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: jabel.blogMany years ago, mom needed some books to fill up her bookshelves so I gave her some that I still had around but no longer cared about. Now I’m cleaning out some stuff in her house and there are a few I’m taking back to my shelves. There was a time when Wilson and Sproul were very important to me, despite one...
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\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/92078230","date_published":"2026-06-13T00:05:22+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-13 00:05","date_timestamp":1781309122,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92032868","content_html":"Our mental health crisis: jabel.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/06/12/our-mental-health-crisis.html","date_published":"2026-06-12T10:49:15+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-12 10:49","date_timestamp":1781261355,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92002743","content_html":"Two wonderful songs by local folk music legend and forest protector Andy Mahler. 🎵
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/06/11/two-wonderful-songs-by-local.html","date_published":"2026-06-11T21:52:01+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-11 21:52","date_timestamp":1781214721,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92001958","content_html":"The longlivers : jabel.blog
@JohnBrady Ours is 99 Restaurant and it’s run by the hardest working, most efficient woman in Lawrence County. Faded wall menu (even though the place isn’t that old) and a little kid doing homework in his permanent booth. During the pandemic she rigged that place up for social distancing in the crudest possible way and kept on trucking. “Friends” is perpetually on the TV. Even dine-in food is served on disposable plates with plastic forks and styrofoam cups. I am a loyal fan.
\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91982875","date_published":"2026-06-11T17:09:42+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-11 17:09","date_timestamp":1781197782,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91971647","content_html":"@ReaderJohn Interesting! An additional data point: this cold brew comes from Starbucks, whereas my usual (hot) cup of coffee is made at home. The Starbucks cold brew is also quite a bit larger than my usual home coffee.
\nThe good news is that I’m never more optimistic than during a caffeine high.
\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91971647","date_published":"2026-06-11T13:41:40+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-11 13:41","date_timestamp":1781185300,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91969443","content_html":"Me, anytime I have a cold brew coffee. Rachel has listened to an unusually large amount of talk from me this morning.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/06/11/me-anytime-i-have-a.html","date_published":"2026-06-11T13:07:50+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-11 13:07","date_timestamp":1781183270,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91967092","content_html":"@tinyroofnail Wow!
\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91967092","date_published":"2026-06-11T12:08:42+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-11 12:08","date_timestamp":1781179722,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91916657","content_html":"@drwalt Thanks for bringing my attention back to that book. I was really impressed with it at the time and I think I need to revisit it. Also, thanks for the list at the end–a great help in “finding the others.”
\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91916657","date_published":"2026-06-10T17:19:35+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-10 17:19","date_timestamp":1781111975,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91899357","content_html":"C.S. Lewis on the longaevi: jabel.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/06/10/cs-lewis-on-the-longaevi.html","date_published":"2026-06-10T13:01:58+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-10 13:01","date_timestamp":1781096518,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91750065","content_html":"@dwalbert Cool. Thanks for the recipe! I might try this soon.
\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91750065","date_published":"2026-06-08T11:39:14+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-08 11:39","date_timestamp":1780918754,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91724976","content_html":"@JimRain Oh yes. Around here in late summer there’s a wonderful rising and falling sawing sound that sets in.
\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91724976","date_published":"2026-06-07T22:35:24+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-07 22:35","date_timestamp":1780871724,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91716552","content_html":"@JimRain I’m not always good at paying attention but I’m working on it. 😄
\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91716552","date_published":"2026-06-07T20:23:23+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-07 20:23","date_timestamp":1780863803,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91716472","content_html":"@JohnBrady I’ve always loved that word. I think I first came across it in a book about Jewish beliefs about the afterlife. I also enjoy some Lovecraft!
\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91716472","date_published":"2026-06-07T20:22:27+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-07 20:22","date_timestamp":1780863747,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91699529","content_html":"Lost River country ![\"\"](\"https://talqix.cloud/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/56576/2026/img-3049.jpg\")
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: jabel.blog
“Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad” is the key to understanding the politics of our time.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/06/06/whom-the-gods-would-destroy.html","date_published":"2026-06-06T14:13:43+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-06 14:13","date_timestamp":1780755223,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91639439","content_html":"I need to get outside today. Rachel and I are going to take a walk this morning, then I’m going to doing some berry picking. Also, I’ve been thinking about the Lost River lately so I think I’ll visit the Orangeville Rise and the Wesley Chapel Gulf today.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/06/06/i-need-to-get-outside.html","date_published":"2026-06-06T09:56:47+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-06 09:56","date_timestamp":1780739807,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91638773","content_html":"@tinyroofnail Yeah, I definitely want to re-read and absorb some more. And I didn’t notice it had an audio option; that’ll be how I re-read it!
\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91638773","date_published":"2026-06-06T09:29:20+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-06 09:29","date_timestamp":1780738160,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91578980","content_html":"The animism hidden behind cutting edge technology: jabel.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/06/05/the-animism-hidden-behind-cutting.html","date_published":"2026-06-05T10:34:51+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-05 10:34","date_timestamp":1780655691,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91526928","content_html":"The future is always unknowable but sometimes its impenetrability is tangible. As I plan for my mom, I have literally no idea how her life will proceed. My accountant brain wants to lay out the possibilities. Yet at every approach to the granite block of the future, it gently but firmly tells me no.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/06/04/the-future-is-always-unknowable.html","date_published":"2026-06-04T12:41:08+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-04 12:41","date_timestamp":1780576868,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91526406","content_html":"@tinyroofnail “Not good for anything” says the boomer (in the Stegner/Berry sense) because of the previous hard work of other boomers eradicating all the stickers that stood in the way of progress. May stubborn, unreasonable stickers bloom by the millions.
\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91526406","date_published":"2026-06-04T12:24:14+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-04 12:24","date_timestamp":1780575854,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91478933","content_html":"@rnv I’m glad you like it! I’ve listened to it over and over again this past month. Maybe I should buy the CD too. His others albums haven’t grabbed my attention the way this one has, but I want to get to them at some point.
\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91478933","date_published":"2026-06-03T17:35:41+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-03 17:35","date_timestamp":1780508141,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91416898","content_html":"@drwalt I’d love a story like that!
\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91416898","date_published":"2026-06-02T20:01:04+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-02 20:01","date_timestamp":1780430464,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91405638","content_html":"My responsibility in a full cosmos: jabel.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://jabel.blog/2026/06/02/my-responsibility-in-a-full.html","date_published":"2026-06-02T17:07:10+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-02 17:07","date_timestamp":1780420030,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91286120","content_html":"@manton It worked. Thanks!
\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91286120","date_published":"2026-05-31T21:02:15+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-31 21:02","date_timestamp":1780261335,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91281443","content_html":"@manton In the “show all” newsletters it shows as sent but neither my wife nor I got it. All I got was the preview email, which was empty.
\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91281443","date_published":"2026-05-31T19:13:58+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-31 19:13","date_timestamp":1780254838,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91268550","content_html":"@sod No problem! Will the newsletter regenerate and mail out after it’s fixed?
\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91268550","date_published":"2026-05-31T14:51:46+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-31 14:51","date_timestamp":1780239106,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91265012","content_html":"@help @manton Something happened with the run of my newsletter this morning. Could someone take a look please?
\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91265012","date_published":"2026-05-31T13:26:05+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-31 13:26","date_timestamp":1780233965,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91259105","content_html":"One week ago, at about this time of day, our lives went topsy-turvy. I took mom to the ER for treatment of a serious fall and it became clear as we’ve stayed with her this week how weak she has become. That, plus several other issues, have resulted in her qualifying for hospice care. We’ll also be moving her...
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\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91217793","date_published":"2026-05-30T15:50:42+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-30 15:50","date_timestamp":1780156242,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91216690","content_html":"@drwalt Really helpful distinctions. And “gollum philosophy”, I like that idea.
\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/jabel/91216690","date_published":"2026-05-30T15:29:51+00:00","author":{"name":"jabel","url":"https://jabel.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2021%2F97100.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jabel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-30 15:29","date_timestamp":1780154991,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91212189","content_html":"@dwalbert No, not only because you’re not really alone but also because these devices have taken on some kind of personhood in our lives. We certainly talk about them in semi-personal ways and they take on a presence in a roomful of friends, especially if they’re of the perpetually online sort.
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\nThis was an off-the-cuff remark I made today, but it resonated with the audience. Feel free to use it.
\nThen, do things that are neither bullshit nor crime. Fix things. Protect things. Consider the long term. Care about somebody.
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Squirrel in the neighbor’s mulberry tree. Photo by Rachel.
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