Afghanistan is turning into another Vietnam.
I suppose there is a plus side to all of this. Americans now know where Afghanistan is located.
Old Age and Feet
If you see someone old who is walking with difficulty, it very well may be that each step is causing pain in the bones in their feet. What can happen in old age is the soft tissue in the bottom of the feet can deteriorate so the bones have less protection. But there is a definite solution to this: metatarsal pads that fit inside the sock.
Yogurt Adds
Silk Unsweet Almond Milk Yogurt with Vanilla. Add oat bran for the fiber, which will feed the bacteria, and take it with a probiotic pill as well. Boost for the gut bacteria. Stop using yogurts that have added sugar. They have so much sugar they are candy.
The True Way
Have you ever braved the lonely road?
For we are here but a short time,
And the wind blows us all away.
Have you ever braved the lonely road
And found your true way?
Have you ever sung your own song?
For we are here but a short time,
And the wind blows us all away.
Have you ever sung your own song
And found your true way?
Have you ever loved?
For we are here but a short time,
And the wind blows us all away.
Have you ever loved
And found your true way?
Music for Me
For me, Pachelbel’s Canon represents the height of human elation, while Barber’s Adagio represents the depth of human sorrow. The third movement in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade is my most enjoyable piece, although Chopin, Ravel, and Debussy are all knocking at that gate.
Quirky
Quirky but memorable movie on Netflix — that vast wasteland — called “Cut Bank”. First rate acting, for a change. Gets that country dialog just right.
Literary Challenges
Making my way slowly, arduously, and meticulously through the Odes of Horace and Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Not for the faint of heart.
Mushrooms, To Your Health
Netflix has an interesting documentary about mushrooms and other fungi called “Fantastic Fungi”. Not sure many people realize that mushrooms are technically not plants but, instead, their own separate class of organism: fungus, which live off of and decay dead organic matter.
Mushrooms have been getting a lot of recent attention by nutritionists and other scientists relative to their beneficial effect on the human body — Lion’s Mane for the health of the brain, Turkey Tail for fighting cancers, Chaga and Reishe to support the immune system, Cordyceps for the respiratory system.
The above types of mushrooms are just not available to me locally, but their mushroom powders are all available to me online, although expensive. But if their benefits are half as good as what is claimed, they are worth it.
Catalytic Converters
There’s a crime wave going on of stolen catalytic converters in my town, but now I understand the same thing is going on everywhere. Apparently, the sharp rise in the price of palladium has sparked all of this. The criminals come in the middle of the night and cut out the catalytic converter from underneath your car.
Good Trade?
We’ve swopped out a leader as president for one who is clueless. Was that a good trade? I think the country is now in serious decline. It’s a boat without a rudder. And don’t think for a second that the rest of the world doesn’t realize this.
