Thursday Open Thread 11-02-2017
Morning, hope the day finds each of you healthy and content.
Contemplating the motivation for greater resilience in our lives.
It is more satisfying to move towards something one desires, than to run away from a fear. It does not change the the start position and often the end point is in the same place. It is the enjoyment of the journey. No matter how hard ones runs fear is always right behind. Ironically small moments of joy are often missed if we do not watch for them.
Is life full of challenges to experience
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or burdens to endure?
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Farm Report
Chickens are done free foraging as of yesterday. I am missing a hen and saw a coyote walking across the field behind the house. Found the place in the fence he entered and closed the opening. Winter coop has been set up. Donkey have been let in the field to graze and will harass the coyote if he comes back by that route.
As the leaves disappear secrets of the trees are revealed.
Sometimes get careless about the joy I have experienced watching new lives develop each year for last few decades. Water is not as easy to drink as mom's milk
Comments
Good Luck With The Coyote
Sounds like you have a nice farm. Envious.
On a not-nice note, some Obamacare lady said on PBS Newshour last night that Obamacare insurance rates on the exchanges are going up AN AVERAGE OF 37% THIS YEAR. Are you F'n kidding me?! The most expensive healthcare in the world by double (and triple/quadruple most) is going up nearly 40% in one year. And it is ranked 29th for health outcomes. It's called Gouging.
Stand by for congress finger pointing by both parties -- neither of which is on the side of the working class. If the government wasn't so hopelessly corrupt at all levels, this would not be tolerated.
Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.
A work in progress
Am enjoying it more than I imagined. Many cultures with larger urban centers over the course of time have developed the concept of moving to the country to retire or as a get away from the pressures of life. Decided to go with the flow.
The donkeys have been more effective than the advice from the local USDA wildlife management services. Make sure a gun is close and ready for use. The individual agents have been extremely responsive and helpful in assisting me to identify the type of predator problems experienced in the past. The animal husbandry changes have prevented repeat problems. new ones due occur occasionally and their experience is useful.
Still yourself, deep water can absorb many disturbances with minimal reaction.
--When the opening appears release yourself.
The ranking as to outcomes is very misleading. It is
being judged based upon the medical care and/or health care it provides, which was not its purpose. Its purpose was to legally enshrine and perpetuate the fact that we have an insurance based health services model, and it has done that wonderfully well. Had investment returns not fallen through the floor and stayed there, insurance company returns would have skyrocketed through the stratosphere and stayed there.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Insurance company profits tied to
a percentage of health care cost (20%). The easiest way to increase dollars is to increase payments to health care providers and institutions. Leads to practices such as a cardiologist diagnosing a stomach ulcer and providing treatment not be paid for the visit. He probably will be paid if you are given a referral to a gastroenterologist for diagnosis and treatment. Both doctors being paid for a visit and delayed treatment for the patients, now maybe dealing with complications.
Sending a patient to the emergency room (ER) often bypasses the need for prior approval for tests or treatments. In the local area, an office visit to an Ear, Nose & Throat specialist for significant nose bleed can only be obtained after an ER visit.
Still yourself, deep water can absorb many disturbances with minimal reaction.
--When the opening appears release yourself.
The profits from provision of health care are tied like
that, but there is no restriction on investment income, iirc, especially if there is a non-health parent company. Insurance companies have always made most of their bux from investments.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
yep, tremendous cash flow...
and medigap plans deliver tons of cash with limited liability, advantage plans even more so.
Morning SOE
The farm looks great. I don't know if I miss the seasons enough to want to come back.
I admit it....I'm a sucker for baby animals. Ok...sqwee...there I said it.
Have a great day all.
I want a Pony!
Strategic visits to experience
your favorite seasons. Spring can be short of blooms and in the past would regularly travel to the Willamette valley in Oregon in peak bloom season for frost sensitive spring plants. Now have a sun room to grow blooms year around. Can you travel up in elevation to experience the sense of seasons?
Still yourself, deep water can absorb many disturbances with minimal reaction.
--When the opening appears release yourself.
That could be bizarre down there, though I didn't get that far
south. I recall hiking along at somewhere around 10 to 12 thousand feet in the Andes in lush foliage looking for and at hummingbirds and such. Well above the tree line or even vegetation line here, and instead of barren granite I was in something very akin to a rainforest.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
nowthepathforward.us
I have to go run an errand for my kid, but wanted to write a quick thing.
Good morning SOE and all! I enjoyed the song and poem. Thank you.
I have been contemplating this very thing for a long time.
I started working on a website yesterday (I see Aspie is doing the same thing. Cool)
http://nowthepathforward.us It doesn't look like much yet. I installed Moodle on it. It is an educational content management system that I used while I was still teaching. I am going to start a "course." Not exactly sure of the topic yet. It will not so much be a class, but a moderated ongoing discussion. Hope to link it with c99 somehow. Plus, I will be inviting you folks to do "courses." Not sure how to set the parameters there. For example, if someone wants to do a class on "Building Resilient Sex Toys" or whatever . . . nah . . . won't want to host that kind of stuff.
Ideas?
Mine will have something to do with my gardening and daily uplifting rituals I think.
It froze here over the weekend, so the cucuzza squash, and some other veggies are done. More about that later.
Marilyn
"Make dirt, not war." eyo
Start by creating categories to direct the
initial development of content and flush out the site rules. Once you have experience running the site open it wider. If subjects comes up you do not want to host you will feel more comfortable handling the difficult and awkward issues.
Exciting news. I have learned a lot from your hay bale experiments.
Frost on squash is so dramatic. Volumes of large green leaves hiding squash and covering the ground and tether poles reduces to shriveled, blackened lumps and naked squash.
Still yourself, deep water can absorb many disturbances with minimal reaction.
--When the opening appears release yourself.
Thanks for the advice!
Yes . . . I will approach it in that manner.
An excellent poetic description! I had three cucuzza to bring in and put in the freezer. One giant one is still outside for seeds. Wonder if I need do anything special to it?
Marilyn
"Make dirt, not war." eyo
North Korea Nuclear Testing Tunnel Collapse, Fears of Radiation
Was just visiting the list of web sites I'm not supposed to visit and saw NK had a nuclear oops.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/north-korea-nuclear-testing-tunnel-collapse-fears-of-radiation-leaks-will-trump-resort-to-fire-and-fury-insanity/5616243
afraid to shake hands
Interesting interview: “The horrible truth about North Korea”
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Japanese modeled their expansion
into mainland Asia on the United States westward movement and treatment of indigenous population.
Interesting video on North Kora view points.
Still yourself, deep water can absorb many disturbances with minimal reaction.
--When the opening appears release yourself.
Peace, No Trump
thanks, downloaded and listening now. Maybe a peace movement exists in Korea:
2. What are your plans for Trump’s upcoming visit to South Korea and beyond?
Suicide is Painless (M.A.S.H Theme)
good luck
Thanks for the link
Interesting web site. Checking it out now.
Marilyn
"Make dirt, not war." eyo
Wind and current patterns can
carry nuclear fallout to west coast. A nuclear bomb does not need to reach us to have significant issues.
China has been raising the concern the last test destabilized the mountain. Unfortunately is did.
Still yourself, deep water can absorb many disturbances with minimal reaction.
--When the opening appears release yourself.
'Tired Mountain Syndrome'
thanks, I had no idea there was such a thing as TMS, poor Mount Mantap.
Not sure about the sources I'm linking today, just grabbing random stuff off the top of search returns to make a point: New North Korea Concern: 'Tired Mountain Syndrome'
What other kind of massive death device has Trump deployed against underground tunnel complexes? Never mind, don't answer. Don't even think about it.
good luck
Good morning, SOE. Just finished a short soup making binge,
now I have to find sufficient proper containers to freeze most of it in. I also need to freeze and/or dry herbs, like parseley (I'm going to try freezing it into a "log") and chives. Thanks for the ongoing inspiration.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Ziplock bags can be
laid individually to freeze, then stacked. I use this method when short of plastic containers. I don't use glass since I am not careful enough to always adjust for the expansion of water as it freezes. Sound yummy.
Still yourself, deep water can absorb many disturbances with minimal reaction.
--When the opening appears release yourself.
I use zip-lock bags for most things, but . . .
Also use glass jars to freeze jam and sauerkraut. I just started saving all of those odd jars that don't work for conventional canning. So far so good. I set them in the baskets in my freezer.
I like the idea of freezing soup! Thanks!
Marilyn
"Make dirt, not war." eyo
Afternoon, SoE...
love your opening:
Lifted my spirits today. Thanks for the OT, always a pleasure to follow your experiences.
Evening
Glad to share the stories.
Still yourself, deep water can absorb many disturbances with minimal reaction.
--When the opening appears release yourself.