But in social life, they called each other by their courtesy names to show respect. This was mostly done among people of similar age. If you were talking about yourself, or if your elders were talking about you, t...
doing the “little things” like the ritual of brewing coffee), none at all (going for a walk in the woods, jogging, clearing out your wardrobe) or where you clearly need to have quite a bit of spare dosh (such as going swimmingamid the glaciers of Iceland...
Suzanne Simard grew up in the woods. Her family worked as loggers, and when she was old enough, she, too, could be found in the trees. She loved the work, which she describes as “extremely exciting because it was so dangerous” and because she was one of the first women in the in...
weather to help forecast where and how it will burn.After the 2020 Cameron Peak fire Colorado’s largest wildfire the company used the information about the fire, examined the more timely satellite data on fire conditions, and generated a model that was similar to the actual fire’s movement....
However, those shared words look or sound similar, but have different meanings over time. Greek (1,100 hours) Modern Greek is maybe the easiest language to learn that uses a different alphabet(字母表). It is also a language that has contributed many words to English. Indeed, the president...
Voilà my annual Césars post, on this 50th anniversary of the French movie industry’s answer to Hollywood’s Oscars (or, rather, its carbon copy). Writing on the Césars affords AWAV the occasion to weigh in on French movies seen the previous year—at least those deemed the most merito...
I am an old hand at diabetes (T1 for 22 years, Dx at 5yrs), but still a noobie at this blogging thingymajig.It has been absolutely mind blowing to connect with folks around the globe going through similar situations to me. And it has restored my faith in myself and the world at ...
At this moment, as we head to a nearby park to unleash our dog and walk in the woods, he stops on “Pet Sematary” by The Ramones. I’ve never been a punk rocker (shocking, I know), much as I appreciate the music’s influence on artists more to my liking (Bruce Springsteen, ...
Along the cement path we walk, pausing only once to watch a lone mallard duck making ripples across the peaceful bay. Our destination is two rows of cherry blossom trees on the hill. Others are randomly placed throughout the landscape but these draw the most attention. The perspective ...
I could drive him to AA, he could join some Meetup groups of people with similar interests so he didn’t feel so isolated. We talked about how hed cope over Thanksgiving when people were drinking. We loaded him up with , so he could drink that while others were drinking wine. He...