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For an opinionated woman such as I, blogging is an excellent outlet. This is one of many fori that I use to bloviate. Enjoy! Comment on my commentary.
Earth 🌎 Day
Is it perhaps that I have not been paying close attention that I thought April 15th was Earth Day?
Of course, I am aware that the 15th is a day that belongs to the IRS. It’s why I think it would make such a good distraction to share the date.
Spring looks like
Adventures in street life
Medium
How do you use social media?
Isn’t it more like anti-social? I stole that from somebody, the «anti» part and couldn’t think of any cleverer.
In truth my relationship to media is more social than not. I use blogs to connect, communicate, commix!
Once I’ve posted my opinions in long form, I use social media to spread the words. What I say here, I «advertise» on LinkedIn, and FB, and often on Bluesky or Substack. So many outlets.
4 D Chess?
Another art date with the artist, LisaMaria Maya, has us attacking the spiral path at the Guggenheim Museum of Art.
We’re here for Carol Bove.
We also caught the Rauschenberg exhibit in its last few days.
As a P.S. we crossed over to go to the Reservoir to look for cherry blossoms before heading home.
A rumination
Is it harder when it’s easier?
The fancy word for thought struck me as both pretentious and correct. The right title for an exercise in what if.
The lifeguards at the pool where I take my aquatic exercise programs do not have a stressful watch. They sometimes help lower me in a chair in and out of the water. They sit on the sidelines and rotate positions. It is unlikely that they will be called to rescue a swimmer.
A lifeguard at a turbulent ocean has to be very vigilant.
Lifeguards on beaches where there have been shark sightings might be on edge.
Let’s speculate about the mental health disparities between the gym pool guards and the ones watching for sharks.
Which set of water workers has more stress?
What if the lifeguards at the ocean side got a job at the gym? Wouldn’t they feel stressed by the easier job?
Que bella
Internship
What job would you do for free?
Retirement puts a different spin on this question.
In retirement, jobs are often done without compensation. We get the title “volunteer” while undertaking such work.
In my retirement, I’m volunteering as an Alzheimer’s support group co- facilitator.
It is actually a job that I would volunteer to do, even if I were not retired.
Would you guess COFFEE?
What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like?
Neil deGrasse Tyson says first thing, drink cold water.
If NdGT tells me it’s good for me, I am inclined to go along. Today was day one of this routine.
I’ll keep you posted. Coffee, of course, follows.
All The Best 