Quirky thoughts from an old man.
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell Black Lives Matter has been on the agenda longer than Covid 19. Gladwell sees the issues of race from both sides and tells some stories that allowed me to see how minorities would see issues like aggressive policing. He offers some reasonable advice and some attainable policy proposals. It …
Coachee Noun: One who is coached. Example: “He met with his coachee every week and some progress was made. My first encounter with this word was in The Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt etal. If you like motivation books it is a good choice. Photo is of a Inukshuk I built on Piestewa Peak …
“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best from yourself?” Epictetus, Stoic Philosopher (circa 50-135AD) Photo is of a pair of Inukshuk along the Merced River in Yosemite from our sojourn there last summer. It is much harder to make Inukshuk from stones vs making them from rocks.
“Life isn’t short. We just waste a lot of it.” Seneca, Stoic Philosopher
“Morality is a deception practiced upon the simple by the clever.” Yang Chu a Chinese philosopher about the time of Confucius. Photo is two Inukshuk I built in the South Fork of the Merced River on July 19, 2020.
“Witness the secret, silent miracle of human progress.” Hans Rosling in Factfulness When I hike alone I pick up some rocks as I walk along that as a group of five will make a simple Inukshuk. After I make it in a place where I can take a nice photo I leave it for others …
“No generalization is wholly true, not even this one.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Photo is of an Inukshuk I built in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve.
Scofflaw Noun: A person who flouts the law. Examples: VP Mike Pence was a scofflaw about the masks At the Mayo Clinic. Mayor De Blasio was a scofflaw when he went to the gym after ordering all NYC gyms closed. Unpopular laws make many people into scofflaws.