https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lovelock
Kurt Vonnegut uses the term "Saint" for someone who acts decently in this indecent world. James Lovelock was certainly one of these and now he's gone. I remember discovering "The Ages Of Gaia", probably his best book on the theory that the Earth is a self-regulating system and full of good, clear, scientific thought in general.
Science is certainly very enjoyable. It's took bad that probably 99% of people who'd be good scientists were born onto the wrong square in the race/class chessboard and will never get to pursue it. I loved chemistry but apparently it's even lower-paying then tech.
There's a ton of Lovelock material online and he, himself, never embraced the woo-woo popularizations of his "Gaia theory". He simply proved that the Earth self-regulates the way a cell or simple organism does. And showed that human activity is pushing the Earth to the limit of it's self-regulating range of operation.
I got 15 things listed last night and put in an hour or so practicing octaves on the shinobue. I'm not sure why this exercise is hard for me. I wonder if I'm hampered by a decade or more of habits from trumpet playing - it seems I tend to push too hard. At least one thing I observe is, playing in the fully assembled concert flute is pretty easy by comparison. Along with all of my other projects, I need to be capable of making at least my day-to-day food etc. money by busking before I leave here.
I woke up today at a bit after 5. I'm headache-y and sore from all the walking lately. Just about first thing, I put the numbers back up on the front door and touched up some of the paint. I'll admit it looks pretty good, and it's also good that I have plenty of the paint left in case it needs a repaint or touch up when I leave in 2024.
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