Back in another lifetime, in February, the only three entries here were about family tree research, something I haven’t thought about much since then. On 14 February (The Unicorn Hunt) I pondered, amongst other things, the relative meaninglessness of consumer DNA in the absence of records. A different perspective comes from a programme I listened to on BBC Sounds (available worldwide for a year, I think) by Sophia Smith Galer. In DNA And Me, she considers what happens when such a test produces an unexpected result, and what it means for questions of identity.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct0wjl
It’s just under half an hour long and is a good listen.
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Aside from that, most of today has been spent grinding out 1000 words of fiction, or thereabouts. It’s been quite nice in the shed with the door and windows open: it’s been a bit too breezy to sit out, but the airflow around the desk was very pleasant. It also kept me awake: I have a habit of drifting off up there.
As I write this, the sky to the north is still clear and I’m wondering if it might be possible to see Comet Neowise tonight. To date it has been to low in the northern sky for us to see from here–although the point is moot since skies have been cloudy.It should be higher in the sky tonight, so fingers crossed.
Maybe the folks around about having parties in their gardens will have quietened down by then too. I can’t begrudge people having a fun time after the last few months, but I can still get grumpy about it 🙂
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Music: two songs about comets, both effortlessly melodic and lyrical.
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