The Wordsmith's Forge

This article looks for the science in life flashing before your eyes during an emergency.

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For my current set of tips, I'm using the list "101 Small Ways You Can Improve Your City.

78. Smile, particularly at strangers. "If you are feeling Southern enough, actually speak. It instantly makes the world a better place."
— Carol Coletta, senior fellow with The Kresge Foundation’s American Cities Practice

I found this manual on how to keep people company through grief.  It has a lot of great details for when you don't know how to support a grieving person.  It also touches on mourning skills for the bereaved. 

Today we made Chicken Kofta with Yogurt Sauce. It was amazing. The flavor is very authentic Middle Eastern. Highly recommended.

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Today is warm and muggy with a breeze.  It rained off and on for much of last night.

I fed the birds.  I've seen house finches and a squirrel today.

I picked half a bag of mulberries.

I went back out and got half a bag of black raspberries.

EDIT 6/25/21 -- I planted a few more cypress vine around the support wire.  Something keeps eating the sprouts.  >_<

I found a Cope's gray tree frog in the road, and picked him up so he wouldn't get smushed.  He was extremely jumpy and slippery.  I put him down in the barrel garden.  We have both gray and green tree frogs here, but I almost never see them.  I think this is the only the second time I've seen a gray one, and I saw a green one once.

Here's an article about conspiracy theories.

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Here's an interesting article about the brain at death.

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Science: you're doing it right. :D

 ... incorporate metal.  Like the little fuckers needed another way to be badass.

Folks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. This is the current list of coping skills.

Social/Interpersonal (with others)

1. Talk to someone you trust.

This requires that you know how to identify trustworthy people, how to trust people, how to be trustworthy, and how to talk with people about deep topics.  Both trust and communication are important for healthy relationships.