Miscellaneous Rambling The farming crunch is on. Seedlings are going into the ground faster than cocktails into a Kennedy's gut. Two dozen flower seedlings yesterday; a dozen more today, plus six tomato seedlings. More go in tomorrow. I would've put more in today, but it was

Miscellaneous Rambling The new podcast is up: Episode 35: Mental Exercise, Predictive Genetics, Hook-Up Software at Ivy [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2019/5/17/episode-35-mental-exercise-predictive-genetics-hook-up-software-at-ivy] Mental Exercising: Everyone seems to agree: It's crucial we exercise mentally, normally in the form of meditation. Meditation, even the most secular,

> The Meteora is a very big #Orthodox [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Orthodox?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Monastery in Central #Greece [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Greece?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]. It was built on sandstone rock pillars. pic.twitter.com/vvPfPnZJbs [https://t.co/

> Translation of this mezcal bottle: for sacred consumption, all excess is profane pic.twitter.com/BW5ISwY16Z [https://t.co/BW5ISwY16Z] > — The Weekly Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) May 16, 2019 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/1128837025334009856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Brews You Can Use Man, I feel like drinking today. Unfortunately, Meg has her regional track meet, which means I probably won't get home until late tonight, and the high school frowns on people bringing alcohol into the stadium, even if I have it stored in one of

Rambling Toward the Weekend Glorious weather. I spent nearly four hours at the produce site, trying to do a week's worth of work in one afternoon. It didn't quite work out. I got a lot of the (most excellent) Salanova lettuce planted, but otherwise, I just

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> "The high-school English teacher will be fulfilling his responsibility if he furnishes the student a guided opportunity, through the best writing of the past, to come, in time, to an understanding of the best writing of the present." Flannery O'Connor #FlanneryOConnor [https://twitter.com/hashtag/

Miscellaneous Rambling Great weather returns. Finally. Man, it's been a brutal spring. With the exception of, maybe, five days, it's been terrible weather. It's been so cold, even my lettuce production has been slow. I, however, counted over 75 "volunteer" lettuce plants

Miscellaneous Rambling New episode of TWE is out: Brian Sims and Nuts on Both Sides, Fleeing California, E.F. Schumacher [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2019/5/10/episode-34-brian-sims-and-nuts-on-both-sides-fleeing-california-ef-schumacher] . Brian Sims: Yup, he's a hateful nut. Yup, the Right has hateful nuts too. The thing is, the Right