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skipper wrote a new post, In the garden 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Mariner spent most of the day in the garden. For the most part, he was pulling weeds to see if he still had garden plants under the weeds. He seldom meanders among the gardens because more pressing tasks are […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Ponder stuff 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Current studies of human cells in humans reveal that you have within your body cells that belong in your family’s bodies. They didn’t originate in your genome, they belong to your mother, father, sisters, brothers […]
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skipper wrote a new post, It's Independence Day! 8 months, 2 weeks ago
As a child for mariner, and perhaps even today, Independence Day was second only to Christmas. The fireworks, parades, picnics in the park, trips to visit other family members, and the general public attitude […]
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Yes! Newly passed county legislation allows fireworks on the eve and day of the holiday There is an advantage to living in a county comprised of small rural towns – they each have their own celebration.
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skipper wrote a new post, Check the charts 8 months, 3 weeks ago
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll reveals that 76% of Americans believe democracy is facing a serious threat. That percentage includes 89% of Democrats, 80% of Independents and 57% of Republicans.
There […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Who are the best replacements for a dead democratic party? 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Everyone is painfully aware of the republican party’s intentions regarding economics, fuel consumption, racial division, political domination using the military, etc. But where is another option? The democratic […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Back to reality 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Yesterday, mariner returned from his visit at a tribal encampment. It is a return to reality. He can imagine what it feels like to have a building collapse on you when it is hit by a Russian rocket. He spent a day […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The Gathering 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Mariner writes today from a tribal encampment. It is a gathering of his wife’s family anchored by nine cousins. Events like this allow folks to experience genuine Homo sapiens behavior. There is a restoration of f […]
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skipper wrote a new post, About Baby Boomers 9 months ago
Some excerpts from The Atlantic magazine:
“Unlike younger generations, they [boomers] have largely been able to walk a straightforward path toward prosperity, security, and power. They were born in an era of […]
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skipper wrote a new post, I am a refugee 9 months, 1 week ago
Mariner cannot be found today so his wife graciously submitted one of her insightful essays. We get tied up in numbers and policies, growing insensitive to the fact that these refugees are individuals in the midst […]
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skipper wrote a new post, About the Gen Zs 9 months, 1 week ago
The Gen Z generation is comprised of children born between 1997 and 2012 or today aged 13 to 28. A number of polls and an associated study have been performed by Walton Family Foundation focused primarily on […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Oh, to be a gardener 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Mariner hasn’t been a “dig your fingers in the dirt” gardener for two years. He has been too busy. Nor has he planted vegetables or engaged in the sport of keeping ahead of weeds – and rabbits for that matter. He […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Why mariner dislikes smartphones 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Mariner apologizes to readers, family and friends who have heard enough castigation by alter ego Amos against smartphones and associated displacement of human interaction. But he has been challenged (frequently) […]
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You mentioned ‘cell phone’ and alluded to the phone as a tool for communication. I have no difficulty with that use and, in fact, own one. You must admit, however, that computers are taking over human interactions that are used by humans to define human reality. It is this invasion into specie behavior that is unstoppable and will send Homo into decline.
Computer-driven chromosomes already have been successful in laboratories.
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skipper wrote a new post, We all need new top down awareness 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Especially the world’s governments but that’s another story.
Even more important is that you, me and every individual around the globe must stop living by the daily ethics of life that may have been true forty […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Old folks are like annuals. 9 months, 3 weeks ago
The advantage of living in Nosey Mole’s tunnels is that it is quiet. The environment is stable and unchanging. Just as once in a while Nosey pokes his head above ground to check on things, so to has mariner. But […]
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This is a good overview of life as we have lived it. I would add a final sentence to read: “They cannot see the coming spring.” I have to believe there will be a coming spring. We are the compost on which new life will flourish!
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skipper wrote a new post, As the world turns 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Remember that soap opera? Well, the world is turning for sure. There are only two issues in this post: The liberties of a plutocracy and the cash model of a dictatorship. First, liberties of a […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Take a vacation 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Mariner and his wife have just returned from a ‘dash in, visit, dash out’ vacation plan. We don’t recommend it. The pleasures of visiting with family and friends is diminished while packing, unpacking, repacking […]
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We are happy you made the trip. I’m sure it will make you appreciate your current surroundings even more. Your visits are time well spent and are always welcome.
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skipper wrote a new post, Before Zoro there was Zoroaster 9 months, 4 weeks ago
Attracted to rediscovering ancient Kyrgyzstan religions by a friend mariner visited while vacationing, he discovered that Judaism and Christianity didn’t invent anything – they copied ritual and theology from […]
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No, I didn’t know about India. In Kyrgyzstan 3% still follow Zoroastrian beliefs.
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Is all this to say that there is always something before? Atman is Brahman
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skipper wrote a new post, Everything is true 10 months, 1 week ago
Without television news to occupy his time, mariner uses that time to explore other subjects like paleontology and ancient cultural histories, Then there is quantum mechanics. He was drawn to this subject because […]
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skipper wrote a new post, It's our turn 10 months, 2 weeks ago
One of the subjects mariner has focused on during the TV news blackout is anthropology, especially the evolution of various species of humanoids and when the major integrations occurred. A clear example is the […]
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skipper wrote a new post, AI's vision of society is a panopticon 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Atlantic Magazine published an article about AI’s perspective on the shape and function of society: it will perform in the manner of a panopticon.
The panopticon is a design of institutional building with […]
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The Blog of the Ancient Mariner
The view from dockside
This is what a garden is for–not for show, but to experience nature up close and create habitat for chipmunks, monarch butterflies, fireflies, birds, bees–and rabbits!
If, only for old times sake, I could visit with a Dekay snake.
Skipper