October 21

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Lead Picture (Story below in Thumbnail)
Monday, October 21, 2019

Atiśa
Unknown [Tibet (a Kadampa monastery)] - The Metropolitan Museum.
Atiśa (982–1054) was a Bengali Buddhist religious leader and master from the Indian subcontinent.

He was one of the major figures in the spread of 11th-century Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism in Asia and inspired Buddhist thought from Tibet to Sumatra.

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Commentary
Monday, October 21, 2019

Eureka! My first solo podcast: a remake of Chapter One.
It included introductory remarks, was spoken with energy, and included author’s post-reading remarks.
Now I must figure how to delete the first recording of Chapter One as it no longer represents our best work.

Of course problems: the file created by the Chapter One remake is not accepted by several of the important social media.
And none of them take the same file format.
Got to figure how to make five versions of the chapter to accommodate the requirements the various social media.

Meanwhile, the emerging format of the blogs will at present contain both a video and a podcast.

Another day at the office.

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A “Hello, my friends!” video.
Monday, October 21, 2019

And the dog said ‘woof’ 60 seconds
A dad walks his nine-month-old and an encounter with a dog leads to a milestone in communication

Dom’s website:existentialautotrip.com

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A “Conflicted” podcast
Monday, October 21, 2019

Chapter One

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We love getting mail.
Contact me at domcapossela@hotmail.com
Monday, October 21, 2019

This from Tommie T:

Dom,

I am awed by your inquiring mind, tenacity, endurance, and focus as you are moving full speed ahead with acquiring new knowledge and expertise re: technology.
I have much admiration for you!
You are not going to let your brain atrophy!
No dust falling under your feet!
I see so many people our age sitting in recliners and watching TV, but not you! 

Had a great time in San Miguel de Allende.
The two villas were beautiful and the chef provided authentic, delicious Mexican food. The margaritas were the best ever!

Visited a mosaic garden a few miles outside of San Miguel that was the highlight of my trip. - Casa de las Ranas and the Chapel of Jimmy Ray.
The artist, Anado McLauchlin, touched my heart.
One of our teachers in Costa Rica did some of the mosaic work.
It was spectacular.

I love Mexico and would move there if Don would go with me.
He told me my next husband could move with me! hahaha!

My next venture is to Gordes, France in September 2020 - an artists' retreat with the teachers from Charlotte, NC who taught in Costa Rica.
I drove through this town about 17 years ago, and remember how beautiful it is.
It is the site where ochre is mined. . . on top of mountain peak.

Happy fall! Don put the electric mattress pad on my bed this week. I am already freezing!!!!!!!

Web Meister responds: We share an engagement with the world: refusing to settle for life in the backwater. You and I have each spent a decade in the older generation and reflect on how much we have done, how well we’ve spent our time. God bless us all, my dear.

Found this montage of San Miguel de Allende
Microstar - File:Museo Allende, San Miguel Allende. Feb. 2011.JPG, por P.Fossas (CC-BY-SA-3.0) File:San Miguel de Allende, México (24216035294).jpg, por Tæ (CC-BY-2.0) File:San Miguel Allende (13744690543).jpg, por JotaCartas

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Chuckle of the day:
Monday, October 21, 2019

A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence, phrase, or larger discourse is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part.
It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an anticlimax.

For this reason, it is extremely popular among comedians and satirists.
Some paraprosdokians not only change the meaning of an early phrase, but they also play on the double meaning of a particular word, creating a form of syllepsis.

Here are three examples:

"If I am reading this graph correctly—I'd be very surprised." —Stephen Colbert

"On his feet he wore…blisters." —Aristotle

"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it." —Groucho Marx

A tip o' the hat (U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, 1924) after signing an Indian treaty
Sly devil that he was.

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Acknowledgements
Monday, October 21, 2019

Thanks to Tommie T for her kind comments and her unflagging engagement with what life offers us.

And thanks to Howard who always makes himself available to me.

Thanks to Justin for his above and beyond help with my technological education.

Thanks in general to the Microsoft team at the Prudential Center for their unflagging availability to help with a constant flow of technological problems.

Always thanks to Wikipedia, the Lead and the Thumbnail sections of the Blog very often shaped from stories taken from that amazing website. They are truly worthy of public support.

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Good Morning
Monday, October 21, 2019
We’re all so busy in our country.
So lucky to have so many opportunities.
God bless America.

But now? Gotta go.

Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your Taeyeon