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Quarantine Day 42 and Absence Day 60 I've now been in quarantine for 42 days, and been absent from my regular routine for 60, nearly two months.  So, what did my day look like today? Well, I'll record this for myself, and you are welcome to read as well, if you are curious: 3 a.m. Wake up, go find my wife, invite her to come to sleep, she's having insomnia, and like a virus, it passes to me, and I get up, and go do some writing Write about a lot of the questions I have , at least 50, if not more Notice a few social media friends appear to be online, post a question: "Why are you awake right now?" Eventually, go back to bed, before sunrise, or perhaps once the first son awakens -- no alarms or wake up calls anymore... probably a good thing, for their sanity and happiness Dream that I wanted to go someplace far away, and then remembering that I could fly (not particularly well, not like Superman, my max speed in this dream seemed to be about 200 km/hr at...

The big change has been going on now for a few months, in fact it has now been over two months for my household since we've been able to interact in person with family, friends, or community;other than brief and socially-distanced interactions with our neighbors. Our household consumes a lot of media, but most of it is educational in nature.  I love learning, as I believe all do, and use the Internet extensively, along with writing, making diagrams, and talking with others (especially family) to learn.  The rest of my household uses the internet in a similar way, my sons are learning, bit by bit, how to use it most effectively for self-directed learning, but a little at a time. My sons are both actively working on learning about monetary systems, and are making money systems ( complementary currencies ) that they can use inside, and eventually outside, the household. We already are using a local currency within the household called "screen pennies", which the sons e...

Suddenly, some are noticing that dairies are dumping milk in the dirt, rather than it being processed and sold.  Before learning more about this, a few critical understandings which will later become relevant: Everyone is inherently  altruistic , naturally feels  unconditional love , and is predisposed to  compassionate love  and, due to that,  nonviolence ; that this love is common between all animals (including humans) who care for their young; and I appreciate that love and non-violence are the basis of religions including Christianity, Judaism, Sikhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. Everyone, at all times, has the  freedom to speak , express oneself, and to share things via recorded means (press); and in that in order for a family (or community, nation, etc.) to make informed decisions, this freedom must be protected; and that speaking  truth , which can be difficult for some, and which may be unpleasant to hear, should never be conceal...

Birth Day 2020 It is my birthday. I’m now 50. And, being halfway to 100, in a way, it feels like this ride is halfway over, and I wonder to myself, what will be next? Looking back, I’ve always wanted to do something to make things better; something to help “save the world”. I think this feeling was always there. I remember back to when I was just starting to think of the answer to the question, “why are you here?”, and there were these TV commercials about the famine in Ethiopia, and not just commercials, but at church we also were encouraged to collect money in a “rice bowl” (made of paper folded into a box that looked sort of like a bowl with a top and a slit in the lid to put in coins) so that rice could be bought to feed the people there, and I had that rice bowl in my room, and I think I may have taken it by bus to the school, and I just wanted to be able to help the people I was a bit of an odd duck at that time. My parents lived far back off the road, and my backya...