Baked Kale Chips

Baked Kale Chips & Garlic Powder

The first time making baked kale chips with garlic powder is probably my last.

They are a fun texture to eat.

They are not a fun flavor. Note, that my sense of smell and taste has been greatly limited since the covid booster in 2022. Sadly, I was able to taste the kale chips.

I had to shovel them in, chew, and chase with spring water in order to tolerate them.

I didn't use any oil, just wash and bake on low.

I might use them crushed up to add to another veggie or salad. 

 

The Return of Old Growth Forests

This is a very interesting documentary. There is good information about trees, and the forests. Enjoy

Thoughts About Keeping It Simple

I had a thought yesterday about what I was going to post. After deciding on a post title, I search the Internet to make sure the words aren't being used in some way. Nowadays, with so many millions of people online, it is very difficult to find a genuine title you create that isn't in some way of wording, being used already by someone else.

Thus, the title I chose was tossed because it is the name is too close to a television series title, The Edge of Everything (HBO).

Ink drawing 2001

Anyway, the thought is about how being on the edge of an idea or on the verge of something, I feel that we can get lost in adding too much detail. Keeping it simple isn't as simple as it should be. Nobody, methinks, likes forgetting something important. The plan should be thorough, the best it can be.  

Is there a trick to keeping it simple? 

If minimilism is the theme, then simple is easy.

If not, then struggle city we go.

For down sizing aka simplifying life, I decided to only keep the books that fit on my bookshelf, the pans I cook with, the dishes I use, and, the clothes I like that I actually wear. I wish myself a lot of luck getting that done.

Solar Eclipse 8 April 2024

The solar eclipse from here in northwestern Vermont was a magical event. The total dark part didn't last long enough.

I used a glasses' filter over an old cell phone lens. The photograph is of the eclipse about half way through. None of the other photos show the Moon or any part of the phases.

Did you have a chance to see the eclipse?

Solar Eclipse over Vermont
during the dark totality

Day 97 of Week 14 March 2024

The rarely used top shelf can have some surprises. Clearing out things, I emptied my dish collection in the bottom cabinet. I didn't bother with the top hanging cabinets until I decided to rearrange things.

A beverage center is a must for me. I don't know why, but it makes me feel organized, spiffy, relaxed. With all I need right there, there's no turning around to see dishes in the sink or have reason to go hunting for something or other.

Moving things, I found more dishes to donate on the top shelf. So a packing them up I go for a thrift store drop off next week.

Do you have a beverage center counter space?

Have a best beverage weekend!

Make homemade pasta

Draw a bird

Dance with a partner

Read about the history of rayon

Write a letter to a friend

Organize a hike with your family

Create a playlist 

Plan a vacation

Put together a paint & picnic tote

 

Earthquakes & Earth's Geomagnetic Field

Near Whitehouse, New Jersey this morning at 10:23 UTC, a 4.7 magnitued Earthquake, 7.0 km, NNE at 4.7 km in depth.

Earthquake 4.8

It was so weird to feel and see movement, I sent in a report to the United States Geological Society (USGS). Then I checked their earthquake make to see a red dot! There actually was an earthquake at the time I felt it. 

via GIPHY

On Earth, there are humans that are sensitive to Earth's geomagnetic field. We have sensations and/or experience physical symptoms when there is tectonic plate movement of some sort. The experience is similar to what birds and animals feel. 

My symptoms include no sleep at night, wide awake like insomnia episode from one to multiple nights in a row. It is going on a week since I slept before 5 AM. When I wake up after a strong earthquake, I feel very rested, cozy, lighter. That hasn't happened this week. 

I also have physical sensations that range in intensity (smooth - edgy), vertigo, bed, chair or ground swaying, and a feeling of passing out. 

2024 6.0 and higher, significant earthquakes: 

Note, all are in the southwestern Pacific Ocean Ring of Fire

April

5th    6.8 Northern Mariana Island (Pacific Ocean)

3rd    6.4 Taiwan

2nd   7.4 Taiwan

March

27th    6.7    Vanuatu (Pacific Ocean)

27th    6.4    Vanuatu

23rd    6.9    Papua New Guinea

22nd   6.4    Indonesia

16th    6.8    Macquarie Island Region

That's a lot of shaking going on for Earth. I haven't read an analysis report, whether this is an increase, normal activity phase or whatever.

From what I have read about humans predicting earthquakes, there is no scientific evidence to explain why or what is going on in humans. I myself cannot predict when an earthquake is going to happen. There have been times when I have said there is an earthquake going on because I have a symptom as it happens, not before. 

An earthquake can be on the other side of the Earth from my location. That range of distance is creepy because when the tectonic plates shift, rock grinding against rock, sound traveling over 3000 miles doesn't fit what I know about science. The Earth geomagnetic field makes sense to me. I believe Earth is a living system, not just parts making up the whole. 

There's probably thousand of folks that pay no attention to a brief wooziness now and then. 

On the prediction aspect of earthquakes, I believe that folks with the ability to see into the future can predict an earthquake to the region, but maybe not the date and time. I know of no study of such a phenomena or project to increase human earthquake predictability. 

I daily, sometimes check multiple times the USGS earthquake map. More this last 12 months or so because there's a feeling I have to do that. If I ever have a significant strong feeling there is going to be a major earthquake in a specific area, then I would report it through the appropriate channels. The scientists can do what they will with the information. My guess is there are enough scientists that won't be dismissive that maybe the report will help in some way. I hope someday there is a reporting procedure for folks like me to report our symptoms.

Today's earthquake in New Jersey has thousands of reports from folks sent in. 

Did you feel the New Jersey earthquake?

Do you have symptom experiences?

P.S.

Study...Laboratory earthquake forecasting: A machine learning competition, January 2021

National Academy of Sciences of the USA

🔴 12 Hours of Tropical Island Bliss

For some moments of Peace, live stream

Health & Sunshine Enjoyment

California Poppy Seedlings 2024

After my previous post, I've decided to lean towards health and fitness information and entertainment. What do I see the first I click on Health?

Information about women and heart attacks.

Thank you, just what I need to cheer me up, another caution about what could shorten my life. If I keel over this week from a heart attack, the headline can read:

Blogger nearly predicts demise, Watch for the Signs

Seriously, know the signs of a heart attack is important because it can save your life. Please don't wait and see. Call, report your symptoms and let the professional decide the next step. If you aren't satisfied with the information, then get a 2nd opinion. 911 may be your solution.

Symptoms of a Heart Attack

Right off, I, once again, decide to put effort into being outdoors more to enjoy the sunshine and fresh air. I use sunscreen as well as an umbrella as a parasol. Speaking of which, this year I need to find a new umbrella for walking as what I have are old or too dark.

For my health, aside from a good diet, enough sleep, exercise is crucial to being healthy, mind and body. So far, I've lost 3 pounds. Keeping it off means telling the lemon sandwich cookies...No! 

Creating my own trail mix can take care of cravings for sweets. Mixing up a flavored water will also help in that regard. Adding more veggies and being creative with salads is also a goal.

What is your favorite exercise for sunshine? For rainy days? Do you mix your own trail mix? Flavored water?

Reflection Monday April 2024

I've thought for weeks this one has to be something profound, deep thinking, pulled from the depths of  Earth's health, all the spheres. Whatever it is that I'm hoping to find, is not revealing itself. I want to vent about something. I want to post something that will make a difference. I think, ponder, mull, think, contemplate, search again and again over the weeks.

Ah...

What does the World need?

You.

Day 89 of Week 13 March 2024

 

Prayer and meditation 

Poetry Thursday

There is no fantasy

more true

than how we,

in our element,

in this era,

on these days,

are living with

fiction ingredients 

folded into reality.

M.Flannery

2024