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Costa Rica Tarrazu Coffee Notes
Sena bought a bag of ground Costa Rica Tarrazu coffee the other day. It brings back memories. We savored it along with some piano music from George Winston, may he rest in peace. You can gas about coffees a lot. You can call Tarrazu a thing which has a certain complexity of notes, a balanced…
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My Two Cents on the Involuntary Treatment of Tuberculosis and Psychiatric Illness
By now many of us have seen the news headline about the person in Washington state who was arrested and sent to jail for noncompliance with a court order for treatment of tuberculosis. This led to my searching the literature about the connection between court-ordered treatment for psychiatric illness and court-ordered treatment for tuberculosis in…
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Most Birds Forget They Ever Met
Some birds pair for life, like swans and bald eagles. Most backyard birds pair up for a season. Mourning doves sometimes mate for life, but their name doesn’t relate to grief when they lose a mate. Their instinct is to procreate and ensure the survival of the species. They forget each other after every season.…
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Thoughts on Gaming Disorder
I just read an interesting article in the latest print issue of Clinical Psychiatry News, Vol. 51, No. 5, May 2023: “Gaming Disorder: New insights into a growing problem.” This is news to me. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual lists it as an addiction associated with the internet primarily. It can cause social and occupational…
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Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week!
Teacher Appreciation Week this year started on May 8, 2023. I found my old report cards from Lincoln Elementary School in Mason City, Iowa. Lincoln was torn down many years ago to make room for expanding the Post Office. But I have my memories. I rediscovered reasons to celebrate the dedication of teachers. I don’t…
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Racial Affinity Group Caucusing Separate But Not Equal to Segregation
I read the New England Journal of Medicine perspective article “Racial Affinity Group Caucusing in Medical Education—A Key Supplement to Antiracism Curricula.” I did not see the word “segregation” anywhere in the paper, although the Daily Mail news item used it frequently in a manner that I suspect was intended to incite indignation over separating…
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May is Mental Health Month
May is Mental Health Month. This would be a good month for me to practice giving myself and others grace. Here’s a link to a very nice article about grace. It’s really about giving each other a break from slamming one another and letting go—sort of like what you need to do in juggling. The…
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Gardening Works as Mindfulness Meditation
When I think of Sena learning to juggle and find her juggling balls on the floor where she drops them after a 2- or 3-minute practice, I now think of her gardening. I wondered if gardening could be a form of meditation and did a web search like I did yesterday for juggling. It turns…
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Can Juggling and Mindfulness Meditation Complement Each Other?
I read this article about mindfulness today and it got me thinking about how juggling might be two different aspects of the same activity. I think they both help focus the attention. There a number of articles on the web which essentially say that juggling can be a sort of meditation. I know hardly anything…
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Beating My Head on The Shower Wall
I’ve been practicing the shower juggling pattern. I’m combining at least a couple of different methods, which may or may not be helping me improve. I’m using JuggleMan’s advice about trying to get some extra space in between the balls so I feel less rushed. I’m also trying to use Taylor Glenn’s method of combining…
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