Indian Grey Hornbill: Taking a non-action approach to my right shoulder (ligament pull on the front?) getting better in a kind of Taoist sense (wu wei), so not Yoga asana (poses) and not western medicine thinking (e.g. PT), So in this non-action approach - a kind of way of life approach (which is what Tao the Ching means) - implicitly evolutionary biological approaches to healing are present (i.e. since the body/mind heals itself, in many situations / of many conditions), but partly the idea is to do less to not re-damage the injury, Ursula Le Guin's summer place in Napa Valley - just pulled her book "Always Coming Home" off shelf, "What's the address of Alfred Kroeber / Ursula Le Guin's summer place in Napa?" Couldn't find it, although it was called "Kishimish" ...

Hi M,

How are you?

I'm taking a non-action approach to my right shoulder (ligament pull on the front?) getting better in a kind of Taoist sense (wu wei), so not Yoga asana (poses) and not western medicine thinking (e.g. PT), although I'm really glad western medicine exists. So in this non-action approach - a kind of way of life approach (which is what Tao the Ching means) - implicitly {evolutionary} biological approaches to healing are present (i.e. since the body/mind heals itself, in many situations / of many conditions), but partly the idea is to do less to not re-damage the injury, - and my shoulder is getting better, and I also think this is the most rational and sensible way to go for the time being.

Am looking forward to seeing Heartsong  today (and perhaps to find Ursula Le Guin's summer place in Napa Valley - just pulled two copies of her book "Always Coming Home" off the shelf, a book I've enjoyed a lot - and which I see a tiny bit in some of Harbin's vision too).

When I just searched on the web on "What's the address of Alfred Kroeber / Ursula Le Guin's summer place in Napa?" I found

"Le Guin once recalled that their summer house was "an old, tumble-down ranch in the Napa Valley … [and] a gathering place for scientists, writers, students, and California Indians. Even though I didn't pay much attention, I heard a lot of interesting, grown-up conversation."" (http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/american-literature-biographies/ursula-kroeber-le-guin ... see too ...http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6253/the-art-of-fiction-no-221-ursula-k-le-guin and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin).

Updated Ursula's Wikipedia page from my Scott_WorldUnivAndSch Wikimedia login. 

Since the address for Ursula's summer place isn't obvious, I may have to ask some old timers in the town of St. Helena in the Napa Valley. Le Guin explicitly explores Taoism and Taoist approaches in her "Always Coming Home" book (and other of her books) as well.

Hoping to learn a little more about Harbin from Heartsong as well too. He's an old timer there, and a main informant in my book.

Not sure how to write the sound you concluded our conversation with the other evening, but "Hmm" - how's that? Doesn't quite get the sound aspect, but Hmm. 

L,

Scott

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Hi M,

While there is a Robert Louis Stevenson museum in the Napa Valley - http://stevensonmuseum.org/ - there isn't a museum for Le Guin there yet, although it's interesting to find her blog - http://www.ursulakleguin.com/Blog2011.html - and that the tumble down ranch was called "Kishimish" ...

L, Scott

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Although I asked some old timers in St. Helena, I didn't find Kroeber's / Le Guin's tumble-down ranch called "Kishimish" again.

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Hi M,

I didn't find Kishimish again today (UC Berkeley Kroeber's and Ursula Le Guin's tumble down ranch in Napa) ... but it was good to visit with Heartsong. Ursula Le Guin is 89, lives in Portland Oregon, and still seems to be going strong.

Glad to hear of your Opera adventures ... will look up Richard Strauss's "Salome" ... would like to explore once dating the War Memorial Opera House in SF season after season ...

Have a great day! Happy time change!

L, Scott

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