Yesterday, at our local food co-op, I decided to “work with” a clerk, an older man, probably in his late ’60s or early ’70s, who has been working there for the past s
Author: annrkreilkamp
On Growing Older vs. Getting Older: JUDI DENCH AND ME
To grow older is to mature, like fine wine. Getting older, however, is not so fun, since most females are indoctrinated to prioritize their “looks” above all else. Judi Dench, no
“CLIMATE CHANGE,” and chem trails, and tremors
On the day after Earth Day this post seems appropriate. First off, Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace, since at least 1994 has denied man-made “climate change.” Then there
Alt-Epistemology: Questions about the Azzarello self-immolation
I remember being blown away by Ted Kaczynski’s extremely trenchant Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and its Future. I was not nearly so blown away when I read Max Azzarello̵
Today puppy Shadow and I walked more Bloomington trails
I’ve been very much appreciating the fine trail system that Bloomington offers, with puppy Shadow and I upping our walking miles from 3-4 to 5 just to take it all in during springtime.
WENT OUT TO SEE SON COLIN TODAY . . .
. . . after which puppy Shadow and I walked five miles on the B-Line Trail, drove home, ate lunch, took a nap, did first draft of daily caringbridge post, worked outside with others for tw
MY PARALYZED SON COLIN HAS “BEST DAY EVER!”
My 58-year-old inventor son Colin Cudmore has been paralyzed from the waist down since he suffered an aortic dissection (of both ascending and descending branches), back on August 16, 2023,
NOW: Jupiter/Uranus Conjunction in Taurus; plus a personal story
Transit Jupiter is now crossing the same degree transit Uranus occupies, exactly, for the first time in 14 years. But the last time this conjunction occurred in the sign of Taurus was during
In an age of diaphanous pretending, do you long for timeless wisdom?
I have long appreciated the marginalian, Maria Popova’s regular contributions to timeless wisdom. Here’s her latest, on Dostoyevsky: Dostoyevsky, Just After His Death Sentence
WITNESS CONSCIOUSNESS during DMT
Marita, a young woman who lives with son Colin and Joseph in the house next door, asked me if I had ever taken DMT. Yes, I answered, and yes, I continued, I encountered the “machine el