Excercising Our Brains

Exercising Our Brains

Sun, shade and color

If your brain is functioning at normal levels, you are probably wondering why anyone would subject themselves to the barrage of misinformation shouted at them 24 hours a day on cable news and talk radio?

We can see Lassen again

Have a few of our friends, family, (and some political figures), become mindless zombies? Is there something seductively hypnotic about experiencing decades of one sided opinion loaded with hate and disdain for civility that hijacks people’s humanitarian souls?

Can they be awakened to reality and the beauty of this world we live in?

That would be nice.

Beauty survives during drought

Last night, P & J produced some entertaining and heartfelt music at the Post Office Saloon and Grill. There were moments of melodic magic between the 2 guitars and the vocals. It was like being enveloped in a nurturing cocoon of creative sound. You would have enjoyed it too, had you been there at the time.

Clouds, jet, moon, flag

I saw this video about Monsanto, and felt the need to share it with you. After all, their name is written on my birth certificate;

Really

Lone clover

There is a good article explaining the difference between our economy and the stock market. It points out that the economy is reality whereas the stock market is a place where a small percentage of the population gamble by guessing what the economy will or won't do at some point in the future.

Lassen during sunset

If you are a teenager, have a teenage child or grandchild, you really need to read; The Teenage Brain by Francis E. Jensen. If you don’t read this book, you are doomed to continue the generational cycle of misunderstanding and frustration caused by thinking that teenagers have a fully functioning adult brain.

Colors in the drought

Humans won’t complete the connections to the frontal lobes for a fully functioning brain until they are approximately 25 years old, (sometimes not even then). The frontal lobes are necessary to generate insight, judgement, self awareness, abstract thinking, logic, reasoning, and all the tools we need to savor the gift of being human.

Today’s Video;

The Love Of Playing Music