69\u00a0 bar rises 29.92 0mph NNW dew-point 57\u00a0\u00a0 Summer night, pleasant and clear<\/p>\n
Waxing Gibbous Thunder Moon<\/p>\n
The gibbous Thunder Moon hangs low in the south, below the tops of the great poplars in our woods.\u00a0 From our perspective it illuminates downtown Minneapolis.<\/p>\n
Some switch got hit and the mosquito population jumped out of the woods.\u00a0 Now they are out even in the daytime.<\/p>\n
A program on the Science Channel discussed the nature of aging and held out the possibility of stopping or even reversing the aging process.\u00a0 Kate and I discussed whether we would want to live a long time, say a thousand years.<\/p>\n
I would.\u00a0 The number of books to read and write, plays to see, movies to watch, places to go, there are enough for several lifetimes for me.\u00a0 Gardens and dogs and family would all retain their interest to me.\u00a0 What we would do with all the people, I don’t know.\u00a0 Might place a premium on space flight and terraforming Mars.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow I have teeth cleaning.\u00a0 An event I look forward to every six months.\u00a0 Not.\u00a0 Still, consider an eight hundred year old set of teeth.\u00a0 Yikes, if you didn’t take care of them.\u00a0 Bad news.<\/p>\n
The UU history piece has picked up speed.\u00a0 I’ve gathered enough information now to have a sense of the sweep of Unitarian and Universalist movements west, then on into Minnesota Territory.\u00a0 Next I have to do some specific research at the Minnesota History Center on the large churches.\u00a0 Right now I don’t know whether I can answer the question that interested me in the first place, i.e. Why did liberal religion find such fertile ground in the Twin Cities?\u00a0 I have not given up on that; the information to answer it seems elusive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
69\u00a0 bar rises 29.92 0mph NNW dew-point 57\u00a0\u00a0 Summer night, pleasant and clear Waxing Gibbous Thunder Moon The gibbous Thunder Moon hangs low in the south, below the tops of the great poplars in our woods.\u00a0 From our perspective it illuminates downtown Minneapolis. Some switch got hit and the mosquito population jumped out of the … Continue reading Hey, Buddy! Wanna Live Forever?<\/span>