It’s easy enough – and takes no planning.

You decide to take a walk in the sunshine in the afternoon, and plan to sit on a park bench. You do have a reasonably simple route, where you make a circuit of your neighbourhood. There are not many park benches, but you aim for one, fifteen minutes away. You sit, but it is not really in the sun, and even if it were your would not really be warm. So, you sit a short time, and continue on your way.

You are in a residential neighbourhood, Placid streets. Upscale houses. Not much traffic (except for one major thoroughfare, where you cross with the help of a pedestrian light. Then you are in a different neighbourhood, and continue on your way.

However, you come to one corner, and realize it is crowded with what appears to be white utility vehicles. There are many folk with armbands, helmets, and Walkie-Talkies. There are folk directing traffic. After turning one corner, the people, vehicles, and mounds of equipment increase. There are also a notable number of onlookers. There are also (quite a surprise) soldiers in uniform. However, there seems to be no alarm, no urgency, and next to no noise.

Upon turning onto another street, it becomes obvious that there is a film being shot in front of a particular house. There has been no attempt to stop pedestrians, so it is difficult to tell who might be there doing a job, and who are there attracted by the situation.What is most unusual of all is how quiet the whole scene is.

I do approach one lady with headset and Walkie-Talkie and clipboard. She is happy to talk. There is a murder mystery being shot for the streamer, Acorn TV. A series called “You’re Killing Me” starring Brooke Shields. I am asked to walk on the other side of the street. I am told to be careful walking through the leaves piled next to the curb, They are hiding the equipment cables. The show is to appear next year.

I did not (as far as I know) see Brooke Shields.

Later that night (to be accurate – very early the next morning), I awoke from sleep. It was around the time of a radio newscast, which I turned on, mainly to see who won the World Series Game. The news about it was that it was still on. So, I turned on the television, and got to watch the last hour of the longest baseball game. I was rooting for the other fellas.

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