The milkweed has been blooming for a few weeks now and it is utterly delightful to see all the monarch butterflies flitting around the garden. I think of butterflies as slow and gentle beings, failing to remember that monarchs migrate thousands of miles every year. The speed at which they move through the garden is …
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Sowing
Self-planted purple columbine The garden is all planted! All the seeds are sown, and, except for a few indoor starts that are still a little small, everything has been planted out. James and I are tuckered out. But it’s the satisfied sort of tuckered out that comes after you’ve done work you love. In an …
In Your Dreams
I’m not a person who attaches meaning to dreams in general. I don’t keep a dream journal and I rarely recall my dreams when I wake up. I think most of the time our dreams are simply our brains processing the day and wiping the slate to prepare for the next day. Dreams can be …
Thoughts on AI
First, I don’t claim to be an expert, only an informed individual. I read widely from different sources and I work in academia where it seems AI is all anyone talks about lately. I have also read the book Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence by Dan McQuillan, and highly recommend it. AI, …