yesterday i was grateful for panna cotta for desert…

today i am looking forward to breakfast at Starliner Dinner and maybe the art museum…

I have perceived that in all cases man must eventually lower, or at least shift, his conceit of attainable felicity… not placing it anywhere in the intellect or the fancy; but in the wife, the heart, the bed, the table, the saddle, the fireside, the country.

–Herman Melville, Moby Dick

isn’t everything beyond the reach of our touch and smell virtual?… and therefore, of much less reality value?… hasn’t this been the case for a long time?…

– Me

open.substack.com/pub/tedgi…

At the current rate of technological advance, all reliable ways of validating truth will soon be gone. My best guess is that we have another 12 months to enjoy some degree of confidence in our shared sense of reality.

–Ted Gioia

yesterday i was grateful for the two men who complimented my appearance…

today i am looking forward to spending time with my mom and connecting with my brother…

yesterday i was grateful for a relatively smooth trip to my airport hotel and my comfortable room…

today i am looking forward to a safe journey to Seattle and seeing my family…

yesterday i was grateful for the two women who complimented my jewelry and my dress…

today i am looking forward to starting my trip out to Seattle…

yesterday i was grateful for the love and comfort of Holly…

today i am looking forward to organizing myself for my trip to Seattle…

yesterday i was grateful for Yoga with Jody and lunch with Holly…

today i am looking forward to physical therapy and a mani-pedi…

yesterday i was grateful for Yoga with Jody and lunch at Pizza Phil’s with Gwenno and Holly…

today i am looking forward to Pilates with Tessa…

perferated metal mesh table surface with support structure visible underneath

yesterday i was grateful for my physical therapist Kelly and yoga with Anne…

today i am looking forward to gentle yoga and photography salon…

posts that i make with Drafts don’t seem to be showing up on the timeline… anyone know what the issue might be?…

yesterday i was grateful for the drumming performance of David VanTeighen in a field at Woodstock Spa…

today i am looking forward to yoga with Anne and processing two turkeys we harvested on Saturday…

returning to dark matter styling…

two chairs inverted on a table in darkness

yesterday i was grateful for Kelly, my physical therapist…

today i am looking forward to harvesting turkeys with my friends and more time with my cousin Jan…

yesterday I was grateful for Pilates with Tessa…

today i am looking forward to restorative yoga with Maryanne…

gerrymandering is wrong in general… it is wrong when Democrats do it it’s wrong when Republicans do it, it’s just plain wrong…

yesterday, i was grateful for getting home safely and for considerably less shoulder and arm discomfort while driving…

today, i am looking forward to Pilates with Tessa…

yesterday, I was grateful for a beautiful day on Block Island with Holly and her mother…

today I am looking forward to another beautiful day on Block Island with Holly and her mother…

yesterday i was grateful for a visit with my niece and her family…

today i am looking forward to brunch with my aunt Sharon and dinner with my mother in law on Block Island…

yesterday i was grateful for physical therapy and thunderstorms…

today i am looking forward to visiting our niece’s family…

yesterday, I was grateful for dinner with friends…

today I am looking forward to getting ready to go away for a long weekend…

as the pain in my right shoulder presses me to migrate to analog methods for things i used to do on the iPhone, i am discovering that analog process is better for some (many?) things… the most recent is food and calorie recording… i note what i eat on 3x5 cards now… i have completely tracked my calories for three days… something i struggled to do with my chosen app… i use the app to look up calories of some foods, but i write the info down on the card and add it up at the end of the day… not coincidently, my weight is on a downward trend this week…

yesterday I was grateful for new clothes, this physical therapy and dinner with Donna and Karen

Today I am looking forward to yoga with Maryanne and getting some work done