I can find no reason to believe there is judgment involved in this churning of matter and energy in space over time. The universe is indifferent to what you and I perceive as the consequences of this churning. Stuff happens.
From yesterday afternoon…
From this morning’s walk…
My dog Fiona adores me!
This is the kind of thing that baffles me. Obvious care was taken to place the empty can in a particular spot. Why not take just a little more care and get it to a trash can?
From this morning’s walk…
A Humanist Concept of Sacred :: Essays On Attention Paid
This is an inquiry into a non-religious, or humanist concept of sacred and whether such a concept is meaningful without connection to a religious belief system derived from a higher power.
Reading: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici 📚
I am about 1/3 of the way through this book and can absolutely recommend it. It’s slow going for me only because it is dense with information that I want to remember. I find myself underlining half the text (I have a physical copy, do not buy the Kindle version which is garbage). It’s about the rise of capitalism in the aftermath of feudalism with a particular focus on how women were affected.
From this morning’s walk…
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation
we cannot, therefore, identify capitalist accumulation with the liberation of the worker, female or male, as many Marxists (among others) have done, or see the advent of capitalism as a moment of historical progress… capitalism has created more brutal and insidious forms of enslavement, as it is planted into the body of the proletariat deep divisions that have served to intensify and conceal exploitation.
—Silvia Federici
A Humanist Concept of Sacred :: Essays On Attention Paid
It is our capacity to violate one another and everything living around us that makes a concept of the sacred important.
A Humanist Concept of Sacred :: Essays On Attention Paid
For each of us there are numerous individuals, places, things, and concepts which we honor and the fabric of our being, both individual and collective, is woven around them. We define ourselves through what we choose to include in and exclude from the realm of the sacred.
From Heather Cox Richardson this morning.
In a sign that the party might be splitting elsewhere, as well, Georgia governor Brian Kemp announced today that he will not attend the Georgia Republican convention this summer, choosing instead to rally supporters in his own new organization.
Tuckered out… wish I could believe we’ve seen the last of him.
From this afternoon…
Odd juxtaposition…
My wife Holly in her happy place…
Chives and Tarragon overwintered so we have an early abundance. Making a classic french omelette with these herbs…
The Spring edition of Shots Magazine, Double Vision theme.
A good, not expensive, photography journal. Always b&w. Accepts submissions from any photographer for free if you subscribe. 4 issues/yr. Three themed, one no theme. Current theme is Love and Truth. Deadline June 1.
From today’s walk…
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Finished Reading: Einstein’s Dreams by Alan P. Lightman 📚
A quick read with an interesting premise, what the world would be like if time were this way or that way, presumably the numerous ways Einstein imagined on the way to settling on the one presented in his theory of relativity.
While there were some good moments there were not enough of them and in the end I felt it lacked imagination and didn’t really deliver on highlighting the ways we do experience time.
Just ate the last of my birthday cake. I guess that means my birthday is over…:-)
Pence: Mass shooters should face execution in ‘months, not years’ - POLITICO
Aren’t most of them expecting to die on site? Don’t most of them, in fact, die on site?
Arrived yesterday… very much looking forward to reading!
The ability to import Kindle book highlights and notes into Obsidian has been a game changer for me…