open.substack.com/pub/heath…

a profound turning point for humanity?…

Mastering artificial intelligence while dominating global communications would go a long way toward breaking down existing nations and setting up the conditions for a brave new world, dominated by tech oligarchs.

yesterday i was grateful to arrive at the end of the day without drama…

today i am looking forward to restorative yoga with Maryanne and then lunch with Holly…

yesterday i was grateful for Holly, Gweno and Pizza Phill…

today i am looking forward to pilates with Tessa, getting paid and working at the Cemetery…

yesterday i was grateful for the rain and Anne’s yoga class…

today i am looking forward to yoga with Maryanne and lunch with Holly…

yesterday i was grateful for the farmer’s market, vegetable starts, spring rains and signs of Fiona feeling better…

today i am looking forward to more spring rains, yoga with Anne…

yesterday i was grateful for time spent in our garden, planting, cleaning up…

today i am looking forward to the rain…

yesterday i was grateful for a walk down Main Street and a new unisex top from Burkelman…

today i am looking forward to thunderstorms…

yesterday i was grateful for Wonderbar and a martini after an enervating day dealing with cemetery business…

today i am looking forward to restorative yoga, progress on our driveway and dinner with d&e…

yesterday i was grateful for the compliment on my tunic/dress from an african american gentleman in an suv…

today i am looking forward to my weekly in office day at the cemetery..

yesterday i was grateful for lunch with Gwenno and Holly…

today i am looking forward to Beauty Ritual and Karen Pickles, fresh nails and progress on our front garden…

yesterday i was grateful for the gift of a fabulous group of necklaces from Eleni, the lovely peony tulips we got at the farmer’s market, and the the beautiful flowers we got at Sabelecos….

today i am looking forward to lunch with Holly and Gwenno and yoga with Anne…

yesterday i was grateful for the helpful feedback on my writing from Anna and Susan and Bill’s birthday party…

today i am looking forward to the farmer’s market, finishing the laundry and a quiet afternoon with Holly…

yesterday i was grateful for coffee with Karen and the Pakistani-Indian restaurant at Danbury Mall and COSTCO…

today i am looking forward to Bill’s birthday party and writer’s group with Susan and Anna…

yesterday i was grateful for restorative yoga with Maryanne and a shopping stroll with Holly on Main Street…

today i am looking forward to coffee with Karen and maybe a trip to COSTCO with Holly…

yesterday i was grateful for yoga, Pizza Phil’s and a food photography salon…

today i am looking forward to my colleagues at the cemetery and more progress on our front garden…

yesterday i was grateful for Stephanie at the Honda service department…

today i am looking forward to yoga with Maryanne and virtual photo salon…

yesterday i was grateful for a strong turnout for the protection of democracy…

today i am looking forward to the farmer’s market and maybe some strolling and shopping on main street…

Twenty Ways to Matter – The Marginalian

if you read nothing else today, read this…

yesterday i was grateful for McMillan Plumbing, who got our house drain flowing again, One Nature and the boulder wall they partially constructed, a tiny hole in the wall Mexican restaurant we discovered and baby turkeys…

today i am looking forward to protesting against kinghood, and it finally being warm enough to wear a spring outfit, including sandals…

of course there would be an expensive plumbing emergency at a moment when you are spending thousands on a garden renovation… no, the two are not related… sigh…

yesterday i was grateful for restorative yoga, lunch at Toro and a quiet evening at home with Holly…

today i am looking forward to my first day of tending the turkey chicks, and continued progress on our garden renovations…

The principle of evil consists in messing into other people’s affairs.

— Lewis Hyde, The Gift

i don’t think i have ever seen evil this succinctly defined… there seems to be a limiting but profound truth to it… evil exists between “intelligent” beings only… it is not a general condition of the universe even if it is a general condition of humanity…

yesterday i was grateful for pilates with Tessa, a drop of .4 in my A1c level, problems with solutions and steak for dinner…

today i am looking forward to restorative yoga, lunch and a manicure with Holly and maybe the start of our garden renovation project…

yesterday i was grateful for yoga with Maryanne, the arborist who cleared out the winter tree carnage, lunch with Holly and sci-fi reading group…

today i am looking forward to pilates with Tessa, working with my colleagues at the cemetery and progress with our garden renovations…

yesterday i was grateful for our meeting with Bryan from One Nature to review our garden project, good things are coming…

today i am looking forward to the start of our garden project, yoga led by Maryanne, and lunch with Holly…