For the Tribe
I just discovered Einkorn wheat. It is supposedly among the oldest wheats in the world, and the claim is that it only has 14 chromosomes instead of the 42 that modern wheat has.
A fascinating data point – if it is true.
I am always intrigued by such variants and amused at the marketing that simply says it is superior because of fewer chromosomes. I wonder what the implications are to our health? Really. Not just based on hype.
I ordered some wheat berries and will mill it and bake some bread. How does it rise? How does it taste? How does it keep?
Sometimes my metrics are pretty basic and selfish.
Hacking the Thalamus
The first homework assignment in the Thinking Clearly class was to study a body part of choice and then, separately, a building feature of choice.
One lady decided to check out ears and was amazed at the differences she had never noticed. And she fell in love with the diversity of ears.
She was so into her assignment that when she checked out, she almost blurted out to the cashier, “You have such elegant ears.”
This will be a dynamic student. Can’t wait to see how much delightful trouble she gets herself into, by being ALL IN on her homework.
I received an email from someone in the education field. He is dreaming about opening a “different” kind of school someday and asked me if I had any ideas or suggestions about what could be done better.
I was surprised at the disorganized grab bag of possibilities that tumbled out in the conversation. While most were utterly beyond his reach at present, it was a delight to engage with someone who could dream fantastically big, and not ask me to edit down my ideas to the level of what is practical now!
When we started 30 years ago, ministering to babies in the womb was a big deal. Everywhere I went, there was an expectant mom, and we had wonderful times.
Then that dried up. I ran across only a few moms, and the ones I did meet were quite disinterested in the spirit of their child.
Odd, but it is what it is.
Plenty of grace elsewhere.
I have observed in the last six months, that there is a steady stream of connections with the newborn to toddler kids in the Tribe, and am wondering if that is a marker of a new season.
So, this is a question. If I did a Zoom call for parents in that zone, where it was all Q & A, no prep on my part, would there be interest? If so, drop me a line at Friends@TheSLG.com.