79\u00a0 bar falls 29.73 4mph NE\u00a0 dew-point 65\u00a0 Summer, hot and cloudy<\/p>\n
Waxing Crescent of the Thunder Moon<\/p>\n
Good thing I checked the Minnesota History Center hours before I drove all the way to St. Paul.\u00a0 Closed.\u00a0 Closed tomorrow until noon.\u00a0 Had to shift my research hours, so I spent some time outside today putting down the last of the mulch, the third tier.\u00a0 It’s much larger and much less closely planted than the bottom two tiers.\u00a0 I’ve gone to either straw or leaves, no cedar or other store bought mulch.<\/p>\n
Mary writes that she is in suspension now, waiting for the critique of outside reviewers for her dissertation.\u00a0 Tough place, that.\u00a0 Waiting is difficult for us humans.\u00a0 We prize agency and anything that diminishes our ability to act makes us feel uneasy.\u00a0 It highlights the underlying truth of the human condition, that is, we are never in control of our lives; our agency, no matter how powerful, is always transient.\u00a0 Sic transit gloria mundi.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n To counter punch that though we have ars longa, vita brevis.\u00a0 Art is long, life brief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 79\u00a0 bar falls 29.73 4mph NE\u00a0 dew-point 65\u00a0 Summer, hot and cloudy Waxing Crescent of the Thunder Moon Good thing I checked the Minnesota History Center hours before I drove all the way to St. Paul.\u00a0 Closed.\u00a0 Closed tomorrow until noon.\u00a0 Had to shift my research hours, so I spent some time outside today putting … Continue reading Sic Transit Gloria Mundi<\/span>