Category Archives: Thoughts

Awareness of the outside world. New Humanist: What does the term “Judeo-Christian” actually mean? 2019. ~~~ [Fractal Alphabet] Onwards!Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. Fifty years ago last Wednesday. “One of the most watched televised sporting events of all time, no tennis match before or since has been seen by so many.” Billie Jean King: Battle of the Sexes. ~~~ Time: mid-1960s. Scene: New York City emergency room I was 5 years old, giveContinue reading “Witness To History, Years Ago In The Emergency Room, With Apologies, Personal Non-Fiction”

Photos from the outside world. NYT: The World Through a Lens. I don’t think it is pay-walled, but I don’t always understand where the NYT draws their lines. ~~~ Beeswax Creek flowing toward the Coosa RiverBeeswax Creek ParkShelby County Alabama USASeptember 2023 Technical Details Creek. f/18.0, 1/250 sec., 80.0 mm, ISO 400. Manual & auto-focus.Continue reading “Back To Beeswax Creek, Photography”

Coach Kate went undercover in mini-world and brought back this report. Welcome Coach Kate! ~~~ The 2023 Shetland Pony Congress had something for everyone, almost. There was daily free food (donuts, pizza, tacos, BBQ), there was daily kid-friendly entertainment (arts and crafts projects, ice cream sundaes, movies) there was shopping (jewelry, dog supplies, two mobile tackContinue reading “Fierce & Fuzzy, Shetland Pony Congress, Guest Post”

Awareness of the outside world. TYWKIWDBI: Theater surveillance of the audience, 16 September 2023. ~~~ Short Version Consider adding an identifier to an anonymous comment. Long Version. Several readers who I know IRL (waves hi!) have told me that WordPress is being inconsistent about comments, making more of them anonymous recently. Sometimes I can tellContinue reading “We Interrupt This Blog For An Administrative Announcement About Anonymous Comments”

Awareness of the outside world. Vox: The mind-boggling scale of Disney World, The happiest place on earth, explained by the numbers. By Kim, additional reporting by DuRose, data visualization by Walters. Sep 18, 2023. Have been several times. Easier when I had family living in Florida. Most recently in 2003 (really?!?), I went to theContinue reading “The Things I Am Not Buying”

Awareness of the outside world. The issue is not new. Literary Hub: How the Humble Pocket Came to Signify Feminist Liberation, Carlson, September 12, 2023. Have read article, not book. Carly Brown: Madeira Mondays: Why 18th century pockets were pretty great. Illustrations. Hat tips to I & L. ~~~ I recently realized that I have notContinue reading “The Things I Still Buy”