how to fit 4 kids and 1 log into 1 boat and get 2 to paddle it to make it move ahead?
use the trial and error and figure it out as you go method.
“if you wait to figure out everything before starting anything, it’ll never happen.”
― d
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glen lake, glen arbor, michigan, usa – summer 2021
on glen lake as summer’s end approaches
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enrosadira- the exquisite glow that happens at sunrise and sunset.
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glen lake, glen arbor, michigan, usa
after reading this research i now see why i am happy most of the time-
i am an idle mind-wanderer.
it’s my best sport.
Research suggests that people with freely moving thoughts are happier.
“Sometimes you just want to let your mind go free,” says Julia Kam, a cognitive neuroscientist who directs the Internal Attention Lab at the University of Calgary. Kam became interested in her subject 15 years ago as an undergraduate struggling with her own distracted thoughts during lectures. “I came into the field wanting to find a cure,” she says. But the deeper she got into research, the more she came to appreciate the freedom of an unfocused mind. “When your thoughts are just jumping from one topic to the next without an overarching theme or goal, that can be very liberating,” she says.
Researchers have found that people spend up to 50 percent of their time mind-wandering. Some internal thinking can be detrimental, especially the churning, ruminative sort often associated with depression and anxiety. Try instead to cultivate what psychologists call freely moving thoughts. Such nimble thinking might start with a yearning to see your grandmother, then careen to that feeling you get when looking down at clouds from an airplane, and then suddenly you’re pondering how deep you’d have to bore into the earth below your feet before you hit magma. Research suggests that people who do more of that type of mind-wandering are happier.
Facilitate unconstrained thinking by engaging in an easy, repetitive activity like walking; avoid it during riskier undertakings like driving. You’ll find it harder to go free-ranging if you’re myopically worried about something in your personal life, like an illness or an argument with a spouse.
For a recent study, Kam hooked subjects up for an electroencephalogram and then had them do a mundane task on a keyboard while periodically asking them about their thoughts. She was able to see, for the first time, a distinct neural marker for freely moving thoughts, which caused an increase in alpha waves in the brain’s frontal cortex. This is the same region where scientists see alpha waves in people doing creative problem-solving. We live in a culture that values work and productivity over almost everything else, but remember, your mind is yours. Make space to think in idle ways unrelated to tasks. “It can replenish you,” Kam says.
“i was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering.”
-steven wright
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credits: nytimes/sunday magazine, ‘how to let your mind wander’- malia wollan , university of calgary
vs.
coming up on the 4-month mark
of an ongoing battle with venmo
can’t even begin to tell the story in short form
truly the perfect storm of events.
after talking, live chatting, and e-mailing
landon, santiago, elizabeth, miguel, ren, sacha, and abby
i won’t say which low-budget model above
most resembles me in the match
but i will say there is no doubt i am winning.
p.s.
i wonder if team venmo is posting a blog today
with our pictures
saying there is no doubt they are winning.
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“i don’t like customer service because i don’t believe the customer should have to pay and help out too.”
-jarod kintz
Turnip Schnapps
The modest root vegetable makes a potent liquor in Wildschönau, Austria.
If all the world’s vegetables gathered for a shindig, the humble turnip probably wouldn’t be the life of the party. But in Austria’s Wildschönau Valley, a shot of schnapps made from the root veggie could very well get one started. Local residents have been distilling a strong turnip liquor called Wildschönauer Krautinger as far back as the 1700s, when Habsburg empress Maria Theresa granted 51 area farmers the exclusive rights to produce it. Around 15 families still make it today. Wildschönau residents celebrate all things turnip during the Krautinger Week festival in October.
Turnips were traditionally a staple of the alpine diet since they can tolerate the challenging mountain growing conditions. Turnip sauerkraut provided nourishment throughout the winter, improved digestion, and the vegetable even earned a spot on some noble families’ coats of arms.
The schnapps is unique, with a distinct whiff of vegetables. “The smell takes some getting used to and you either love or hate the taste,” a tourist site promoting the region concedes. One blogger describes it as “a hit of pure sauerkraut, which [trails] off into something weird which reminded me of a pair of training shoes I once owned.” (Best review ever)
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“I was raised almost entirely on turnips and potatoes,
but I think that the turnips had more to do with the effect than the potatoes.“
-Marlene Deitrich
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credits: gastro obscura, wildschonau tourismus, photographer – r. newman
yes, i found this old piece of gum
on the bottom of my purse
half-opened with glittery stuff and crumbs of unknown origin stuck to it
what might you find in the bottom of your/your mother’s purse?
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“when your mom gives you a pre-ripped half piece of doublemint gum
and it tastes like perfume and purse dirt. “
– author unknown
perfect day for a waterpark visit
full of
action, sun, squealing
and lots and lots of water
i’m at my best in the lazy river area.
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“as a group, we’ve been banned from two water parks, one bar, and a dog-grooming salon.”
-j.a. rock – author
happy i’m still around and sweatin’ with the rest of the michigan oldies – one more special day to celebrate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 20, 2021 Governor Whitmer proclaims August 21 as Older Michigander Day LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, in partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), is celebrating the state’s more than 2.4 million adults aged 60 years and older by proclaiming Aug. 21 as Older Michigander Day.
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“the great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.”
-Madeleine L’Engle
i found this picture of these knives and really wanted to know more. their story is fascinating.
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Knives with musical notes on the blades are known as notation knives. A notation is the written version of a physical process, such as the sound of music. Once it is written down it can be preserved and recreated. Sung at four different levels.They are the four parts Superius (Soprano) Countratenor (Alto), Tenor, and Bassus (Bass) to be sung simultaneously as in a hymn.
These knives are etched with notations expressing gratitude for a meal. On one side of the blade the inscription translates as, ‘The blessing of the table. May the three-in-one bless that which we are about to eat’, to be sung before the meal is taken. On the other side the notation gives thanks after the meal: ‘The saying of grace. We give thanks to you God for your generosity’. The point of the knife allows meat or bread to be skewered and offered to a fellow diner. Notation knives are extremely rare.
The interesting history of notation knives is explained here on YouTube and the music has been gloriously performed toward the end of the video. It’s only 5 minutes long . Well worth the time! https://youtu.be/-mai-7WUbBo
“those who wish to sing, always find a song.”
-swedish proverb
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credits: Victoria and Albert Museum, AHRC, Flora Dennis, University of Sussex
classy crap boutique – keepin’ the c in classy-
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“as long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.”
-dick cavett
I didn't have my glasses on.... 