Field Notes & Fireflies

themed months, small wonders, sensory living, and temporary worlds

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Life has sucked lately. It's never ending exhaustion and disillusionment. So you know what? I'm going to make my life better. I'm going to imagine a new world to inhabit every month. I'm going to try new foods, books, hairstyles, music, whatever I feel like makes it more real in a fun way. Yes, I'm using AI to supplement as a broke human with chronic illnesses and real life stresses plus a non existant budget for this project. I'm not at all hiding that fact. But I fully plan to use it more as inspiration and storyboarding my own life than any other way.

That being said. I have a variety of themes planned out for the foreseeable months. I have things from my own collection wrapped and ready for the future. I'm using my own memory issues as an advantage in this case. Building myself dopamine boxes for future me.

If any of this sounds interesting feel free to follow along. We'll be starting with Wild Heart June where I go on a (completely made up) journey through South America! Playlists and recipes to come

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Boto Inia geoffrensis geoffrensis

Observed by laurenvannoort, CC BY-NC

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BR 1968 10 centavo Map of Manaus Free Zone

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Amazon Theatre, Manaus, Brazil: Deep within the lush embrace of the Amazon Rainforest stands the remarkable Teatro Amazonas, a testament to human ingenuity and artistic expression. It took over 15 years to construct the theater, with artists, designers, and materials imported from Europe, to create a one-of-a-kind cultural institution... The Amazon Theatre is an opera house located in Manaus, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Wikipedia

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Manaus - Amazonas - Brasil

[manessha545]

Meeting of Waters, Amazon, Brazil: Confluence between Negro and Solimões.. This is Brazil’s Amazon, and the unique Meeting of the Waters, where the Rio Negro and Solimoes Rivers meet but don’t mix for miles until turn onto the mighty Amazon River... The Meeting of Waters is the confluence between the dark (blackwater) Rio Negro and the pale sandy-colored (whitewater) Amazon River, referred to as the Solimões River in Brazil upriver of this confluence. For 6 km the waters of the two rivers run side by side without mixing. This phenomenon is one of the main tourist attractions of Manaus. The river then flows another 60 km before mixing fully, but the phenomenon persists incompletely for another 30 km. Wikipedia

[jardineroman]

Amazonas River

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r. 13 de maio com r. 7 de setembro* [s.d.] / E-bay

Um recente anúncio da venda de um piano em Belém sugere que este teria alguma ligação com o Cinema Olympia. Não há qualquer informação que comprove esse vínculo. O piano da fábrica alemã Albert Fahr tem próximo ao teclado a inscrição: "construcção especial para o clima do Pará, fabricado em 1913".

Em pesquisa no jornal o Estado do Pará é possível identificar que o comerciante Abraham Mathias, situado na r. 13 de maio nº 80 fazia correntemente, ao menos desde 1911, a importação desses instrumentos dos EUA e da Alemanha.

Em 15 de setembro de 1911 a Abraham Mathias & Cia. havia inaugurado à "travessa Campos Salles junto à repartição dos Correios um excelente estabelecimento de móveis" dispunha ainda "elegantes órgãos e fonolas, importados diretamente de New York". Ainda no mesmo mês o estabelecimento do Sr. Mathias aparece situado na r. 13 de maio nº 80.

As notícias encontradas informam a seguinte quantidade de pianos em exposição na loja:

28/09/1911 - 9 pianos sem identificação; 3 pianolas sem identificação

16/10/1911 - 8 pianos sem identificação vindos da América

18/11/1911 - 4 pianos Dörner

23/02/1913 - 6 pianos Albert Fahr; 4 pianos Kohler & Campbell

29/10/1913- pianos Dörner e Albert Fahr (sem quantitativo)

*Grato ao pesquisador Fernando Marques pela localização das vias.

** Em matéria publicada pela Agência Belém foi divulgado uma nova foto do piano onde está a inscrição de que instrumento foi adquirido na loja de Abraham Mathias:

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Day 4:

Finally piling into a jeep and off to explore the unknown.

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Day 3:

Met the strangest river boat captain today. He seems to think he's the reincarnation of Elvis or something. Biggest plus is the view.

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Day One-Belém.

Relaxing after a long day of travel. Having a cold glass of Guaraná Antarctica. This is interesting. I don't know that I could describe it. Almost like if Dr. Pepper was invented from an apple direction? Fascinating. There is lovely music on I don't understand and an air of optimism about. I can't wait to try some local delicacies.

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So. Every month I'm including a Dopamine Menu. This is not a "we speed run all this stuff and stress ourselves way the hell out" situation. This is a "hey, maybe notice these things this month. See if any of these things make your experience more fun and are accomplishable". This is Wild Heart June. In real life I am absolutely prioritizing a zoo trip. And that skewed what is included. But if you want to take this and tweak it? Have at it my friends.

[septemberkisses]

the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

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I would like to add that it's also a personal goal to read more stories where the protagonist is my age or older (i.e. mid to late 30s+). I am always accepting recommendations for this particular thing if anyone has them.