I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done.
I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them.
I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC.
I knew about Ceasar, but was surprised to find out how far back that dates goes when it comes to disasters. It's no wonder Shakespeare went for that date
March is a time of change or leading to change. At least in Montana and Kansas. Where I grew up, near to you, April was change. Same in Thailand and Costa Rica. Either winter calm giving way to storms or heat building until rains poured down. The Ides of April is the 13th.
Imho, a certain contemporary leader needs to be wary of the Ides.
I have so many mixed feelings about A.I.: at once horrified and awe-struck. I think it's a good tool to construct processes, plans, and maybe toward the very end of a writing process it's like a sterile pair of eyes. I want it to have as little to do with my creative process as possible. Honestly, it just feels...wrong.
I've explored interesting philosophical queries with it, including past-life regression. Those "conversations" are usually a ton of fun.
What role do humans play behind the steering whell, Lyn? I wasn't aware of that. Let us know if you can find the link, too, please!
I deeply fear for the youth. I teach adult students and when I assign them in-class projects, the majority of what they present is A.I. generated. It's obvious: word choices, turns of phrase, and...they're reading quite a bit off their screen monotonously, without deep acquisition. I use an A.I. detector and give 0's to work that is A.I.-made. You'd be surprised the % that still use it for their writing. It's troubling.
Quote: Doubt is a great worm in a crispy, red apple. by Sally Gardner {link:https://www.quotemaster.org/red+apple}
I didn't know there was such a thing as Eat A Red Apple Day. The apples I have presently, are Mackintosh. They have red even in the apple flesh closest to the skins. Apples are cholesterol free, fat free, and a good source of fiber.
I got up at 6:30 A.M. to replenish the corn stove. Snow everywhere outside. But warm inside. I ate half an apple as a snack. I shared my apple with the parrots. They are always happy for fruit snacks. Leaving breakfast until later in the morning.
The snow is heavy, easily packed. It’s good for snow angels, snow men, skiing, sledging, snow ball fights. Everything is just covered. All the brown trees are now covered with a blanket of white. Snow is still falling so even the air is white.
I’ve been outside to fill bird feeders. Now the winter birds are covering the bird feeder.
Apples keep well and make pies in the winter. They are a good source of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) which is important to keep the human system running smoothly. Have a good day. Keep warm.
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