Jesus, the Word who Said
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved over the waters. And God Said "Let there be light".
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word was in the beginning with God. All things were made through the Word (i.e., "Let there BE"), and without the Word was not anything made that was made. ... And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth.
NOAA's revised hurricane forecast predicts another 10 to 15 named storms
From the great Capital Weather Gang at the Washington Post … This hurricane season has already broken records, with 9 named storms to date. Yesterday, EarthSky reported that hurricane forecasters at Colorado State had upped their predicted number of hurricanes for 2020. Now NOAA has gotten in on the act, too, revising its hurricane forecast upward. Every factor is lining up in favor of an "extremely active" hurricane season, NOAA said. If the number of storms exceeds 21, we'll run out of this year's hurricane names.
More hurricanes? Jiminy Christmas. Maybe the warming oceans are responsible?
Covid-19 ... . In the US, one in every 2,300 indigenous Americans has died, compared to one in 3,600 white Americans – making them the second most at-risk ethnic category in the US after black Americans. In mid-May, the Navajo Nation, whose reservation spans 27,000 square miles (70,000 sq km) in the south-western US, surpassed New York state for the highest Covid-19 infection rate in the US. (BBC online this morning)
Latest Model Forecasts 300,000 U.S. COVID-19 Deaths by December
University of Washington health experts added that 70,000 lives could be saved if people were scrupulous about wearing masks (Reuters this morning)
In high school I knew a boy who lived in a house like one of these. His name was David. We didn't know until he needed a ride home from band practice late one Thursday evening. We drove him out to his neighborhood east of PC, and he said this is fine, "I'll get out here". Meaning well but unwisely, we insisted on driving him to his door. He directed us to a right turn that went up a rise, a left turn and stop in front of a house like all these, in the dark night, candle light from inside shining out through cracks between unpainted boards.
Why am I doing this? IDK. A counter, even more stupid than it is revealing, uncomprehending and racist as it turns out, to Black Lives Matter, has been the self-righteous retort All Lives Matter.
Mounting evidence shows that patients suffering from COVID-19 exhibit neurological symptoms including loss of smell and taste, delirium and a higher risk of stroke. But the impact on the brain may be broader and last longer than these symptoms suggest. Neuroscientist Natalie Tronson of the University of Michigan explains how inflammation triggered by SARS-CoV-2 may lead to permanent memory loss and cognitive decline.
As it turns out, though, the surest sign of a racist is denial, as seen in the assertion, "I am NOT a racist". Or the ultimate "I am the least racist person on earth".
There's a new book out, Caste, touted by Oprah's Book Club. I've read a couple of reviews and several comments by people who have read it or started it and, immediately being offended, put it down and wrote nasty. It's too pricey for me at the moment. Like buying only U-$10 wine, especially pricier wine that's BOGO this week, I buy books cheap or not at all. So, I'll keep a lookout for when it's available Mass Market Softcover. Or used.
We are minimizing grocery shopping by more ordering online. With a longing for it, recently I ordered and yesterday arrived a shipment from Walleye Direct.
Walleye fillets from lakes in Canada, and we had for supper. Oh, man. I love freshwater fish.
Why? I grew up in the segregated South, where houses like those copied above were common. Not until my freshman year of college did it dawn on me, and did I realize what I was, the evil and shame of it. Though I've been working on it for 66 years now, it's not gone. I don't think it's possible to get rid of it, only to fight myself.
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Yes, I know the long white dresses date some of the pictures. But that's what I remember.
And here's another book that, when the price drops, I may be moved to order and read:
Born to Wonder
Exploring Our Deepest Questions—Why Are We Here and Why Does It Matter?
Life is a gift. We never asked to be born. Yet here we are, living in this strange world of space and time, trying to work out what it’s all about before the darkness closes in and extinguishes us. We are adrift on a misty, grey sea of ignorance, seeking a sun-kissed island of certainty, on which we might hope to find clear answers to our deepest and most poignant questions.
What is the point of life? Why are we here? And what is it about us that makes us want to ask these questions? As far as we know, we’re the only species on earth that asks these questions, and dares to hope that we might find an answer.
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A joy of coming up on 85: that what makes wandering, disjointed, meandering sense to me may not make any rational sense to you at all! And it doesn't bother me in the least!