WHEN YOU GET AROUND THE BACK OF MY OTTER POINT HOUSE, ARCHITECTURE IS PLAIN. THE SHED IS A SQUARE WITH A FLAT ROOF AND TWO SMALL WINDOWS.
THE EXCEPTION IS THE TOWER, IN A FORMERLY WASTED SLOPING AREA IN THE RIGHT ANGLE BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SHED. THE TOWER RISES ON ITS CONCRETE WALL CLEANLY AND INVISIBLY SOARING STRAIGHT UP AND THAT IS MADE MORE CASTILIAN BY ITS CANTILEVER UPPER FLOOR AND STEEP ROOF AND WITH HUGE GLASS WINDOWS ON EVERY FACE.
THERE WAS STILL AN UNSIGHTLY HOLLOW AT THE BASE OF THE TOWER. THERE WAS ALSO A PILE OF 2" X 6" PRESSURE TREATED PLANKS FROM A DEMOLISHED DECK. I DESIGNED A TRIANGULAR DECK FINISHED IN GREY LIKE A POST WAR PORCH FLOOR WITH AN ENCLOSURE MADE FROM RECYCLED PATIO DOORS THAT OPENED ON TO A "FRENCH BALCONY" RAILING.
A GREEN TRANSLUCENT ROOF MADE FROM REUSED FIBERGLASS PANELS IS SUPPORTED BY A SPIDER WEB OF THIN ROOF JOISTS, IT FEELS VICTORIAN.
THE MOST ARTFUL PART OF THE DECK IS THE SUBSTRUCTURE COMPOSED OF LARGE DIMENSION LUMBER AND POSTS, GUSSETED BY LARGE THICK TRIANGLES OF WOOD, VERY NICELY PAINTED. THERE IS NOTHING UNSIGHTLY ANYMORE, NOT EVEN UNDER THE DECK.
I WILL TAKE SOME PICTURES AND POST THEM IN THIS ARTICLE. I DID THAT AND HERE ARE A FEW MORE PICTURES.
THE OTTER POINT HOUSE FRONT DECK WAS ENTIRELY RECONSTRUCTED ALSO.
VIRTUAL PARALYSIS CAN BE LIKE BEING ENCASED IN CONCRETE OR WADING IN MUD, IT IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO MOVE.
I AM SUFFERING FROM ANOTHER PERIOD OF VIRTUAL PARALYSIS, A SYMPTOM OF STIFF PERSON SYNDROME OR TONIC IMMOBILITY.
I ENDURED MONTHS OR YEARS OF THIS DISABLING INABILITY TO STAND OR SIT, I HAD TO LAY DOWN AND STAY DOWN FOR MOST OF THE DAY FOR MONTHS IN 1967 AND 1968 AND AGAIN FROM 1970 TO 1974 AND I HAD TO SLEEP EVERY FOUR HOURS OR OR EVEN AFTER FORTY MINUTES OF MOBILITY TO REMAIN ACTIVE AFTER THAT UNTIL 1978 AND AGAIN FROM 1986 UNTIL 1992 AND AGAIN FOR MANY YEARS AFTER THAT, IT WAS NOT AS BAD BUT I NEVER REALLY RECOVERED.
DOES THIS NOT MEAN THAT WHEN I WAS INJURED THROUGH COLLISION, CONVULSION OR COLLAPSE SOMETHING SERIOUS AND DISABLING HAPPENED.
THE SIGNS OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED ARE EASY TO SEE AND CONCLUSIVE TO ME.
LEONARD SAID "LAY ALL THE PARTS OUT ON NEWSPAPER AS YOU DISASSEMBLE WHAT YOU ARE WORKING ON AND CHECK FOR SCRATCHES AND WEAR MARKS."
THE CSI PROGRAMS WERE TELEVISED AND OBSERVING EVIDENCE TO DETERMINE WHAT HAD HAPPENED BECAME A COMMON PRACTICE.
I FIND MYSELF BEING DISBELIEVED AND THEN PEOPLE SEEM TO BE UNABLE TO ACCEPT MY PROOFS WHICH ARE BASED ON VISIBLE EVIDENCE AND EVEN LESS THOSE WHICH ARE A REALITY CHECK.
REALITY CHECK: HOW DID THE POLE GET INSTALLED SEVENTEEN FEET UP?
VISIBLE EVIDENCE: THE SHELF LEFT WHERE THE POLE IS. THE POLE WAS INSTALLED BY DRIVING THE POLE TRUCK ALONG THE GROUND BEFORE IT WAS EXCAVATED AWAY TO LOWER THE HOUSE SITE FOR THE HOUSE IN A HOLE.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE HOUSE IN A HOLE TAKEN FROM THE FOOT OF THE POWER POLE PICTURED ABOVE.
THE RED GAS CAN IS IN BOTH PICTURES.
REALITY CHECK: WOULD I PLAN TO BUILD MY HOUSE DOWN IN A HOLE?
VISIBLE EVIDENCE: THERE IS A FURNACE CHIMNEY CLEAN OUT WHICH WAS BURIED SEVEN FEET DEEP. IT WAS INSTALLED AS THE PLAN INDICATED WHERE IT WOULD BE ON GROUND LEVEL BUT IT WAS BURIED BY BACK FILLING AGAINST THE "HOUSE IN A HOLE".
postscript:
NEW INFORMATION INDICATES THAT AS THE CONFLICT IN ISRAEL AND GAZA SEEMS IMMINENT, STORES ARE BEING SHOPPED OUT OF DRIED BEANS PULSES AND GRAINS. THOSE ARE THE CROPS WE CAN AND DO PRODUCE EFFECTIVELY IN CANADA. OIL SEED PRODUCTION IS OUR SECOND LARGEST CROP IN CANADA. THOSE ARE THE BASIC FOODS WHICH UNHOUSED REFUGEES NEED DELIVERED.
TEN YEARS AGO I ADVOCATED FOR A CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SPONSORED INCREASE IN FOOD PRODUCTION WITH THE FIRST AIM BEING TO CREATE A MORE SECURE FOOD SUPPLY FOR CANADA AND ALL CANADIAN CITIZENS.
AN ADDITIONAL AIM WAS TO HAVE FREE BASIC FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO OUR CANADIAN CITIZENS WHO CAN NOT AFFORD ALL OF THE FOOD THEY NEED.
THE "C 130 " DIPLOMACY WOULD INVOLVE FLYING OUR SURPLUS OF FOOD WHICH WOULD BE CREATED TO FAMINE OR DISASTER OR OTHER AREAS WHERE A FOOD SUPPLY WOULD BE REQUIRED.
ONE OF THE OBJECTIONS TO ALLOWING REFUGEES TO LEAVE GAZA OR ISRAEL IS THAT THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO SUPPORT THOSE REFUGEES IN EGYPT.
