During my sunrise time search for New Year’s, I stumbled on this description of a perihelion. Today, Earth is at its closest point to the Sun. It’s a separate issue from day length and season: distance instead of tilt. I had probably heard the term before; I forgot. Upon relearning it, a corner of my brain started […]
Category Archives: Life Learning
I Accidentally a Whole Stack of Research Books
When I finally knew for sure where I would be moving to, I started looking into Local Stuff. Restaurants and grocery stores and movie theaters and museums. If you’re on the mailing list, you’ll know how I feel about museums. (Just imagine me with heart eyes and a misty filter and animated glitter on the […]
Left Hand Complement
Learning: that uncomfortable moment when you realize the depth of your ignorance.
(Re)Learning Japanese
I’ve been learning and relearning Japanese for 12 years, but this time, I’m working out a system to maximize and speed up my success.
Invisible Results and Synthesis Overdrive
As a natural dabbler, the concept of expertise is problematic for me and, fortunately, rapidly becoming irrelevant.