Leaves. Rain. Sunlight. Us. We all fall. And we’re beautiful doing it.

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Jesus: “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” The meek: “We’re good.”

Denali. The Gulf of Mexico. Say their names.

Denmark just re-read Article 5 and is quietly giddy, thinking, “Oh, please! Oh, please!”

The level of U.S. math & statistical literacy means an article today in The New York Times includes the explanation, “about 10 percent (10 of every 100 individuals).”

Apparently none of the Arts&Leisure editors at The NY Times have a background in physics.

Read a WP article today about a lady who lost her savings to scammers posing as FBI agents. The article explained how con artists convince people: “Scammers create the illusion that they alone are advocating for them or are the only ones who can be trusted.” Sound familiar?

Any friends who enjoy a long-form essay and would like to read about my trip to Yosemite National Park can find a writeup on my website. It includes a few pictures, and hopefully some tips that could be helpful for first-time visitors. devonmarsh.com/memoir/yosemi…

Know what feels good? Vacating storage after a decade of elder care, a move, kids to college, kids graduating, divorce, & downsizing . Dozens—hundreds—of decisions: keep, donate, discard. Mentally draining, emotionally heavy. I feel great relief. Getting rid of rent: nice bonus.

Dating profile tip: if you claim an interest in photography, a blurry profile picture erodes your credibility.

Without thinking too much about it, I made a batch of bread dough tonight. In the morning it will have risen. Can’t decide if that’s funny, ironic, or sacrilegious. 🤔⚡️

Cat Bohannon’s well-delivered narration makes the audio version of this brilliant book a pleasure to listen to, and a rich source of ideas to think about long afterward. I highly recommend “Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution.” #eve #catbohannon

Tonight I attended a wonderful lecture on Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. An expert elaborated on its origins & echoes. A live quartet illustrated his points. Truly a well-spent hour. Yet almost on cue, in the quietest part of the presentation, someone slowly unwrapped a peppermint.

If you can watch the final episode of “Masters of the Air”—including the bios at the end—and keep a dry eye, you’re just not human. That was fantastic. All the more so because it was true.

Happy Birthday to Albert Einstein, who would turn 145 years old today—assuming constant acceleration.

The sound of bread crust, fresh from the oven, cracking as it cools.

Got dark sky? Look for the Zodiacal Light around the time of the equinox. After twilight in spring, before dawn in autumn. Sunlight reflecting off dust in our orbital plane. A chalk smudge on the night sky. It’s faint—and beautiful.