Glen Campbell passed on August 8th. I was never a fan but I heard his music played over the radio for many of my young adult years. When we lived in Durham Campbell was a patient at the Ear Nose and Throat hospital where my wife worked as a medical assistant. She rode in…
Can agency and determinism be combined? Helen Steward in her book A Metaphysics of Freedom asserts agency. Agency is the ability of a Subject to effect a physical change in the world apart from the limit of antecedent brain states. The position is that of incompatibilism. Agency and determinism are incompatible descriptions of human…
The 10 AM meeting was scheduled in Chicago. I am not comfortable in a congested urban space, but will do what is necessary for the good of the company. The traffic gods were favorable and our departure time of 9AM allowed just enough time to exit off of I94 at Fullerton. We found a…
Yesterday late afternoon as we returned from a family birthday celebration, a dark towering bank of clouds filled the horizon to the north. From past experience I knew that rain was in those clouds, maybe lightening and a lot of wind. Everyday it is the same. In some direction a threatening cloud fills the…
Sunday morning at Starbucks. I have the seating area to myself, reggae music over the PA. I am in recovery. I sat through the movie Dunkirk yesterday. Seated before the enormous IMAX screen I knew viewing the film would be a most unpleasant experience. I enjoy movies usually, and find even the poorly made…
PERMACULTURE is the science and practice of creating living systems of nature (permanent agriculture). In contrast to traditional agriculture, permaculture is characterized by: FLOW MAINTENANCE: working with nature rather than against it, ALL NATURAL: no artificial pesticides or fertilizer, and ZERO WASTE: complete cycles of use/re-use. The end result is abundance and health. Done…
I have not written directly about the President elected some months ago. Others have written often, at length. I did not see the benefit of more ink spent upon that topic. Now I’ll hazard to put my thoughts into words. Perhaps we have a President that we deserve, an person who is an example…
We live by the economy of gifts, the only economy that will last. To be in one’s right mind is to know the right use of gifts. To ask for more than is given, to take more than is given back, is to have less, and finally nothing. It follows the law of Nature,…
Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o’er-sways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower? O, how shall summer’s honey breath hold out Against the wreckful siege of battering days, When rocks impregnable are not so stout,…
What do we have but right now? Nothing really. I have a “new” camera. It is a newer model of my old Sony camera. Dismayed that my Cybershot camera was run over in the driveway, I was thankful to find a affordable replacement. I discussed some issues relative to the replacement camera with the…
