Kip’s Comments - February 8, 2025

Feb 8

Making the Best of a Dreaded Chore

Every now and then, and really… not too often, I have plumbing chores to take care of ASAP. In today’s case, we had a leak under the kitchen sink. What should have been easy and not take too much time, ended up involving more effort than I wanted, but the leak is fixed.

As much as I dislike plumbing, I will tackle small projects. In today’s situation that meant a trip to the hardware store for parts. My visit to the hardware store ended up being a highlight for the day when I ran into a former Bremer County policy maker.

I can’t say that I necessarily always agreed with policies, or even understood all decisions that were made when my friend was in office, but at least I was able to trust that the best interests of the citizens of Bremer County were the focus. There was no undermining of processes, there was civil discussion when needed, and that brought a sense of mutual trust. Oh to have those days again.

Anyway, the plumbing issue is no more, there was pleasant conversation, and the day ended well (with no drip, drip, drip!)

Since I had only seconds for photos, I recorded this image of frozen Crane Creek and then modified it to appear old. This process compliments trends I am reading about where older camera technology may be coming back again - probably on a smaller scale. It would be fun to shoot film again if I could justify the cost. My film equipment is ready to go, right next to my vinyl albums and my turntable.