{"id":871,"date":"2020-08-04T08:58:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T13:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/?p=871"},"modified":"2020-08-04T08:58:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T13:58:39","slug":"preparing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/?p=871","title":{"rendered":"Preparing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A GPS, a 2 Way Radio, a Map, a Bandana, and a Knife<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A thing that we do as humans is think about the future. Sometimes, it’s a simple as a daydream about a hike or a trip to the lake to fish. We do have a tendency to go long and think about where we’d like to be in 5 years. In The After Times<\/em>, it’s hard to see 2 or 3 weeks ahead, forget about 6 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But planning and dreaming are important. So I assemble bits and pieces for trips to the parks. I put together lists of things that we should carry with us to be prepared for our little adventures. We’re not usually out very long with having a puppy at home and two kids that run themselves out after a few hours, so this isn’t like an expedition to Antarctica, but it’s something to consider for any trip out. Scouts are prepared, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet in my mind, these are grand adventures. I think about taking my radio out to an island on the reservoir and making contacts. I imagine catching large fish early in the morning and snapping a few pictures. I drift to lunching on the shore before paddling back for the day. Again, quiet time on the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is that what we’re all doing right now? Baking bread and adopting puppies so that we can give ourselves a future? Having things around that provide us with a sense that we will have something to do that is different or important tomorrow seems to be a zeitgeist of a sort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We all need a long game. So we’re making them ourselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A thing that we do as humans is think about the future. Sometimes, it’s a simple as a daydream about a hike or a trip to the lake to fish. We do have a tendency to go long and think …<\/p>\n

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