Well, I was very naive in my
estimate of what it would mean to have internet access all the time. I am drawn
to it like an addict Yet so much of it is SO depressing and/or ridiculous.
Fortunately, I have enough real time interests and activities here and live
among a delightful community that I’m not hopeless. There will be a long
statement from me regarding the craziness out there but I’m not in the mood to
write it now after my seizures.
So – here’s some good stuff
to think about. I’ll start with this – nature’s beauty.
Going courting
Kingfisher diving for a meal
Just plain peacefull
Majesty
Great facial expression, no?
HooHah!
Christmas was more active for
me than it has been for years. Even compelled my buddy Bert and me to “clean
up”. Not bad for two 75 year olds, eh? We also celebrated the birthday of one
of our new Quebecois friends, Dominic. The picture below is of Bert, Caroline
(Dominic’s partner) and me enjoying some camaraderie during dinner.
Mi amigo Bert Shook
And me
Bert, Caroline and me at Adriana's
And here’s the whole Quebecois
bunch
Marie, Caroline, Dominic, Cedric, Dominique, Zachary, Malik, Anouk, Anna
What a planet!
Here’s an interesting image.
This is where the pieces went to after Pangea (Early arrangement of Tectonic Plates on Earth) broke up and the
continents began to shape themselves. Which is somewhat of a segue into
astronomy.
Pangea
Mars
"Early Mars is
unique in the sense that it's the one planetary environment, outside Earth,
where we can say with confidence that there were at least episodic periods
where life could have flourished," said Robin Wordsworth, assistant
professor of environmental science and engineering at SEAS, and first author of
the paper. "If we understand how early Mars operated, it could tell us
something about the potential for finding life on other planets outside the
solar system."
But it’s not just
Mars. We hope to find signs of life on the moon Europa. It has a deep ocean under
the ice crust on the surface – perfectly habitable by the microbial
world.....maybe more?
A large gravity wave
on Venus discovered recently – now to determine how it could be.
Again I commend NASA for it’s
continued search for knowing the universe. Voyager 2 is still sending messages
after being sent into space in 1973.
OK, enough astronomy for now
except for this little piece – interesting, no?
Check out this street art in
France.
Interesting article on the
quest for spices and their relation to the world today.
If you haven’t
already investigated Buddhism even superficially, check this out!
This body is not me.
I am not limited by this body.
I am life without boundaries.
I have never been born,
and I have never died.
Look at the ocean and the sky filled with stars,
manifestations from my wondrous true mind.
Since before time, I have been free.
Birth and death are only doors through which we pass,
sacred thresholds on our journey.
Birth and death are a game of hide- and seek.
So laugh with me,
hold my hand,
let us say good-bye,
say good-bye, to meet again soon.
We meet today.
We will meet again tomorrow.
We will meet at the source every moment.
We meet each other in all forms of life.
~Thich Nhat Hanh
I am not limited by this body.
I am life without boundaries.
I have never been born,
and I have never died.
Look at the ocean and the sky filled with stars,
manifestations from my wondrous true mind.
Since before time, I have been free.
Birth and death are only doors through which we pass,
sacred thresholds on our journey.
Birth and death are a game of hide- and seek.
So laugh with me,
hold my hand,
let us say good-bye,
say good-bye, to meet again soon.
We meet today.
We will meet again tomorrow.
We will meet at the source every moment.
We meet each other in all forms of life.
~Thich Nhat Hanh
One of my favorite scientists
I’ll end with animals again and a Tibetan proverb
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