It is 6:15 AM on Monday April 4th, 2023. It is the Monday after Easter and I’m realizing that many companies and schools have the day off. It is even listed in my calendar in official holidays as “Easter Monday.” My company had Friday off and it seems many others did not as I still…… Continue reading Journal Entry 4.10.2023
Journal Entry – 4.2.2023
It is 8:37 AM on Sunday April 2nd, 2023. We’ve finally had a few days of very pleasant weather, so much so that one evening was nice enough to have wine on the patio porch swing. I asked my son to come join me for a swing (not the wine) and a chat to which…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 4.2.2023
ChatGPT
Yesterday evening was the first pleasant one we’ve had on the coast in a while. Usually it is too cold, too windy, too foggy and this year, too rainy to sit on the patio swing and enjoy the evening. Yesterday was perfect so I grabbed a bottle of wine and told my son to come…… Continue reading ChatGPT
Five Women Who Loved Love – Ihara Saikaku
I learned of this book in a very round-about way. I read an article about the declining population of Japan when I noticed a sharp decrease in the year 1966. I learned this was the year of the Fire Horse which according to superstition women will grow up to kill their husbands. The next one…… Continue reading Five Women Who Loved Love – Ihara Saikaku
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
In my previous post about the book The Guns of August, I mention how we learn a lot about World War Two but not World War One in school. However, as far as WWII goes, we learn mostly about the Nazis and the European theater. The only thing we really learn about the Pacific campaign…… Continue reading With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
The Guns of August
I’ve always wanted to understand more about the World Wars. In school we focus on World War Two but I cannot remember being taught anything about World War One. A quick search of the internet or simply asking around is always met with answer about the assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand in Serbia. What I’ve…… Continue reading The Guns of August
Journal Entry – 3.24.2023
It has been some time since my last entry. To be completely blunt I think I’ve had a touch of depression which has completely zapped my motivation for many things including blog writing. Over the past couple years there have been momentous changes, most of them negative. There is the political downward spiral lead by…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 3.24.2023
Adventures in Metal Detecting: Find Waxing Crescent, Learn about a Goddess
Yesterday I found this waxing crescent moon on the beach. I didn’t even need my detector, I saw it with my own eyes right in the sand. Yemaya I used Google Lens to try and identify it and saw the exact same on Amazon in Yemaya Tools Herramientas: https://a.co/d/8REo7WC Yemaya Tools Herramientas I had no…… Continue reading Adventures in Metal Detecting: Find Waxing Crescent, Learn about a Goddess