I woke up feeling it was far too quiet, and even though that is almost always a good thing in my world, it made me feel off. I performed my ablutions and made the pot of mud and pulsed inside for a while, and then I climbed up on the roof and talked into the GoPro for about 15 minutes and came down and posted that soliloquy. Then I lay down. I’m sure I did nap for a minute. But mostly I just wanted to lay and I did.

I got up and went outside and there were three boxes on the porch, including the one I was hoping for most, the one that held the Panasonic Lumix G7 camera, and some accessories for it.

I took this with it.

I’m feeling satisfied with the sharpness and the way it feels in my hand. I’m eagerly grasping at formulating opinions about what I like and don’t like about it. Testing has barely started. I haven’t even hooked up the external mic yet.

Of course as soon as I wrote that I the question rose up inside me: Why the hell not? I broke off and ran a couple of tests. It sounds so much better. I will say: I don’t like that the mic is so big and I don’t like the fact that it needs a separate battery, but … it sounds good and it was, essentially, free. I can always get a different one. But for now as I type to you, I am happy.

I don’t feel off, any more.