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I will get around to my new word I learned today, but first I would like to brag about the Tough Mitts that I wore on my walk in the forest today. I bought them out of the bin of seconds at the...

Thank you for the heads up on Logsdon's book. I will put it on my reading list. I have barely cracked Clifford's book. I would say the idea of the inner forest appealed to me immensely. I can...

Back in 2013 razz started a discussion on this same topic, which came up for me when I searched this site for "shinrin". There were contributions from
Rogar
bae
Tussiesmussies
puglogic...

Public Health authorities in various parts of the USA have been "in the news" recently, talking about shortages of either vaccine or trained staff to administer inoculation.

North Central...

Some notes on Coronavirus vaccination in Israel.

About one-fourth of the population of Israel has received at least the first of two doses. The rate of vaccination in Israel is about 8 times...

Luckily I live with forest all around. After I send this I can take my my snowshoes half a mile from my doorstep to the nearest trail and "bathe" my senses in the forest. I especially enjoy pausing...

Based on the news I have seen from Milwaukee (Grafton being a suburb of MKE) Steven Brandenburg has been fired from his job, and his pharmacist license has been suspended. I understand that he was...

OWS Operation Warp Speed briefing 1/12/2021 said 38 million doses have been made available to states "without a hitch". I guess it was not worth mentioning the 57 doses intentionally ruined by a...

I subscribe to the print edition of the Sunday NYT. It usually arrives in my mailbox by Tuesday afternoon. That subscription gives me access to the digital edition every day and the archives. I...

Misinformation and lies about the coronavirus have been and continue to be spread by a vast number of internet sites.

An up-to-date list of such sites in the US and abroad is maintained by by the...

Based on my reading of the vaccination priorities, I would be in the category "Anyone 65-74". I gather that I am therefore lower in priority than "frontline essential workers of any age". And I am...

For vaccinating residents in Long Term Care, the CDC fostered the Federal Pharmacy Partnership, in which CVS and Walgreens (plus about a dozen regional pharmacy chains) partnered with specific LTC...

The government of Sweden has reacted to the reduction in available ICUs with new authority to make virus-restrictions legally binding (effective 1/10/2021) , as opposed to voluntary (as in recent...

My local hospital is connected to a major hub (Marshfield Clinic), The Marshfield Clinic website says there is no waiting list for COVID-19 vaccination (just be patient). We will communicate out to...

California lock down:

All individuals living in the State of California are currently ordered to stay home... except for permitted work, local shopping, or other permitted errands. Effective...

Israel is locking down, effective 1/7/2021, for at least 2 weeks.

Let us make the final effort - together -Prime Minister Netanyahu.

All schools and nonessential businesses will be closed. ...

Hoarfrost in a line of spruce trees, half an hour before sunset.

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The new variant, known in the USA as B.1.1.7, has been detected in CO, CA, FL, and NY. It is highly likely to be spreading in other states without having been detected. The severity of the...

If I die before some sort of financial shock comes along which causes me to cash in I Bonds, they are registered as POD, payable to my spouse on my death. I believe the I Bonds would not be involved...

I will be buying my annual limit of Treasury I Bonds in a couple weeks. The real rate of return is likely to be zero, but that is significantly better than the APY in savings accounts, where the...

John Divine wrote a basic introductory article about warrants, linked below.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/stock-warrants-101-what-are-they-and-how-do-they-work/ar-BB15G7VR

... We'll tak a right guid willy waught for Auld Lang Syne.

(We'll take a deep draught of good will for old times since.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_6Vs8pADrQ

My produce to put into salad (with store-bought lettuce and cuke...)

In the attached photo
Top: leaves from 3 stems of Okinawa Spinach. Plants grew in patio pots over summer, and were moved...

TT:
I don't envy anyone going through divorce, but I certainly wish you well with the changes that are coming your way.

The discussion got around to your prized dining room table. I would hope...

We survived Christmas!

Happy Boxing Day.