Wood chipping
Sometimes when writing, even writing things like posts
here, a feeling will come over me, everything will just fall away
and I will just type, type think type, run spell-check, and so on until
the thing is done. This never happens fast - I neither think nor write
fast, but as long as nothing intrudes I can accomplish what I intend.
That last post was not an an example of this. I had a string
of sentences, some even approximating paragraphs, Thursday, when I
naively tossed it into the little composer window for this weblog. I
had mulling this over for days I knew what I wanted to write. I
can straighten this out and post it tonight, I thought. Before long an
image began to form in the back of my mind. The image was one of me
trying to jam a fair-sized greenwood sapling into a wood chipper, bushy
end first. The chipper, which seemed somewhat small and underpowered,
was making a dreadful noise. One that suggested it needed more torque,
or more something. I didn't actually finish that piece until sometime
on Sunday.
This set of images and impressions came to me as I was lying
on the couch next to the desk my laptop sits on, not typing. It was so
much more comfortable there, things appeared clearer brighter. If
you're trying to run a sapling through a chipper you're going to need a
35+ hp shredder, or chop it up a bit first before trying to push it
through a 15 hp home and brush chipper. It takes, in fact, roughly 7 hp
of chipper for every 1" diameter of wood you try to run through it.
There are few facts that are more with me when I try to write, than that one.
11:06:41 PM  ;;
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