Read: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel ★★★★★📚
A subtle & grownup take on the post apocalypse novel. I think I enjoyed everything about this. Flits between characters & time before & after the Georgian Flu which kills 99% of the population.
None of the older Symphony members knew much about science, which was frankly maddening given how much time these people had had to look things up on the Internet before the world ended.
Winter Flora along the Forth & Clyde Canal.
Had a walk along the Forth & Clyde this afternoon. Weather mild & gray.
Read: For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain by Victoria Mackenzie ★★★★☆ 📚
The thoughts of two medieval mystics moving through life towards a meeting. Very short alternate sections bring them and their differences to life.
Accidental Focus
Read The Overstory by Richard Powers ★★★★☆ 📚
Several different stories & ideas around the importance of trees to the world weave together. Some resonated with me more than others.
Many of the ideas are better known now than when the book was published.
The best arguments in the world won’t change a person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story
This is a good story, it might change part of your mind, unfortunately like everything else it is more complicated.
#SilentSunday
Likes I support the mad king by .
@manton‘s take on the #WordPress drama, is as expected very wise.
Listened to: Better Diets for all
And yet, the vast majority of people do not eat within dietary guidelines. If anything, diets — and with them health — are getting worse in many places. What’s the problem? Maybe, it is that the people who devise the policies are too far away from the lives of the people they’re trying to help.
This explanation for why people allow their children to eat poorly resonated. It could also apply to other parenting behaviour, eg. mobile phone use. I’ve sometimes wondered at the food & sweets parents provide. The podcast nails why it is not so simple.
