The fall of the Berlin Wall happened in 1989, but so did the massacre in Tiananmen Square.
Joshua Wong is a true freedom fighter.
Pine Needles
Across the street from my house on Seapit Road was a path that led to a clearing, and in the back of the clearing was the entrance to a footpath that went through all the trees to the street where a buddy of mine lived. About half way through this footpath, in the middle of the woods, was a pine tree with a thick carpet of brown pine needles. The scent was always very appealing, and if you were bare foot, Tom Sawyerish, the thick pine needles felt very comfortable. I’d climb that tree, which was very tall, all the way to the top, and suddenly, at the very top, you poked your head out above all the surrounding trees and could see for miles — above it all.
Once I lost my grip on a branch while climbing up the tree and fell all the way to the ground, snapping branches on the way down. I landed squarely on my back on the thickest part of those wonderful pine needles, which saved me, along with those snapping branches which broke the fall.
The scent of pine is still one of my favorites.
Cancer
The C Word documentary on Netflix was interesting.
Among other things, makes the claim that everyone has cancer cells.
Emphasis on a holistic approach to dealing with the disease or preventing its occurrence in the first place. Key factors are diet, stress, exercise, and toxins in our environment.
Get Healthy
OMAD and autophagy.
Ignorance
Most people have no idea how nutritious they could make their meals. They’ve never taken the trouble to read anything about nutrition.
Watercress Smoothie
Watercress from the supermarket (comes with the roots still in a clump of dirt — how fresh is that!); 20 oz. of cold filtered water; 1 banana; 2 large cups of Ka’Chava; frozen organic blueberries; large spoonful of organic almond butter.
To your health!
Remember the Popeye cartoons when Popeye would eat the spinach, and then you would see the power ripple go up and down his body?
Feel Rich
Invasion of Europe
Victorian Architecture
Bought a book on Victorian architecture in the used book store the other day. So interesting to put a name to architectural features.
The Victorians were very big on ornamentation, even bold decoration, to the point of pure whimsy (the circular tower structure with a “witch’s cap” on top, for instance). Their architecture, therefore, has so much more character than the utilitarian, 20th-century architecture that superseded it.
Do you know what a finial is? A bay window? Everyone know what a cornice is, no?
Three types of architecture worth exploring, in my opinion: Victorian, Queen Anne, and Gingerbread.
Political Impeachment
Brazil carried out a purely political impeachment of their president, and it ripped the country apart.
You may have a civil war by Trump’s supporters if he gets impeached for no reason.
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