First time on the S train (to Somewhere). Somewhere today is apparently West Portal!
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Camellia Tea CeremonyOriginally a Chinese term, the name 'Plum Rain' applied to the 4th and 5th lunar months, and the belief that the rainy conditions were created by the plum trees south of the Yangtze.
When the plums turned yellow and dropped, it is thought the moisture created turned to rain.
This is a book about the ways humans evolved to move and why we should do them even if modern society does not require them.
The author’s thesis is if we are interested in longevity we should be exercising, both walking, doing weights and doing cardio (especially running), but regular marathons or tris and the training for them might be detrimental. The author does not really explore the effect of cycling as cardio nor swimming on longevity, because they don’t incur the force on bones and tendons and joints people need to prevent osteoporosis.
As far as pop science beach books go, this is fucking great. It has both references AND a narrative AND firsthand accounts that are very interesting.
8/10, will probably not reread but I enjoyed it the whole way through. Now to finish the five other books I am partway done with.
There are multiple farmers’ markets in my vicinity of a Sunday. While both the Stonestown Farmers Market and the Outer Sunset Farmers Market are both marketed as Farmers Market, the Outer Sunset one is much more Market while the Stonestown one actually has the Farmers with, you know, vegetables
MariaIt's always more fun to find a carnivorous plant out in the wild than in a garden centre. This is the round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) on a soggy bit of soil.
My brain whenever someone is like ‘oh have you ever been in the water and is the water cold here in SF’: ACCORDING TO THE BUOY ON THE SAN FRANCISCO BAR THE WATER IS 56.1 DEGREES TODAY AND THE WIND IS 10 KNOTS FROM THE WNW AND THE WAVE HEIGHT IS 8FT FROM SW, 3FT FROM THE NORTH AND THE DOMINANT WAVE PERIOD IS 17 SEC
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One part of me is very emotionally invested in doing the best work I can.
Another part of me is maximally interested in moving to a random surf town and surfing all day whilst living off $5 a day and never ever coming back.
Unfortunately, these parts are inseparable.
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