RCS Posts agriculture: Its about the plow. Give it up? Just what is plowing? Its done wonders for millennia.
Short essays on a variety of topics including: health, Earth, healthcare, food, science, public health, education, and travel. Some videos too. Videos include film and movies. and, maybe, an occasional book review. There is an "Affirmations Page" in the left-hand column. This may be a place for some discussion of language,
Enjoy life well. Enjoy the simple pleasures of life.
Let
more music and dance into your life. Bathe and wear fresh clothes. Help
the children and embrace the women. We die; shall we not live?
Embrace her and kiss her. Avoid drunkenness. Avoid lies. Take responsibility for your life. Choose as well as you can.
Let
knowledge of your resources come to you. Be open to knowledge of
yourself. Move temperately. Let knowledge of a higher quality of life
come to you.
Allow
yourself to serve another with appropriate dignity, honor, respect, and
love. Cooperate with the natural order and the way of things.
Love
the people around you. Enjoy nurturing yourself and your world. Do a
bit more of what comes naturally. Enjoy nurturing and allowing yourself
to be nurtured. Enjoy it exactly as it is.
Love reality. Let days be full of joy.
I may read this again myself.
RCS
I
find something attractive about a philosopher who laughs with me. I
have enjoyed the humor of Taoist writers. I find much of
their writing witty and accessible. Much is also usable and wise.
Their use of the following phrases has moved my thinking and perceiving in useful ways:
+ Accept the reality of the available freedom.
+ Easy does it.
+ Attend to your energy reserve,
+ No regrets.
+ Set your burden down and enjoy the water.
+ The door is not locked.
+ Peacefully rejoice in reality.
+ Know the joyful security of wandering whe there is no path.
+ Enjoy your wit and romantic adventures.
+ Is it really so?
+ Great knowledge and long life.
+ How do you know that it is so?
+ Be little moved by praise and blame.
+ Discriminate.
+ Be clear about the nature of honor and disgrace.
+ Small self, little vanity.
+ Know the rule without ruling.
+ Know you.
+ Be willing to know the quality of your perception.
+ Let go of the clutter and the trivia.
+ Nothing is useless.
+ All is useful.
+ As you smell the roses, hear the music.
+ As you speak, be aware of how little you know.
+ Nothing depends on your point of view.
+ Your opinion is changing this instant.
+ Let them be.
+ How can we understand it all in one day?
+ Clarify your understanding today.
+ Embrace reality.
When you want some humor, wit, and laughter, read some of their writings.
I guess I could have published this to my Esoteric to Exoteric blog.
RCS
Count this as the opening of this new little Blog called Colombia and Colombians.
Its about a new Colombian film opening which I was invited to attend, but was unable to do.
The film opened in Medellin, Colombia last night. The audience laughed at the nonsense as they enjoyed a reflection of a side of themselves not enough felt in these times.
A bit of the storyline has been recounted to me and it seems simply interesting and quirky and perhaps a bit ironic. I do not know the author of the screen play yet.
I believe I have discovered the correct name. Its:
Mi Otra Yo
The producer is: Dago Garcia
The director: Julian Gavidia
The new star is the famous artist who goes by the name of Lokillo.
There are many artists know by Colombians in the production. One of them has become ill with this infamous virus, and was still able to fulfilled her part with aplomb and to the pleasure of her audience.
Below is somewhat personal Information I have gathered about the man who directed this new film at the time it is needed, Don Julian Gavidia. Mr. Gavidia seems to modern for the use of Don, but it seems I'm not.
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Julian of Medellin. Julian Gavidia. In certain circles of in this capital of Antioquia one may hear the name often. I do not know him well, but have learned some details about him.
He has an attractive older sister in the heart of Mexico. She is a young wife and mother of a gifted son. She has a connection of sorts with Uruguay and a stronger one with the Dominquez. She also has a growing career in education.
He also an older brother, who I have heard called Tolu, but now I understand, is spending some months in Barranquilla. His name is Juan Pablo and he has the respect of a few respectable men in Medellin. He also has a lovely and intelligent young wife.
Julian has been called a multitasker, probably for good reason. One task he has recently completed is the creation of a film, with some help. The word is that this new Colombia movie had discriminating Paisas laughing in Medellin last evening. He is also an Arteaga with some connection with the Duque.
Who can tell us more about this interesting man and his new film?
Please add information in the "comments" section below.
RCS
Will Rogers is an interesting guy from our recent history.
He is often funny and smart. Check him out online; Wikipedia is a good place to start.
~ "Ten men in the country could buy the world and 10 million can't buy enough to eat."
~
There is one thing in common with all revolutions( In fact they are
pretty near wars in that respect)nobody knows what they are fighting
about.
~ "This would be a great time in the world for some man to come along that knew something."
~
We don't have to worry about anything . No nation in the world was
ever sitting so pretty. If we want anything, all we have to do is buy it
on credit."
~ Villains are getting as thick as college degrees. and sometimes on the same fellow."
~
When the judgement day comes, civilization will have an alibi, 'I never
took a human life, I only sold the fellow the gun to take it with."
~ "We shouldn't elect a president, we should elect a magician."
~
"...the most unemployed or the hungriest man in America has
contributed in some way to the wealth of every millionaire in America.
It was the big boys themselves who thought that this financial drunk we
are going through was going to last forever. They over-merged and over
capitalized and over-everything else. That's the fix we are in now."
~ "Who considers the poor billionaire?"
Don't blame me for the quotes. Will Rogers said it.
Some
people thought that Will was some kind of cowboy others thought he was
some kind of Indian. You can learn a lot about the USA by learning about
him.
Richard S
RCS Posts genealogy
Our relatives. What is our relationship? It seems its all relative.
How many first cousins can one have?
How may we say that your cousin's children are related to you?
We do seem to keep it in the family.
RCS
A kind of meditation:
We
can agree that "we" is a relationship, can't we? When we agree to
relate it may be good to speak of the level at which we wish to relate.
At what level might it be good for us to relate? We could speak of the
reason for our relationship. How might we go about relating ? Might it
be important that we show our concern for our "we?"
What's in it for you? What's your interest? How is a mutual or reciprocal relationship handled?
A "we" must consist of people, persons, individuals, right? Have you seen
the start of a "we?" Was there a kind of joining? Doesn't a "we" require some kind of maintenance?
What do you suspect, believe, or know about the "we" in the "We the people..." document?
That
"we" could refer to us. How do we go about keeping track of our common
interests? How do we reciprocate? "We the people" are a social
relationship, aren't they?
Let's say that we are the people in the "We the people" we know about.
What is the nature of our relationship? What is reason for our relationship? What's in it for you?
"We"
implies a unity, a union. We can probably agree that better and worse
unions can be detected. How might we form a more perfect union?
You may have some notions of "we" stirring in your mind now.
Communication
is important. Talk, dialogue, discussion are important. Talk of "us"
and "we" may be so important as to be called vitally important.
I say that communication of persons is vitally important for the initiation and maintenance of a "we".
To have a good nation we have to have a good "we".
Some find a sentence or two above worth contemplation.
RCS
I found myself thinking of chemistry the other day. Dozens of questions came to mind, memories too.
I began to think of myself and chemistry, I remembered that at some tender age I had collected a number of small glass bottles and containers in a space in our basement. And some larger bottles I had collected liquids and stuff from around the house. I did all this without informing my parents that I had become a chemist. After doing some mixing and matching, mostly by color, I began filling my small bottles with my marvelous mixtures. I was a chemist. As I remember, no one died or sickened from my work.
Next I remembered that at about 8 years of age I carried out some experiments with matches, carbide, water, and alcohol. This was done mostly outdoors.
Then came to mind a rather nice ''chemistry set'' my parents got for me when I was perhaps 10 or 11. My younger brothers got into it before I had explored it much. I hope that I did not want them to die from the quantities of my chemicals I believed that they had eaten.
Another memory comes to mind. I was looking for my class at a high school new to me. I walked into a classroom with only a teacher there. As I came forward, I saw a rather daunting wall-chart and asked the teacher about it. He said that it was a "periodic table." I asked, "Of what?" and he said ''chemistry." I imagine that he meant to say elements. He told me where to get information about my class. As I walked on, I thought, "No chemistry for me." If he had said elements, I might have been a chemist.
More recently after a brief review of a news article mentioning chemistry I began to think of toxic chemicals. That is when the question did begin to come. I still do not have very useful answers to them. I will share a number of them at the end of this piece. Perhaps we have some of the same questions. Perhaps you can add some to the list.
There are people in the chemical industry who would provided answers to many of our questions should we ask them; teachers too. I imagine that there are others who would be pleased to help us to find answers when we show interest. I have begun to talk of "us," Perhaps because I have begun to see us as being in the same boat; a boat load of chemicals?
It is good to remember that in many ways we do live better with chemicals. A chemist can be an honest neighbor, a good friend, a great lover, and his industry brings us a lot of good.
There are important members of the chemical industry who are interested in our goodwill, if not in our votes. There are people in that important industry who make it their business to know about our vote. Often they have found it more efficient to deal with our representatives in our House of Representatives than it is to deal more directly with us.
However, many companies are making efforts to keep us informed about the chemicals used in their industries and products. Many of these companies have websites with a great deal of important information about the effects of chemicals on our lives. Much of the information they provide is free.
There is information available. Your congress person or someone in her office her office is available to provide answers to our questions or to help us find them. She may also be interested in our comments and opinions. Search something like, House of Representatives, Washington DC online and get a phone number. Call that number and give the one who answers your zip code. You will be given the name of your Representative the and phone number of your Reps office. When you call you can introduce yourself and it is best to have a specific question or comment.
Once you have identified your representative you can find out how to contact his office by email or online. Then you may leave your Rep a note about what is on your mind. Or you might ask if there is pending legislation dealing with chemicals. Your courtesy will be appreciated.
Should any questions about chemicals in our life come to you, please feel free to post them in the "comments" section.
You might consider joining an organization or starting one. There is power in even a very small organization.
~ Who can help us get the facts? How can we help ourselves to them?
~ Who would like to confuse us about the facts?
~ What do we want?
~ What can we get now?
~ Who will help us find out how toxic a given chemical or compound in our life is?
~ Who agrees with me that we don't have to do anything?
~ Who is responsible?
RCS
Trinidad is a large island, 846 sq mi. about seven miles from Venezuela, near the mouth of the great Orinoco River.
The people of Trinidad are from Black Africa, East India, and everywhere else.
You
can learn to bathe in glass there. You can also get a
biodegradable coffin of hallucinogenic nutmeg on this
interesting island.
The food is varied. The curried goat satisfying.
There is an 85 foot tall red statue of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman. Its the tallest one outside of India.
The
Maine Ridge Forest Reserve is the oldest protected forest in the
Western Hemisphere. The 14,000 acres of forest were declared a reserve
in 1776 while the island was under British rule.
Pitch Lake a 100 acre, La Brea Tar Pit like place, has been mined to pave roadways around the world.
There is a beach where you can better your love life, do a sand exfoliation, and listen to Syrian music.
Tobago is the smaller of the two Caribbean islands which make up the nation of Trinidad and Tobago.
Tobago has great ample sandy beaches.
The capital of Tobago is the village of Scarborough.
Kayak through the mangrove swamps of Tobago.
If you are getting the idea that Tobago is more touristy of the two islands of this Island nation you are on the correct track.
Port of Spain is the big city of the nation and it is on Trinidad.
In
Trinidad and Tobago you may begin to feel you are in the real Caribbean
an you would be right. It is not all of the Caribbean, but it is a lot
of it.
On the two islands there is magic, it comes down the great Orinoco,
it comes from India, it comes from Africa, and it has found a home there.
Still, It pays to be a bit careful there. Some say that there too many birds. Many say one can get wet and dirty there.
RCS
The stirring to publish this post seems to start as follows: Yesterday evening I watched a bit of a YouTube video by Richard Wolff. I suspect that I did not even watch it to its end. Last night I had dreams about our wars and dreams about our political beginnings. Vietnam seems to have dominated those about our wars and that dreams of our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution.
This morning I awoke slowly, feeling weak, fatigued, and exhausted as has been usual in recent weeks. However, I soon remembered something of my dreams and tried to remember more of them with little success. Then I began to recall a bit of the Wolff video to which I had not paid close attention.
It seems from my present perspective that the video was about Lessons Learned (or learnable) from our Covi experience. I have not tried to revisit that video as I believe I would have in other days; so, some of what I write now may be more Sheehan than Wolff.
As I remember, Mr. Wolff chose the following countries useful for comparing the quality of their dealings with The Virus. The countries he chose as good examples of dealing effectively with Covi: China and New Zealand, Taiwan and South Korea, Cuba and Vietnam. The two countries he chose for dealing poorly with that virus were the United Kingdom and the United States. Wolf, it seemed, felt that he saw evidence that the people of the first six countries also had more faith in their government than the last two I mentioned.
I believe that such comparing of the governance of a people with their ability to deal with This Virus, could aid us in learning an important lesson or two.
Wolf himself seemed to believe that he had evidence that the people of the first six countries demonstrated a belief that their government had the power and ability to deal well with the Virus and so cooperated in that dealing. Wolff also seemed to have thought that the people of The U.K. and The U.S. did not have faith that, at this time, their government was ready, willing, and able to deal with This Virus successfully.
Thanks for reading.
Do you think that our dealing with The Virus has to do with our faith in our government/governance? What do you think we might learn from our experience with the Virus? What is the state of our faith in our government? What would you like the nature of our governance to be? What is our responsibility for the nature of our government? What important governance might we be able to learn? What would be a good simple measure of the quality of our dealing with this Virus? Would the % of deaths or the number of deaths per hundred be a useful measure? What could we learn, that is useful, by looking at more successful dealing with the Virus as compared with the real nature of governance of, say, 100 countries? How might the U.N. be useful in this effort? Why? How might my going back to bed and forgetting about all this be helpful?
My questions above may be taken as rhetorical, but there is a window below called "comments" and sometimes "no comments!" I that window you may put questions of your own, or answer mine, or make comments, or one comment.
Thanks for reading.
RCS
Science is the practice of a method of understanding and of communication. It may be called the scientific method. This method can be a great help in self-development and in being a successful human being.
As you become better acquainted with this method of understanding you become a more effective person. You will also develop a better understanding of the sciences in general and of each individual science, even ytterbiumology.
The scientific method generally includes the following doings: observation, identification/recognition, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of natural phenomena. So, a scientist observes a doing or happening and begins to explain it. The method is much about how she does this. That is, how you do it may be more important than what you do.
To start well, let's try to define some of our terms. We can begin with the word 'science.' Starting at the beginning we see that science means knowledge, the business of knowing. Just how one knows is a serious subject. A subject we could check into later. Early in its history science became knowledge gained by study. Science brings its history with it. It still means knowledge and it still means knowledge gained by study. The science quickly came to be the study of particular and specific subjects. In its more modern meaning it has come to mean the technical and mathematical study of a subject. However the basic method of doing science is both a simpler and more powerful attitude then one might suppose.
We already know that "method" means "the way how." So, science is a particular way of understanding, a particularly effective way of understanding. It may be useful to remember that the suffix -ology means study. So anthropology is the study of human species, of humanity in most of its aspects. It has often been a comparative study of behavior, biology, societies. Whereas biology is the natural scientific study of life and of living organisms. It is one of the more nicely developed sciences. Cells and genes are now important factors in this study.
It is important that a person interested in science develop a good grasp on the nature of scientific: observation, identification, explanation, knowing, researching, and theoretical description. Also to develop their ability to recognize and observe natural phenomena is helpful to their use of scientific methodology.
To gain and to communicate scientific knowledge one needs to become familiar with its concepts and vocabulary. As interest is shown, I hope to write more on the topic. I believe that you already have an understanding of the scientific method as a way many have found useful for gaining practical, productive knowledge and of communicating that knowledge.
You probably already have the understanding that science is well begun and carried out with studied and practiced observation.
The ways of scientific observation are important to the development of knowledge. My dictionary says this about "to observe:" to notice, to perceive, to watch attentively, to make a scientific or systematic observation. "Systematic," that implies that there is a system to be learned. It seems that the way of a scientific doing is, at least, as the what.
Observation is the act of observing; that is the act of noting and recording of a phenomena, doing, or happening, perhaps with instruments. Observation might lead to developing a judgement or inference. What are the methods for developing a judgement or an inference!
"Identify" could be our next term to examine. If you would like me to continue some sort of exposition of science, please leave a comment to that effect in the "comment" window below.
Identifying a phenomena is, in large part, for the purpose of being able to recognize the phenomena yourself and to enable others to also recognize it. There is more to say about the recognize/identify part of of our scientific process, but I will leave it for another time.
Oh, yes. Ytterbiumology is beyond my present knowledge; still it can be studied, known, and used. Its a chemical element with the symbol Yb and atomic number of 70. I may not live long enough to get deeply into the study of this element. Perhaps you can tell us more about it.
RCS