Coping Skills: Friends and Family

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.

6. Spend time with friends and/or family.

You can do this in many ways, whether in person, online, over the phone, etc.

https://familiesforlife.sg/discover-an-article/pages/30-ways-to-spend-more-family-time.aspx

https://bucketlistjourney.net/couples-bucket-list-things-to-do/

https://indywithkids.com/parent-kid-date/

https://www.verywellfamily.com/things-to-do-with-or-for-your-teen-2609590

https://www.semidelicatebalance.com/25-long-distance-relationship-date-ideas-and-activities/

https://pandagossips.com/posts/3476

https://www.fruitbouquets.com/fruit-blog/fruitbouquets/40-summer-bucket-list-ideas-for-friends-families-and-couples/

https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/10902901.html

Moment of Silence: Patricia Kennealy-Morrison

Science fiction author and rock music critic Patricia Kennealy-Morrison has passed away.  She was well known for her Keltiad novels among others.

May the Mists be parted, and the Round Table welcome its wandering Bard.

Birdfeeding

Today is sunny and warm.

I fed the birds.  I've seen house finches and doves.

I started trimming grass around the septic garden.  The butterfly milkweed is starting to go to seed.  I'll need to collect some to plant in other places.

Another petunia is blooming, this time in the container garden, bright red-violet.  :D 

EDIT 8/5/21 -- I gathered one pod of butterfly milkweed seeds and planted them near the telephone pole.

Also, I think I may have a pawpaw seedling leafing out at the edge of the savanna.  They are the fussiest trees to transplant, I've never had any luck before, and after the godawful clusterfuck of shipping, this  is the year one decides to sprout?  Must be a coyote tree.

Squirrel Parkour

Berkeley scientists are studying the biomechanical and mental abilities of squirrels.  Anyone who has ever tried to keep squirrels out of a birdfeeder knows they are extremely agile and deviously brilliant.  The idea is to gather inspiration to build better robots.

I have a suspicion this started with, "How do we beat the motherfucking cheetah?"  MIT's mechanical cheetah (really more like a dog, since the spine doesn't bend) is a leading edge of robotics agility.  But if Berkeley can build a squirrelbot, I'm going to call that a win.  <3 science.  :D