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Category Archives: Just wondering
Our relationship with food takes many twists and turns!
Observations about our relationship with food continue to appear regularly in my social media feeds. Here are a few favourites that I’ve been saving up. Do any of them offer you any reassurance as to your own preferred eating habits?!
Did a Google chatbot just “come to life”?
In the news this past week: Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient (Guardian) and No, Google’s AI is not sentient (CNN). What’s this all about? [For those not familiar with the term, a chatbot … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering, Odds and Ends
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How little things really change – just ask Socrates
Fairly recently I started following an interesting blog that provides quotes from famous or quasi-famous people nearly every day. Extensive collections of quotes. Wow, there are so many observations and admonitions that have been made over the years by so … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Just wondering
Tagged inspiration, knowledge, philosophy, reflection, Socrates, wisdom
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If I could turn back time – for peace, for love, …, for dinosaurs?
At the beginning of this year I accepted a challenge from fellow blogger John Persico, who writes the thought-provoking blog, Aging Capriciously. I committed to writing on 3 topics of John’s choosing, and in return he’d write on 3 that … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Just wondering
Tagged Cher, dinosaurs, history, If I could turn back time, leadership, Margaret MacMillan, Ming Dynasty, peace, philosophy, war
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When the most optimistic people aren’t feeling very optimistic
These times have been hard on almost everyone in some way or another. In the past 2+ years (or maybe in the past 6+ years), we’ve learned that no-one is immune from the world’s problems: the challenges of global pandemics, … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Just wondering, Odds and Ends
Tagged Climate change, COVID, economic disparity, equality, human rights, kindness, pandemic, poverty, Project Do Better, racism, sexism, social justice, war, world peace
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Touchy subject: to hug or not to hug, that is the question
I didn’t grow up in a family that hugged all the time. When a hug was important to and meaningful, yes, but I don’t remember it being a frequent occurrence after I was little. The community I grew up in … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering, Odds and Ends
Tagged autism, COVID, FOMO, hugging, hugs, human touch, JOMO, memories, pandemic, personal space, social distancing, touching
38 Comments
Everything happens for a reason, or so they say
This quote by inspirational-advice author Harvey Mackay appeared in one of my social media feeds recently, and at the time I didn’t pay much attention except to think that it was pretty much platitudes, but platitudes that I agreed with. … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering
Tagged changing jobs, everything happens for a reason, Harvey Mackay, inspiration, new life, opportunity, philosophy
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Setting goals to inspire you … or scare you!
Recently I came across a blog post that presents a checklist of some pretty darn thought-provoking tips about setting goals that will really inspire you. It so happens that the focus of this blog, Mark B’s Big Adventures on Average … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering, Running
Tagged cycling, Everesting, goals, inspiration, quilting, risk, running, setting goals, writing
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