Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Frisco Clover (Trifolium friscanum): Summer traveling :)


Summer traveling :)


Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@gmail.com>

Jun 22, 2021, 9:10 AM (1 day ago)

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Ma, Sandy, Tym, All, ...

Some journeying jots, or voyaging vignettes -


Tu June 22, 2021


Hi Ma,

Nice to talk with you yesterday. Camping out on 'top of the world' at the entrance to the 

Wick/Beumee

Wildlife area in Wyoming, near the Wagonhound rest area.

Yet I moved apart from the little temporary truckers' village there, not parking in its active parking light full of car headlights, yet also on a beautiful high place with views all round under amazingly vast sky - on the natural side of things.

I 'stay connected' communicating with you. Thank you, Ma! (Find similar in a life partner and beginning a family of 3, too?).

I like a softboiled egg these days for breakfast, - and without anything else to seek to keep weight down too. I also like great vegetarian food and seek to eat 10-15 vegetables, fruits, grains and legumes in a day ... Yummy multi-grain brain, imaginative salads? 

Slept better last night, than night before, and even left the back hatch open early this morning which slight more length to stretch out in my sleeping bag didn't lead somehow to torquing a knee. 

The adventure of a 5 day cross-country trip opens all kinds of horizons and possibilities compared with flying. Am liking it much again, and waiting on the self-driving autonomous vehicle van with a shower a d toilet, accessible from in the van, in a Toyoto Proace or possibly Sprinter Mercedes Van with 50 mpg energy efficiency:) .. so I wouldn't even have to stop to sleep since I could sleep in van as it self-drove. :)

...  https://youtu.be/0tp_2Qf3U7o ... 

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/05/patagonian-cypress-fitzroya-pulling_12.html?m=0

See you soon. 

Love, Scott



M, June 21, 2021

Laramie, WY, in the snowstorm in 1981??


Hi Nancy and Riely, (Shady Side Academy friend, Nancy, - and both Reed College friends, :) and 1st semester roommate, Riely),

Just coming into Laramie Wyoming, on I-80, am exhausted and am driving across the country again for the adventure - BUT AM NOT IN A SnOWSTORM like in 1981 or so with you two. Where was that hotel in Laramie where we holed up in that storm ? It was right on the main street I think too and possibly close to the Historic district. 

Am at the beautiful on top of the world Wagonhound rest area 

Here's a Historic district pic  - 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laramie,_Wyoming

And Laramie was both a "former “hell-on-wheels” town" AND. the “Gem City of the Plains” ... https://www.visitlaramie.org/things-to-do/arts-and-culture/historic-downtown/

Laramie, WY, in the snowstorm in 1981??

Warm regards, and greetings from on the road :)

Scott

 


6/21/21 further 

Jottings - 

After car-camping in Nevada, 

at 10:17a I entered Utah MST (which is 9:17 SF Bay Area time)

& at 2:27p MST I entered Wyoming

Many 80 mph highways in these big western states 

...very beautiful states too, with a lot of small western American cities, which are not 'liberal coastal,' - https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/most-liberal-states - but this isn't the 1860s' west either ... since this west I'm seeing seems pretty well developed infrastructure-wise now, - and there's air conditioning too, for ex., at least along I-80. 


1day 2hours to Pgh ... Google Maps said - 

And I could be there tomorrow evening in 1764 miles, if I didn't have to sleep, and didn't get tired ... so three 8 hour driving days ahead, and glad to be exploring along the way ...

But in autonomous or self driving vehicles ? Waymo ...

https://twitter.com/Waymo/status/1402407530207367168?s=19

Shower-lavatory conversion kit doesn't yet seem to exist for Toyota Proace or Sprinter Mercedes Vans ... Where has all the creativity in creating colorful vehicles from the 1960s gone?


Further 'interesting' 'cultural' insights, eg to (cousin in Lakeville CT) Kate Briscoe from Wells Nevada -

"Some snow on the distant my Mountains from Wells, Nevada, 107F was the hottest temp I saw yesterday in car thermometer, 2022 miles to Pgh, which is 30 hours driving time. Saw and walked on an interesting urban waterway part of Elko Nevada 

Humbolt Area River Project on AllTrails 

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/nevada/humbolt-area-river-project 

thanks to AllTrails App :)


There was also a white guy a

Before 7am in Elko on wheely-style bicycle, white t-shirt with no sleeves, shorts, shaven head, back to me, almost Gollum like (Tolkien) in the way his body was curled, smoking a cigarette, talking to Latino man sitting in a slightly souped up blue car, with I think his girlfriend next to him. Speculatively, Would this Elko-guy end up working in a local machine shop the rest of his life, having grown up in a difficult family? Good to see these folks talking together at before 7am in the morning, hanging out, in early summer time. 


Wishing self driving vehicles were already common on open western highways - and since I have GOOGLE Maps running a the time ... Would be so efficient, and time-saving too, not having to stop to sleep ...

Three 8 hour days of driving ahead to Pgh, with lots of exploring around the edges ... Here first thing, for a look ... Rock Creek Trail on AllTrails

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/wyoming/rock-creek-trail--2 ? (Can you view the 'share' photos? :)


! #Longevity - greater than 122 years old? (upper human limit, documented) - #CalorieRestriction is only proven way to extend life 10-15%, across species https://t.co/hq6ACvXOm2 What abt #WUaSagingReversal #AgingReversal per @geochurch?  https://t.co/dRISYwajP4 @WorldUnivAndSch ~

AAAB

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1407056755985633289?s=19

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1407056167755554818?s=19


And I found another Harvard article with evidence for extending life in all species 10-15% via calories restriction 

AUGUST 2, 2020

BLOG

Can Calorie Restriction Extend Your Lifespan?

https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2020/can-calorie-restriction-extend-your-lifespan/

which I'm adding here - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Longevity ... to the Longevity wiki subject for open teaching and learning at the free open MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch.

Warmly, 

Scott

Agenda for 6/19/21 Monthly Business Meeting 

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/06/yellow-billed-stork.html?m=0


Recording of 6/19/21 WUaS Monthly Business Meeting 

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/06/eastern-shooting-star-recording-of.html?m=0


Some of this here (?) Further -

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/06/mojave-desert-tortoise.html?m=0



PS

Kate 

(Also to Kate Briscoe in Lakeville CT)

Came across these the other day too, -


about a favorite, imaginary, visionary, smart, make the world a better, place 1st cousin once removed John Briscoe (my mother's first cousin) - and who also was a 60s freedom grower (and Wesleyan alum+) and his amazing parents too ... 


John A. Briscoe 


India Returned Peace Corps Volunteers 1961-1976

In Fond Remembrance of John Briscoe, India 3 (1963-1965) -

December 15, 2013 at 09:41PM

https://ganga633.squarespace.com/in-fond-remembrance/2013/12/15/in-fond-remembrance-of-john-briscoe-india-3-1963-1965.html


John A. Briscoe, aide to Pa. congressman and nonprofit director, dies at 76

By — Martin Weil January 17, 2014

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-a-briscoe-aide-to-pa-congressman-and-nonprofit-director-dies-at-76/2014/01/17/bdd64990-7e10-11e3-93c1-0e888170b723_story.html



John D Briscoe

John Briscoe, Dairy Farmer And English Instructor, 72

Oct. 15, 1975

https://www.nytimes.com/1975/10/15/archives/john-briscoe-dairy-farmer-and-english-instructor-72.html


 John Briscoe

(1902 - 1975)

https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/john-briscoe-birth-1902-death-1975/7858777



M. BRISCOE, ACTIVIST, DIES AT 89

DONNA E. PLOSS; Courant Staff Writer

THE HARTFORD COURANT

Jan 29, 1999

Martha Brown Briscoe of Salisbury, a former University of Connecticut board member and a longtime political and environmental activist, died Wednesday at home. She was 89.



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Claus, Susan

Tue, Jun 22, 3:34 PM (1 day ago)
to meJaneSandylillianbthomas@aol.comDavidSusanHughJean
Hmmm... a vehicle that allows the passenger to sleep and eat and shower while travelling 24/7 across country.

Sounds a little bit like Amtrak!

😊

Susan Claus
Librarian, Manager
Children & Teen Services
Northland Public Library
300 Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh PA 15237
412-366-8100 ext. 120  northlandlibrary.org

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From: Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 9:10 AM
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Subject: Re: Summer traveling :)


 

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Scott MacLeod sgkmacleod@gmail.com

Jun 22, 2021, 3:45 PM (1 day ago)
to DavidSusanHughJeanSusanJaneSandylillianbthomas
Hello from central Nebraska, & nice to get your email, Susan. ... Couldn't get to all these AllTrails App hikes on Amtrak ... and other wonderland wonders off-tracks and off road, like  
.. Rock Creek Trail on AllTrails
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/wyoming/rock-creek-trail--2 ? (Can you view the 'share' photos? :) ... But I only visited the pretty beginning  of this this morning, because there was a gate across it :) 

Further musings with other hikes on this trip about longevity and even aging reversal genetically  ... 

! #Longevity - greater than 122 years old? (upper human limit, documented) - #CalorieRestriction is only proven way to extend life 10-15%, across species https://t.co/hq6ACvXOm2 What abt #WUaSagingReversal #AgingReversal per @geochurch?  https://t.co/dRISYwajP4 @WorldUnivAndSch ~


And I found another Harvard article with evidence for extending life in all species 10-15% via calories restriction 


which I'm adding here - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Longevity ... to the Longevity wiki subject for open teaching and learning at the free open MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch.

Warmly, 
Scott
Agenda for 6/19/21 Monthly Business Meeting 

Recording of 6/19/21 WUaS Monthly Business Meeting 

Some of this here (?) Further -



Scott GK MacLeod  
Founder, President, CEO & Professor
World Univ & Sch (WUaS) - PO Box 442, Canyon, CA 94516 
1) non-profit World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.org  
2) for profit general stock company WUaS Corporation in CA - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

(m) 412 478 0116 - sgkmacleod@gmail.com 

World Univ & Sch Innovation Research -  scottmacleod.com



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Scott MacLeod sgkmacleod@gmail.com

Jun 22, 2021, 5:00 PM (23 hours ago)
to JoanJohnHenryMarkTymPinEdLarryMattPeggyJaneSandylillianbthomasSusanJeanHughDavid
Susan, All,

Following up on your recent email, and greetings from the middle of Nebraska, heading east, first to Pgh ...

By the way, here's planning, brainstorming-wise, for Carnegie Libraries everywhere in all 200 countries and in 7139 living languages, and not just also in Alaska and Delaware in the 50 US states where they aren't -

Friday, June 18, 2021
Bald eagle: abolition & Nontheist Quakers - Abolitionism? #Abolish the #illegalSexIndustryWorldWide in all 200 countries #Abolition w new laws & effective #lawEnforcement too> https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/06/lesser-flamingo-phoeniconaias-minor.html #Quakers #NontheistFriends #NontheistQuakers #UnitarianUniversalists #WUaSpsychiatry in #RealsiticVirtualEarth #AvatarBots~

... since you are the head of one in Pittsburgh PA esp. :)


Warmly, 
Scott
Agenda for 6/19/21 Monthly Business Meeting 


Recording of 6/19/21 WUaS Monthly Business Meeting 


Some of this here (?) Further -



Scott GK MacLeod  
Founder, President, CEO & Professor
World Univ & Sch (WUaS) - PO Box 442, Canyon, CA 94516 
1) non-profit World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.org  
2) for profit general stock company WUaS Corporation in CA - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

(m) 412 478 0116 - sgkmacleod@gmail.com 

World Univ & Sch Innovation Research -  scottmacleod.com





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Hi Ma, yes, pretty good night's sleep from 10-6 pretty soundly, although I do better still if I sleep to 7.


Entered Iowa at 11:44 am Central Standard Time, ... Pretty rolling hills and farm country, and big trees and pretty woods at this rest area ... Thinking about visiting Vinton Iowa - and Google Mapped it and set a course too - but wishing I HAD A REALISTIC VIRTUAL EARTH FOR HISTORY and genealogy 
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1373693626732011521?s=19 (See #REALISTICVIRTUALEARTHForGenealogy in this Tweet)
... to visit where our forebears lived :) ..  including Grandpa at least briefly ... Can appreciate in the western part of this state how Aunt Martha may  have come to appreciate beautiful farmland - if she spent much time in the eastern part of this state in Vinton ... ..

Drove through downtown Omaha too ... Reminds me of many a midwestern city ... like Pgh and Cincinnati for example. ... There was a Chicago street and Chicago may be the big city that Omaha has long looked to and traded with ... And where Aunt Marf grew up too ... 

Beethoven's symphonies are playing as I drive (von Karajan) ... ... Literally metaphorically  'blew my mind' for minutes on end yesterday :) ... Kinds of living bliss neurophysiology :) .... And since I stopped streaming music back when I talked with you about 2 days ago from a Shell gas station ... And got 2 TMobile :roaming messages, and my internet was at an end then, but after I talked with TMobile, in Oregon, most internet streaming came back on while on I-80 (despite TMobile coverage zones being elsewhere than Wyoming), ... except I still xan't stream music, Shakespeare plays on YouTube and Alice in Wonderland in YouTube too ... Nice to have wifi for Maps and much more however ... 

Appreciating this wonderland of a country ... Wishing I could with self driving van with shower spend more time getting out seeing it while driving cross country

Looking forward to seeing you soon, Ma!

Love, Scott




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https://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/es/fiveUtahPlants.php


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifolium_friscanum

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Trifolium_friscanum


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