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Capsule
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Crater Lake and Mazama's remnants sustain diverse ecosystems, which are closely monitored by the National Park Service because of their remoteness and ecological importance.
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Lead Picture (Story below in Thumbnail)
Saturday, September 28, 2019
The caldera of Mount Mazama is visible, filled with the water of Crater Lake. A mountain sits to the left of the lake.
Snow surrounds the lake and sits atop the nearby mountain.
Semionk at the English language Wikipedia
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Commentary
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Walking and the T form a formidable twosome for navigating the city.
Always matched up against auto traffic and lack of parking spaces.
Always the winning side.
Walking daily over the same streets imbues one with a sense of timing against the traffic lights.
Looking ahead to the next intersection, the walker knows to adjust her speed to the rhythm of the light-change, reducing the time spent waiting for the lit pedestrian light.
This challenge adds a bit of zip to the walk, like a chili pepper in the pot.
And the T, near the entries and throughout the stations, has those great lighted boards telling riders how far away their train is, to hurry us up or slow us down, like the traffic lights and the automobiles, getting us into the rhythm of the train traffic.
Of course there are negatives: for one thing, extreme temperatures can make walking unpleasant.
And the T has plenty a rider may bitch about, my greatest discomfort, the crowds.
On the one hand, delighted the T has a strong ridership.
On the other, an uninformed layman must ask: can’t we add cars to each train?
But I’m not going to bitch.
After all, the T gives those over sixty-five years a $30.00-monthly pass providing unlimited usage.
That’s an amazing boon to us older guys.
So I will not complain but quietly will continue to enjoy my walks (Ooops! Time out! Cousin Lauren wants to know if I’m available to take a long walk (three miles) at 3.30p. Yes!) for as long as these legs can propel me.
Is it a complaint to say that as much as I like the urban landscape, I do miss walking in the woods or along the beach?
Hope not.
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Thursday’s Dinner posted on
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Desirous of Chinese food I ordered it, picked it up, and ate it.
Loved it.
Bought some from Kowloon in Revere and some from Peach Farm (more artful) in Chinatown.
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Chuckle of the day:
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Isn’t it great when our vacuum really sucks?
Do you call the third hand on your clock the second hand?
When Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
And if he misspelled a word, how would we ever know?
I heard someone say, “This thing is out of whack?” What’s a whack? Anyone know?
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A “Hey, Dom!” video.
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Yellow Submarine 2 minutes
A great movie to watch with our children for the artistry of the film, the music, and the camaraderie of sharing.
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Contact me at domcapossela@hotmail.com
Saturday, September 28, 2019
This from Tommie Toner:
Dom,
I love the story of The Yellow Submarine - you are a good dad! I wish more fathers (and mothers) would/could spend precious moments as you did with Kat.
Being a "good" parent takes so much time, energy, care, and thought.
So many people who have children do not know how to parent nor how to ask for help.
Reading to children, watching movies with them, cooking with them, buying groceries, walking in the park . . . folding clothes, matching socks, setting the table teaches language concepts that all young children need to be effective learners.
Web Meister’s Response: Yes. It’s the time we spend with our children that gives them the security of a home base from which they may confidently venture forth.
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Today’s Thumbnail
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Mount Mazama is a complex volcano in the state of Oregon, United States, in a segment of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and Cascade Range that was partially destroyed when it erupted about 7,700 years ago.
The volcano is in Klamath County, in the southern Cascades, 60 miles north of the Oregon-California border.
Its collapse formed a caldera that holds Crater Lake.
The mountain is in Crater Lake National Park.
Mount Mazama originally had an elevation of 12,000 feet but following its climactic eruption this has been reduced to 8,157 feet.
Crater Lake is 1,943 feet deep, the deepest freshwater body in the US and the second deepest in North America after Great Slave Lake in Canada.
Mount Mazama formed as a group of overlapping volcanic edifices such as shield volcanoes and small composite cones, becoming active intermittently until its eruption 7,700 years ago.
The eruption, the largest known within the Cascade Volcanic Arc in a million years, destroyed Mazama's summit, reducing its approximate 12,000-foot height by about 1 mile.
Much of the edifice fell into the volcano's partially emptied neck and magma chamber, creating a caldera.
The region's volcanic activity results from the subduction of the offshore oceanic plate, and is influenced by local extensional faulting.
Mazama is dormant, but the US Geological Survey says eruptions on a smaller scale are likely, which Indigenous people have inhabited the area around Mazama and Crater Lake for at least 10,000 years and the volcano plays an important role in local folklore.
White settlers first reached the region in the mid-19th century.
Since the late-1800s, the area has been extensively studied by scientists for its geological phenomena and more recently for its potential sources of geothermal energy.
Crater Lake and Mazama's remnants sustain diverse ecosystems, which are closely monitored by the National Park Service because of their remoteness and ecological importance.
Recreational activities including hiking, biking, snowshoeing, fishing, and cross-country skiing are available, and during the summer, campgrounds and lodges at Crater Lake are open to visitors.would pose a threat to its surroundings.
A tip o' the hat (U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, 1924
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Acknowledgements
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Thanks to Tommie for her contribution on parenting. She has the creds.
And to the Jokes Warehouse for the chuckle today.
Thanks 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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GoodMorning
Saturday, September 28, 2019
I don’t know, I just don’t know.
I don’t know where I’ma gonna go when the volcano blow.
And now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your Taeyeon