Friday, January 2, 2026
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A winter storm watch has been issued for the Big Island summits, where a Kona storm is forecast to bring up to 10 inches of snow and winds of up to 70 mph this weekend.
J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish novelist and dramatist [James Matthew Barrie]
Peter Pan, Act 1 (1904, pub. 1928)
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-> At the same time, it may be a distraction – an easy way to focus on the surface to avoid deeper, more pressing issues like inequality, environmental degradation or the fragility of our mental well-being (which is also reinforced by this superficiality). If we put half as much energy into cultivating character, compassion & sustainability as we do into chasing eternal youth, well 🤷🏻♀️
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Discover the amazing secret of the Immortal Jellyfish! How does it defy aging? Let's dive into this marine marvel! #ImmortalJellyfish #Nature #MarineBiology #EternalYouth
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I know the secret of eternal youth, but I can't tell you.
This flower, which I saw outside my building, is new to me so I took its picture in order to look it up.
It is identified by my iPhone and Wikipedia as a Lenten Rose: “A perennial flowering plant and species of hellebore in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, native to Greece and Turkey.”
In case you were wondering, Lent is the six-week period leading up to Easter. It starts on Ash Wednesday (Feb. 14, 2024) and either ends on Maundy Thursday (March 28, 2024) or Holy Saturday (March 30, 2024), depending on the denomination. Today is March 10, so I saw this Lenten rose right in the middle of Lent.
When I looked up “hellebore” I learned that “the Eurasia genus Helleborus consists of approximately 20 species of herbaceous or evergreen perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae. Despite names such as ‘winter rose’, ‘Christmas rose,’ and ‘Lenten rose,’ hellebores are not closely related to the rose family. Many hellebore species are poisonous.” (Wikipedia)
Image from Learnaboutnature.com, Hellebores.That got me wondering about the tribe of Helleboreae and if they were hunters or gatherers. As far as I can tell, though, this is not a tribe of humans but of plants that have been used for both beneficial and nefarious purposes. “Healers have used hellebores in a variety of concoctions including salves, sold as a ‘fountain of youth’ and as a powder for invisibility. Medieval witches were thought to use Hellebore powder to summon demons.” (Tesselar.net)
According to one source, “in 600 B.C the Athenians under Solon used the poisonous Hellborus roots as a biological weapon to contaminate a river to subdue and conquer the un-suspecting citizens of Kirrha who drank from it.” (Learnaboutnature.com)
So, this pretty little flower can be a biological weapon, has possibilities for use in summoning demons in scary movies, and could be used by superhero characters to achieve invisibility and eternal youth. It is also very near my apartment in case I ever have the urge to poison anyone.
https://snowbirdofparadise.com/2024/03/10/lenten-rose/
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Millionaire Bryan Johnson, known for his concerns about life eternal, has embarked on a genetic quest for eternal youth. Johnson, who receives a rigorous anti-aging program called Blueprint since 2020, has undergone an experimental genetic treatment with folistatina, a new 'Holy Grail' of eternal youth. Although the treatment is still in early stages of experimentation in rats, Johnson traveled to Roatan, Honduras, to receive it. Johnson has invested millions of dollars in his pursuit of eternal youth, including $25,000 per session for folistatina treatment. The treatment, developed by startup Minicircle, has attracted investors like Peter Thiel and Sam Altman. Johnson's anti-aging project, Blueprint, involves a strict control of his diet, exercise, and rest, along with regular transfusions of his son's plasma and constant medical monitoring by a team of 30 doctors. The quest for eternal youth has become a trend among Silicon Valley millionaires.
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