In March of 1947 my maternal grandfather set out to write a 17-page memoir, “A Brief Family History; Personal Reminiscences.” That typewritten document, in turn, contained a shorter, similar memoir written in longhand by his father in 1922. My grandfather copied that latter document into his own memoir verbatim. The 1922 document, in turn, contains… Continue reading My Ancestors’ Memoirs
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Summary for May, 2022
In all three areas represented here, Santa Clara County, the State of California, and the U.S. new cases trended upward while deaths trended downward. In Santa Clara County hospitalizations trended upward, as did emergency-department visits.
Summary for April 2022
Number of new cases for Santa Clara County rose slightly during April. Number of new deaths for Santa Clara County dropped during April. Number of people hospitalized in Santa Clara County fell slightly during April. The number of people visiting the emergency room for Covid symptoms rose slightly during April. Number of new cases in… Continue reading Summary for April 2022
Ten Years Later
In November of 2021, I reached the 10th anniversary of my cancer surgery. Most cancers are considered “cured” after five years, but prostate cancer is slow growing and so is only considered cured after ten years. I have now reached that anniversary. This is determined by semi-annual PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) tests. Since only the prostate… Continue reading Ten Years Later
Summary for the month of January, 2022
New cases for all regions (county, state, and national) rose to new record levels in January, but were starting to fall by the end of the month. This spike is considered to be due to the “Omicron” variant of the Corona virus, which is believed to be must more contagious than previous variants. The number… Continue reading Summary for the month of January, 2022
Covid Summary for November.
New cases in Santa Clara County went up during the first half of November and came down during the second half. The number of hospitalized Covid patients went the opposite way, going down and then coming up. However, there were fewer hospitalizations at the end of the month than at the beginning. In California the… Continue reading Covid Summary for November.
The Three Poisons of Buddhism
* From the Teaching Company course, Tibet: History, Culture, and Religion, Lecture, Lesson 7: “The Buddha and the Four Noble Truths” Return to the Four Noble Truths Return to the Buddhist Lists.
The Three Refuges of Buddhism
From the Alan Watts Lecture Series, “You’re It” available from Sounds True: Return to the Buddhist Lists.
The Six Perfections
Generosity Moral Behavior Patience Effort Concentration Wisdom Return to the Buddhist Lists.
The Four Divine Abodes
Loving Kindness Compassion Sympathetic Bliss Equanimity Return to the Buddhist Lists.