Thursday, August 29, 2019

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Hi M,

Pretty good video short by Jana Fredricks as actress (now at Quantum Theater):
'Secret Life' -

"SECRET LIFE" - Music Video - (Director's Cut) from Michael Robayo on Vimeo.
https://vimeo.com/58795906


(And it looks like she's done two publicly available videos - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6392913/).

Is Jana a 'good egg'? Seems like she might be.

Am thinking of heading again to the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion - https://www.kswild.org/ksregion - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klamath_Mountains_(ecoregion) - https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/na0516 - of southern Oregon / northern California on my way north to Reed in September. I actually drove through this vast continental US forested area in June - and was 'wowed.' Would like to explore a bit further. David Rains Wallace published a book called "The Klamath Knot" (Sierra Club Books - 1983 / University of California Press) in the early 1980s while I was at Reed I recall ... about its evolutionary biology, and mythology ... focusing on the unique species that have evolved there due to unique evolutionary and geological history. Echoes of David Quammen's books, Oregon environmentalism / Cathedral Forest Action Group thinking too (non-violent activism, possibly compared with Earth Firsts' sometimes militant activism, for ex). Oregon was a hippie haven / heaven in the 1960s and '70s too. Although it occurred to me on this trip also to explore Hart Mountain Hot Springs, I may instead head to Hart Mountain Hot Springs, Plush, OR 97637 on the way back from Wisdom Creek Ranch to SF Bay Area possibly in June of 2020. Seeking a Toyota camper van hybrid (and there aren't any in the US, believe it or not, but there are 3 in other countries: the Proace, Lerina and Alphard ... go figure) since the Toyota Sienna isn't really a camper van. I appreciate Toyota's design qualities and relative value.

Seeking to record the remaining tunes today in the CoP's Blue Tutorial Vol 3 as Tune Tutorials before lesson with Finlay tomorrow morning. Have gotten some new holes punched in my bellows' arm band strap - so there's no more wiggle room in it, which is good. Recording these tunes creates a kind of recording baseline from which to develop too.

On with World Univ & Sch, next book of poetry "To the Dance or the Pools? - Virtually! ..." piping, and much more!

Is my blog a philosophy, or does it express a kind of philosophy? Possibly. Here's one definition in this sense: 

 "• a theory or attitude held by a person or organization that acts as a guiding principle for behavior: "don't expect anything and you won't be disappointed, that's my philosophy" " (Apple dictionary)

 And some others:
"Philosophy (from Greek φιλοσοφία, philosophia, literally "love of wisdom") is the study of general and fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy

 "Philosophy is a way of thinking about the world, the universe, and society. It works by asking very basic questions about the nature of human thought, the nature of the universe, and the connections between them. The ideas in philosophy are often general and abstract."
https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy

 "Philosophy uses the tools of logic and reason to analyze the ways in which humans experience the world. It teaches critical thinking, close reading, clear writing, and logical analysis; it uses these to understand the language we use to describe the world, and our place within it."
https://phil.washington.edu/why-study-philosophy
So, what's wisdom? :)

 the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise.
• the soundness of an action or decision with regard to the application of experience, knowledge, and good judgment: some questioned the wisdom of building the dam so close to an active volcano.
• the body of knowledge and principles that develops within a specified society or period: the traditional farming wisdom of India. (Apple dictionary)

 And re culture and place? And re Harbin Hot Springs, both actually and virtually?  ... :)

What are you up to today, and this weekend?

Tutti frutti :)

Love, Scott



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- Scott MacLeod
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On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 7:58 AM Scott MacLeod wrote:
Dear Ma,

Re meetings and this thread ... glad to have heard back from Jerry Gabay and Quaker friends in Portland OR. He can probably meet there on 9/12. Will see about others.

I emailed Bruce Maxwell about a Scottish small piping group (and Rees and Jane Maxwell - no relation to Bruce, all of whom I know through Scottish circles in Bay) ... and haven't heard back yet.

Your mentioning Karla Boos & Quantum theater in Pgh lead me to find Jana Fredricks -

http://www.quantumtheatre.com/about/staff/jana-fredricks/

https://twitter.com/janakayfred?lang=en
- originally from New Orleans. Do you know her? (Are both Linda Argote and Jean Thomas originally from there too?)

... I need to get BPPE licensing and WASC senior accreditation going with physical address out here ... but while beautiful here, it could be better to raise kids in Pgh.

Have a great week, and welcome home! :)

Love, Scott

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- Scott MacLeod
- http://scottmacleod.com



On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 2:37 PM Scott MacLeod wrote:
>
> Hi Ma,
>
> Getting the info out there ... :)
>
...
>
> ... per your ...
>
> Hi Scott,
>
> Yes, I do think going to meetings, joining a group with a common
> interest, teaching or taking a yoga class for example, etc. posting a
> profile on a website (I know a fair number of people who met partners
> on the internet) - are all opportunities to meet a partner. Get the
> info out there.
>
> Love, M
>
> - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2019/08/lily-of-valley-seeking-friend-girl.html
>
> How's your day on Cuttyhunk? 93 in Canyon, 78 in Berkeley, and I"m in
> the basement of the Free Speech Movement Cafe where it's fairly breezy
> and cool, even on the hottest days in SF Bay Area :)
>
> Love, Scott
>
> Pretty nice Vivaldi ...
> https://youtu.be/ZgE_x1-kkqY
>
>
>
> On 8/15/19, Scott MacLeod wrote:
> > Well, although I have a Berkeley public library card and can legitimately
> > check out media with it, because I don't live in VISIONARY Berkeley, I
> > can't check out tools from this wing of the BPL. Place matters! (an
> > argument in my Harbin ethnography too!).
> >
> > Board and small pipes are in car at BPL tool library, but no go! Alas! Will
> > have to explore around.
> >
> > World Univ & Sch is seeking to have parallels with public libraries - and
> > to offer world class education online for free! Software as new tools! :)
> >
> > I touch on this language here - World University's open monthly business
> > meeting Agenda for August 17, 2019:
> >
> > https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2019/08/agenda-news-for-sat-17-aug-2019-world.html
> > -
> > and -
> > https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2019/08/honeysuckle-lonicera-periclymenum.html
> > ...
> > Getting this info out there, Ma! :)
> >
> > Love, Scott
> >
> >
> >
> > On Aug 15, 2019 11:54 AM, "Scott MacLeod" wrote:
> >
> > Hello Ma!
> >
> > Registration for car came today.
> >
> > Heading to Berkeley Tool Lending Library (1st time ever) for A) a leather
> > hole punch for my SSP bellows' strap, and B) a drill for two holes in the
> > board Annie gave me at Wisdom Creek Ranch to hang on wall above stove
> > (after 12 years of nothing there!)
> >
> > Got Agenda & News for WUaS emailed yesterday evening, heard from Larry this
> > morning that he'll be at Business Meetingv on Saturday.
> >
> > Stanford Law CodeX meeting in video conference at 1:30, Reed gathering in
> > SF at 6. Followed up with Reedie Dieter re seeking a partner, and your
> > thinking to get the information out there:
> >
...
> > Love, Scott
> >

> >>> >
> >>> > Just found another MIT article on longevity, from a different angle
> >>> > ...
> >>> many centering around DNA methylation leading to age reversal at the DNA
> >>> level in mice ...
> >>> > This scientist believes he has found the elixir of life and thinks we
> >>> can extend human life span by another 30 to 50 years, at least. (link:
> >>> http://bit.ly/2MaSbYR) bit.ly/2MaSbYR
> >>> >
> >>> > https://twitter.com/techreview/status/1160964400913801216?s=20
> >>>
> >>> >
> >>> > And here's the longevity blog post from June with many other resources
> >>> -
> >>> >
> >>> https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2019/06/montane-ecosystems-longevity.html
> >>>
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > --
> >>> > - Scott MacLeod
> >>> > - http://scottmacleod.com



> >>> >> Thanks so much for your thinking, Ma,
> >>> >>
> >>> >> One avenue for posting to a web site in my seeking & finding a
> >>> >> partner
> >>> will be with Nontheist Friends, - and in communicating with A...
> >>> therein
> >>> again. She /We emailed about 5 times in August last year in 2018 in one
> >>> NtF
> >>> email thread that's now 78 emails' long. She's "real" too (in a Lacanian
> >>> sense). I might even inquire at some point if she might be interested in
> >>> taking a Yoga course with Angela & Victor together at some point.
> >>> They're
> >>> teaching in Yellow Springs, Ohio, this Oct 19-23rd interestingly.
> >>> Meeting
> >>> first in Pittsburgh could be great too. Maybe we could even take a Yoga
> >>> course with A&V in Greece eventually. Teaching Yoga myself in
> >>> Pittsburgh,
> >>> brainstorming-wise, could also be great. Thanks for your support.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Thanks too for your light bulb thinking.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Yes, having gathering here was good ... and re growing socially (but
> >>> am learning too from thinking thru my ambivalences re people there) ...
> >>> A&V
> >>> are interesting in their sociality too (confidence-wise and
> >>> creativity-wise
> >>> too with people, - and English, Dutch and hippy-wise too:).
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Thanks for your email.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Love, Scott
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Created some Tweets about this this morning ...
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Interview with Angela & Victor about teaching Yoga ~
> >>> >> https://t.co/xOdhz7426J
> >>> #AngelaAndVictorYoga #Yoga A&V are so creative in their Yoga
> >>> explorations,
> >>> & love Harbin @HarbinBook too. https://t.co/M8m81ffcSO >
> >>> https://t.co/HWVpz9szKH (@scottmacleod) > https://t.co/jSMdfYGNKT ~
> >>> >> <https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1161278185998184448>
> >>> >> https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1161278185998184448
> >>>
> >>> >> <https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1161278967648624640>
> >>> >> https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1161278967648624640
> >>>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Also ...
> >>> >>
> >>> https://www.yogitimes.com/article/angela-farmer-victor-van-kooten-yoga-teachers
> >>>
> >>> >>
> >>> <http://www.yoga.info/en/yoga-place/greece/lesvos/angela-farmer-and-victor-van-kooten-s-yoga-hall>
> >>> >>
> >>> http://www.yoga.info/en/yoga-place/greece/lesvos/angela-farmer-and-victor-van-kooten-s-yoga-hall
> >>>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On 6:17AM, Tue, Aug 13, 2019 Jane MacLeod > >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>> > >>>
> >>>
> >>> >>> Hi Scott,
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Yes, I do think going to meetings, joining a group with a common
> >>> interest, teaching or taking a yoga class for example, etc. posting a
> >>> profile on a website (I know a fair number of people who met partners on
> >>> the internet) - are all opportunities to meet a partner. Get the info
> >>> out
> >>> there.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Don’t worry about missing light bulb; those things happen with some
> >>> regularity in life; hope you can let that one go.  If I could account
> >>> for
> >>> every kind of thing like that - - - it would be a long list for me and a
> >>> lot of wasted energy.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Glad you had a gathering at your place.  Initiatives like that one
> >>> are a lovely way to connect with others.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Keep up the good work.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Love, Ma
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Trish and Teresa left yesterday. During their visit we had beautiful
> >>> weather.  Today it is overcast and threatening to rain.  Very humid.
> >>> Just
> >>> finished Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owen.  Wonderful descriptions
> >>> of
> >>> the marshland on Noth Carolina coast all apart from a clever story line.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Hope you have a good day.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
>
> --
>
>
> --
> - Scott MacLeod
> - http://scottmacleod.com




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