March 9, 2020 thought for the day: Education is learning a lot about how little you know. Traditional Proverb

It is a bit strange waking up to the sun not being fully on duty for the day. The time change is still sinking in. The next sentence is unrelated to the time change but is related to change and growth, I am also noticing that with age simple things that were once easy and not given a second thought become more time consuming and at times painful, just one elementary example,  pulling on a pair of socks. It takes me half an hour now to dress myself and make the bed.

Anyway, once up and on my way to a productive day, things were more promising. With the pets care and virtual visits out of the way, the bulletin set up for final touches, and a good cup of Chamomile tea, I made a run to get some thinking-of-you cards I will need to prepare for a meeting tomorrow night.

I have been neglectful of the dishes in the sink and those taking up space in the frig for the past few days so when I got back from the errand, I corrected that little chore.  After bleaching the sinks I time to start the dish washer with its new load.

Yesterday’s photo titles was “get in the photo!”. I keep trying to find different ways of “getting myself in the photo” without getting my whole self in the photo.


Now, onto the photo decision, setup, post processing and upload.

Today’s word is encounters. Everything that we encounter leaves traces behind. Everything contributes imperceptibly to our education, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be, Horace Bushnell. A chief event in life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world, John Milton. He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg.  Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter, Oliver Goldsmith. I have seen some who did not know when to turn aside their eyes in meeting yours. A truly confident and magnanimous spirit is wiser than to contend for the mastery in such encounters. Serpents alone conquer by the steadiness of their gaze. My friend looks me in the face and sees me, that is all, Henry David Thoreau.   

The photo challenge today is “two”. I have several spider plants, they are easy to propagate, so that is my choice for today. Some of the ends of the leaves need a little care. There are so many leaves on the plant that I may miss some that need tending to so I used a filter to make the image on the “painterly” side. 

I was a nurse a long, long time ago. So articles about improvements and new finds in the medical field interest me. They interest me not only because I was a nurse but because I or someone in my family or friends may need to know what can be learned from this kind of article. There is a simulator that allows surgeons to practice on heart issues before the meet the real event. This is happening at the Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center. So as to make it clear a pigs heart is used for these training sessions. According to the article this mechanism is named “KindHeart Cardiac Surgery Simulator” and is only found in five other hospitals in the country. It is operated with balloons that inflate and deflate the “heart”. The students learn coronary artery bypass surgery, transplanting aortic valves and more. While they practice with this machine, they learn about adverse effects and how they can be handled. In one of the recent training sessions an air embolism was presented. This embolism can block passage of blood and be life threatening. It can travel to the brain, heart or lungs and cause a heart attack, stroke, or respiratory failure. One of the students stated that it would take her a week to learn how to treat this event in the operating room rather that the training time on the simulator.

Bob, Sue and I are on our own for finding our dinner tonight. I don’t feel like cooking and cleaning up tonight.

Joy