanage in Westminster, and his descriptions of the wildlife, the abundant forts, factory's, houses and camps the fur traders stayed in, along the Red Deer, all environs Alberta and BC as far as the Arrow Lakes and Revelstoke, well, all these places now lost to the woods and can be reasonably pinpointed on a map (and gone to with a metal detector), there will be treasures to be found for sure. I need to make sure I have wheels and next summer free...
And recognizing, of course, the creeks and rivers that he passed over that later proved the site of major gold rushes, a shame he wasn't more of a geologist or taught to dip the pan, but - I'm early into it, there will be clues.
First person history, by North America's greatest geographer and far, far earlier than Lewis and Clark (and far better travelled).
My edition, a limited and numbered one from a limited run of 500, so probably hard to find your own, but you can read it all here online: https://archive.org/details/davidthompsonsna12thom/page/n9/mode/2up
Still Life: Coats and Hat thrown over a chair
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Sorting through the images on my phone, found this:
It's a proper "Accidental Renaissance", somehow the volume of discarded coat, hat, sweater and scarves gives the illusion of the man...
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