Odds and ends, Kumbaya,

Kumbaya my Lord

https://youtu.be/bYJMtn6IJeE

Helicopter on Mars

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a35353442/ingenuity-mars-helicopter/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_pop&utm_medium=email&date=022521&utm_campaign=nl22973159&utm_term=AAA%20--%20High%20Minus%20Dormant%20and%2090%20Day%20Non%20Openers 

 

Teleporting - Lahore 700 years back

https://www.quora.com/You-are-teleported-700-years-back-in-time-exactly-where-you-are-right-now-What-do-you-see

 

Emotional abuse in children

https://www.verywellfamily.com/what-is-emotional-child-abuse-4157502?utm_campaign=parent_tod&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=23028942&utm_term=

Odds and ends

Nanda Malini

https://youtu.be/yMtnx9rEiYk

Spotted Dove in the home garden

 First Asian ladies, qualifying as Doctors

An Indian woman, a Japanese woman, and a Syrian woman, all training to be doctors at Women’s Medical College of Philadelphia. - October 10, 1885 Indian woman, a Japanese woman, and a Syrian woman, all training to be doctors at Women’s Medical College of Philadelphia. - October 10, 1885

Lightning strike

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-lightning-does-to-your-body-373600?utm_campaign=wilat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=22996194&utm_term=

Odds and ends, Panflute

 Titanic Panflute

https://youtu.be/Ui91xOcFVmk?list=RDMM

Patriotism and Nationalism

https://www.thoughtco.com/patriotism-and-nationalism-4178864?utm_campaign=wilat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=22974419&utm_term=

 

Leaders & good judgment

https://hbr.org/2020/01/the-elements-of-good-judgment

At age 80, what are your expectations?

My 78 Th birthday is quickly approaching so I checked the actuarial tables at social security as I do before every birthday. I want to see how much longer the charts say I have.

Actuarial Life Table

a 78 year old woman statistically has about 11 years of life left.

80 looks very close to me right now. I’m not one to hurry time; I’m pretty philosophical.

But there’s something about 80 that has had an effect on me.

As for expectations -I really don’t “future trip” either. I quit having expectations when I was in an auto accident in 1994 that completely changed my life. I had a lot of hopes, plans and expectations when I was younger but the accident, combined with my husbands death in 2004 angled me away from expectations.

I live a day at a time now. I suspect I’ll continue to live a day at a time in the future.

I live with chronic pain and never know from day to day how I’m going to feel.

Guess I really didn’t answer your question did I?

 

Odds and ends. Tharuda nidana rae,

 Tharuda Nidana rae

https://youtu.be/ZIAwhGgFrhA

Covid vaccines

https://www.dw.com/en/covid-19-vaccine-development-whats-the-progress/a-55648707

Child discipline

https://www.verywellfamily.com/dont-say-this-when-disciplining-your-child-1094808?utm_campaign=parent_tod&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=22789629&utm_term=

Winston rebukes 

https://www.quora.com/What-is-your-favorite-Winston-Churchill-story

Odds and ends, Zorba the Greek.

 Zorba the Greek

https://youtu.be/f16cwfdSuOQ

Ancient origins of cities

https://www.thoughtco.com/famous-cities-with-ancient-origins-118468?utm_campaign=wilat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=22813144&utm_term=

 

Bridges

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/g2383/the-worlds-most-impressive-bridges/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_pop&utm_medium=email&date=020121&utm_campaign=nl22785494&src=nl

Tamil bell found in New Zealand

http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_84_1975/Volume_84,_No._4/The_story_of_the_Tamil_bell,_by_Brett_Hilder,_p_476-484/p1

Odds and ends, Roses are red my love,

 Roses are red my love

https://youtu.be/zj7ejieN93Y?list=TLPQMjMwMTIwMjET4F4evBbc0A

Tennyson – ‘Sunset and evening star’

https://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/tennyson/section10/

Banned books

https://www.thoughtco.com/controversial-and-banned-books-738746?utm_campaign=wilat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=22778360&utm_term=

The scream

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-scream-by-edvard-munch-182890?utm_campaign=wilat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=22757006&utm_term=

Odds and ends, 'Thiruppaadam'.

 

Thiruppadham

https://youtu.be/zexDsPisvvw?t=12

Larry King’s interviews

https://people.com/tv/larry-king-dead-most-iconic-interviews/

Tennyson – Sunset and evening star

https://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/tennyson/section10/

When Tribalism Goes Bad

Human survival relies on groups, but what if those connections are toxic?

How can we invoke healthy forms of tribalism and lessen bad tribalism? First, recognize that groups built on the foundation of hate, disdain, and anger build those traits in ourselves. With the constant urging of bad tribalism, we stay angry, and that can affect our personal well-being. Second, we can step outside ourselves through empathy and see the world from the view of others. When we use empathy to understand others, we see how we are similar, how we are all human beings. Empathy can broaden our sense of connections to others, and that diminishes bad tribalism.