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Oct 2Liked by Diamond-Michael Scott

It is a valuable reminder for you to have referred to those thinkers of the past in "scare quotes" initially. And, delightfully, in the epilogical solicitation at the end we see "The Chocolate Taoist." I thank you for reminding me that the storm season here in South Florida runs for another two months, then winter will be here: I need to scatter flower seeds around the yard.

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Hi Jackson. Interesting times indeed. Where in South Florida are you?

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Oct 2Liked by Diamond-Michael Scott

The exact location of the suitably insignificant place is of no importance, but whenever I am feeling cosmologically powerless I can remind myself that it is at least near Jupiter

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I have a good friend in Jupiter. Yes, I know that area a bit.

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Oct 2Liked by Diamond-Michael Scott

Is that second image a real photo or is it AI?

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AI.

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Oct 2Liked by Diamond-Michael Scott

Nice! I agree that climate change is not just an environmental or technological problem - inherently a moral and spiritual one. In my blog, I was reflecting similar.

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Absolutely. So true.

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