> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://thedailyeudemon.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Monday
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/43312/
- Published: 2017-07-31T06:24:17.000Z
- Updated: 2017-07-31T06:24:17.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Miscellaneous, #wpChunk

![misc-rambling-pic](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Misc-Rambling-Pic-300x225.jpg)

Miscellaneous Rambling

![Ceiling. Trastevere](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Ceiling.-Trastevere-225x300.jpg)

Settling in after a long vacation in Alpena, Michigan. Regular blogging will resume, subject to the exigencies of getting the practice and produce site back in order.

![Ceiling. Trastevere](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Ceiling.-Trastevere-225x300.jpg)

Vocations film from 1962\. [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uOPK7IXF9A&ref=thedailyeudemon.com). I only watched the first five minutes, but it shows two things you'd never see today: Jack Nicholson as a Catholic (the featured priest) and the priest smoking a cigarette.

![Ceiling. Trastevere](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Ceiling.-Trastevere-225x300.jpg)

Victor Davis Hanson on [manual labor in an age that only values mental labor](https://www.city-journal.org/html/brawn-age-brains-15256.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). It's a bit long, but it fits loosely into my loose reasons for pursuing my ag endeavors. "There seems a human instinct to want to do physical work."

![Ceiling. Trastevere](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Ceiling.-Trastevere-225x300.jpg)

I saw this autobiographical bit about Hanson's life very interesting: "For the past four decades, I have split my time between teaching classics and writing, and working on a farm. I cannot say that either world is nobler than the other." At age 51, I doubt I have four decades ahead of me, but such a split seems like a good way to lead one's life, as long as it doesn't result in you working 80 hours a week total. I'm going to have to learn more about his farm side.