Physics and Perception

If a tree falls in the wood and no one hears it, does it make a sound? Some people consider this to be a philosophical question, but to Fiorella, it is pure physics.

Think about it.  What causes sound--something coming in contact with something else.  If Fiorella  goes outside, she can hear the wind rustle the trees.  Inside, if she tries to to play her violin (laugh, chortle), the bow scrapes the strings. Even small motions produce sounds--Fiorella suspects that atoms emit a tiny squeak of horror when they splat against each other.

"Sound," according to Fiorella's analysis, is what we call our perception of this event, this contact between two entities. But what sort of things are happening in our universe that we don't have the physical equipment to perceive?

Time and Circumstance

So far this week, Fiorella and Sonya Dog have both been staying in bed till eight.  Neither of them has made the transition to Daylight Savings Time.  But that has to change, at least for Fio because she's also staying up till eleven, which is w-a-y too late for someone who needs to spend all day working on editor's revision.
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The newspaper has changed its comic strips page format.  It's also subscribed to a different crossword puzzle maker, which irks the hell out of Fio.  She liked the old one, the one who used "oboe" and "opal" every chance he got, the one whose solvable puzzles gave her the confidence to face the day.
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Every morning at 11:30, the TV sound turns itself on.  No picture, just the sound.  Fiorella doesn't understand why, and Husband can't figure it out either.