62 bar falls 29.71 0mph SW dewpoint 57 Beltane
New Moon (Hare)
It rained and the temperature dropped 13 degrees. Mother nature at work. In the cool moist air after the rain I planted onions, beets, lettuce and carrots. I also transplanted 3 daylily clumps out of the flower bed I’m converting to vegetables. Cool cloudy, preferable moist days are perfect transplanting weather.
The earth smells rich, a loamy scent that arises only after a rain. My Dad’s Aunt Rella, an early cancer patient, took an atomic cocktail and said it tasted like “the air after a June rain.” An image that has remained with me all these years.
I just started using a new program called SuperMemo. It showed up in an interesting article in Wired. This Polish memory researcher has developed this program that times repetitions of material you want to learn. This fits some neurological model of the brain. He guarantees 95% retention if you use the program faithfully.
I plan to use it learn art history, Chinese characters, horticultural information, folk tale and world history. And probably, over time, other stuff, too. This kind of thing excites me.
