REFLECTIONS

from: Swingrowers - Butterfly (Official Music Video) - ELECTRO SWING Not much to post about this week, mostly waiting to get my strength back. I found this video that you might like. Try full screen.

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( Photo from web ) First : Most important is to inherit healthy genes from your parents. Second : More good luck: Have no serious accidents Catch no life threatening diseases Avoid lethal food poisoning (What you have some control over) Third : Avoid/Limit Poisoning yourself with: Smoking Alcohol Sun exposure Overeating Eating excess fat, salt, sugar Fourth : Have a healthy diet that fits you personally. Fifth : Moderate exercise Sixth : Checkups with Doctors, Dentists, etc. Seventh : Social Contacts (Family and Friends) Eight : Meaningful Life Purpose Ninth : Avoid Stress. Get enough sleep, etc There must be more.

I copied this GIF from the web. It's been sped up.  The actual speed is much slower, too slow to detect. My Fitzroy Storm Glass is beautiful.  It's perfect for the desktop, sitting by my Sterling Engine. From Wikipedia: FitzRoy was a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate daily weather predictions... He achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage. Internal and external troubles at the Meteorological Office, financial concerns as well as failing health, and his struggle with depression took their toll. On 30 April 1865, Vice-Admiral FitzRoy died by suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. FitzRoy died having exhausted his entire fortune on public expenditure. How he said the storm glass works: "if fixed, undisturbed, in free air, not exposed to radiation, fire, or sun, but in the ordinary light of a well-ventilated room or outer air, the chemical mixture in a so-called storm-glass varies in chara