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Outback in Oregon.

Stargazer’s paradise: Oregon area named world’s largest dark sky sanctuary Certification awarded for 2.5m acres offering pristine views of night sky, with hopes for expansion to 11m acres

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/mar/02/positive-male-role-models-detoxifying-social-media-manosphere

How positive male role models are detoxifying the social media ‘manosphere’ Influencers advocating for mental health, self-love and parenting are reclaiming the space from Andrew Tate and his ilk

Today is Edgar Allan Poe's birthday. "Quoth the Raven....Nevermore."

Edgar Allan Poe is born | January 19, 1809 | HISTORY The famed writer of macabre literary fiction is born in Boston, MA.

One of my favorite passages from Khalil Gibran, on children. We parents should recognize this.

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Sound bathing. A medical anthropologist reports on this trend. I remember getting a demo at the Integratron in Landers, CA I was very impressed with the acoustics, but also the sensation of sound immersion.

A beginner's guide to sound baths − what they are, how to choose a good one and what the research shows A medical anthropologist explores claims about the health benefits of sound baths and how to choose the one to attend.