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Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
Another skinny dip morning or so I thought...It turns out there's a king tide ...Big dumper waves crashing down on the shoreline..
Just added:
On my way down to the beach I spotted my friend heron sitting on the bench.
Sitting on the beach by my beach tent
Moved to higher ground and watch the king tide roll over the area where the beach tent was.
I did venture in up to my waist, but I still got knocked around a bit. Then a young South American woman came up to me and pointed out the little rock pool. It was much safer in there…
Heading back up the track and admiring Mother Nature's powerful waves as the king tide rolls in.
Back in the day when I lived in Sydney, I loved going into the water when the big dumper waves came in. They would toss and turn you, spinning you over and over like being in a washing machine. These days I can’t get water in my ears, and I’m not strong enough or brave enough to dive into the waves anymore.
Shoshin1
Re: Community
@person said:
I've been thinking about community lately. What is it exactly, what are the pros and cons, who's included, who says, etc.?
I've been wrestling with this question for 20 years and wrote about it in 2020.
The word is unfortunately "loaded" — it means many things to many people. Whenever I've tried to create a tight definition, I've gotten vehement pushback from people that believe their model counts as community too, even though I disagree. The digital world has challenged us by creating so many novel ways of interacting but not giving us the words to capture the nuance.
More recently, I've written down five beliefs I have about community. They're not meant to say "your definition isn't real", but rather to draw a line in the sand about what I'm pursuing when I talk about it in the context of software.
Linc
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
@Jeroen said:
A change to my morning routine. On Friday my The Complete Calvin and Hobbes collectors edition was delivered, three huge hardcover volumes of cartoons on high-quality art paper. So now with my coffee at 5.30 in the morning I am chortling away over hours of cartoons! It’s made for a very cheerful start to the day.
How is that read going?
My random share is.... hoohooo
Kotishka
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
Another earthing walk to work this afternoon ...admiring the beautiful flowering Pohutukawa tree. Colloquially known as the NZ Christmas tree because it flowers around Christmas time.
And this morning's jolk up the back of the property, ( I'm a glutton for punishment) I was entertained by a tiny native bell bird
A tiny bird with such a loud voice.
Shoshin1
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
A change to my morning routine. On Friday my The Complete Calvin and Hobbes collectors edition was delivered, three huge hardcover volumes of cartoons on high-quality art paper. So now with my coffee at 5.30 in the morning I am chortling away over hours of cartoons! It’s made for a very cheerful start to the day.
Jeroen
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
First skinny dip of the season. 
Walking down the track I must have spooked a large heron, it gracefully took to the air as I approached.
The water was refreshing. I miscalculated how high the high tide was going to come in, just managed to lift my beach tent up before all the things got wet.
Shoshin1
Re: Dukkha and the Tightrope
@person :
What is true is that you were born, you live, you question, you seek.
That is the start.
Every day is a fresh start
Congratulations!
Lionduck