T his weekend, the question of what, precisely, constitutes an "imagination" came up in an online forum of which I am a part. To be fair, the issue originates from further afield in a Facebook group that I am not a member of, but I weighed in with my own view. The following was in response to the question posed yesterday (Sunday) morning by an exasperated member of my own rather more gentlemanly town square, who had been met with a strident response to information he shared about his (admirable) hobby activities on said FB group. Here is, more or less, what I wrote: To my mind, the concept of imagi-nation(s) is a broad one. It can range from historical refights or what-if scenarios/battles/campaigns between armies of a particular era, to completely made up combatants operating in a quasi-historical setting, to the rather generic red and blue forces of the Prussian Kriegspiel that examine a particular tactical problem, task, or exercise. ...
The Grand Duchess and I have canceled class for today and have gone skiing in Southern Wisconsin. Following an early rise and breakfast, we hope to be on the trail by 11am this morning. Back soon!
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Lani just got an alert on her computer that we've got another "red screen" for a "snowfall warning" as two storms are due to collide over Vancouver Island. Another 10-20cm expected with winds up to 90kph creating localized blizzard conditions.
It should be noted that so far this season all of their snow predictions have been way too conservative.
On average our area has a 'white Christmas' once every eleven years . . . and this year it looks like we'll make up for the other ten.
-- Jeff