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DRAFT Divorce Kids Children
Additionally, here’s a brief note on the Fial family separation, especially as it relates to the concept of adult friendship with the separated parents of a wonderful child. In this note, I’ve tried to step out of myself here and write something I’d hope most of our country would agree with (at least in part) … Read more
Reflections on a school’s “Silent Journey & Discovery”
2023 Silent Journey – Reflections Our child’s school had a 2-day event recently called “Silent Journey & Discovery.” The school let the parents — no children — come and spend time in classrooms for each age group, flowing “up” chronologically throughout both days. The first day was a brief silent walk through each room in … Read more
It’s a beautiful day!
This is a topic, I’d imagine, on which opinions scour the internet: “It’s so beautiful outside!” [meaning sunny] … “What a terrible day!’ [when raining] … … and countless variations on the spectrum of pure sunshine <—> cloudy <—> overcast <—> rainstorm spectrum. In the Pacific Northwest, this is particularly frustrating. As part of HICC … Read more
Quantum Nutrition, 1: Errata
Note on the usage of the word significant: The word significant has two primary meanings in its contemporary American usage. First, the word is used to mean: notable, memorable, of a moderate, observable effect, practically important, and/or relevant to a somewhat everyday human experience. But the second definition, used in scientific studies, is more technical, … Read more
What “Inclusion” Means to Me
Dedicated to Earl R.* Although I lean left on many political issues, I’m a staunch centrist. Thus, I must open with the obvious, which is not easy to say in today’s social climate: I’m often irritated by terms like “diversity” and “inclusion.” Too often either is used only in a racial context, especially the former … Read more
A Quick Note on Juneteenth 2022
[ email ] Happy Juneteenth & Father’s Day weekend! Hello family, friends, and neighbors; While we all may celebrate in different ways, here’s a pitch for a little bit of reading, especially for those with the extra day off: The Case for Reparations, https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/ , 2014, theatlantic.com . While this article is from 2014; I … Read more
Sunarai Lyrics, by Metsa, Contact, 2019
These are my typed lyrics for Metsa’s track Sunarai, on the 2019 album Contact. The song is sung in Quechua. Listen here, or see their notes here. See their lyrics to the song Mambo Mambo here. The song follows the basic format below, repeated eight (8) times per plant name: [plant] sunarai, sunarai en ti … Read more
Quantum Nutrition 1: Criticisms
Minor Criticisms Is this just more quantum quackery?The title Quantum Nutrition begins an uphill battle. For the past few decades, ‘quantum this’ or ‘quantum that’ has had a tendency to have an air of — if not actually be — quackery. Thus, the phrase quantum nutrition might seem like a gimmick or scam, as both … Read more
Quantum Nutrition, 1: Introduction
Note: The central thesis of quantum nutrition is that energy can just as easily be nutritients as particles can; the obvious example being the photon. Ultimate goals of Quantum Nutrition A good theory should coalesce both explained and unexplained phenomena, and nutrition, if it is as grand as argued here, must ultimately explain large swaths … Read more