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Niklas Luhmann, the creator of the Zettelkasten methodology, referred to this magic as serendipity. The very definition of serendipity is surprise or chance. [1] The exciting discovery of new or unexpected insights.
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“Maple Ridge” copyright BrickBarnBlog2022
The road is dry, and few clouds roam the sky overhead. I pull off to the side of the road in a short but wide pullout located on the saddle between unnamed peak 6122 and Maple Ridge.
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It was a quiet evening in August 2021, not quite a year ago, when I received a text from my lovely wife that her mother had finally succumbed to cancer.
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When sometimes, I wonder, “does any of this matter?” Does any of the writing, tracking, and planning matter?
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Here is a list of what I read this week.
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“Summit view east toward Zions Five Finger Canyons (Kolob)” copyright BrickBarnBlog2013
I tried to go hiking this morning only to get rained out, making all the dirt roads I tried to go down muddy and near impassable. So I decided to turn around before another breaking storm made them impossible to drive on.
Disappointed, I drowned (no pun intended) my sorrow with Marv's burger and fries in Enterprise.
P.S. I highly recommend Marv's in good weather or bad.
P.S.S Here is another unpublished beautiful winter hike to unnamed peak 5860 from 2013.
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There is that acronym again; those three letters seem crucial to the person talking; however, I can’t make heads or tells of the gibberish letters.
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Read More“Each day he [Emerson] collected in his journal his disjointed dreams, his mental reveries, and the fragments of all of those ideas that his mind was able to conceive.”
“North Guardian Angel” copyright BrickBarnBlog2022
I’m trying to get back into hiking shape; however, it feels like I have a long way to go. I had knee reconstruction surgery toward the end of March. I completed my physical therapy without too much squealing and crying like a ten-year-old girl. Please don’t verify that with the PA; the leg feels good and strong.
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When suddenly, last week, I became the victim of mansplaining.
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