ZeroWater

Rick Thues October 18, 2023 Uncategorized 5 Comments

Episode #768 October 21, 2023 My water is from a well. Yours might be too, but chances are that it is treated before it enters the city water system. Yet, even in city water, dangerous chemicals may be present.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVDg8fVC4EQ Some of these chemicals are from the purification process itself, such as chorine, chloramines and fluoride. Some are simply not filtered, such as lead, chromium and nitrates. Lucky for me the aquifer below my property is filtered through a granite mountain before it arrives at my well. Unfortunately, I live in a rural equestrian area. This means that there are...

[Continue Reading...]

Play

Rick Thues October 13, 2023 Uncategorized 3 Comments

Episode #767 October 14, 2023 Sometimes I am not in my best humor. The minutia of my day-to-day is a creeping tension felt in my heart, body and soul. Seriousness bends my smile.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_5O-nUiZ_0 Nothing is so important that it cannot be a game. When I feel down, I play a game and things look up. Joking is my favorite kind of play. Sarcasm is my ball. I throw it to another person. I gave a coworker this compliment: “You just made a fortune for the company… You are soooooo bad at this.” My grandfather use to say, “If...

[Continue Reading...]

Clarity

Rick Thues October 4, 2023 Uncategorized 1 Comment

Episode #766 October 7, 2023 In the driver’s seat I am centered in my universe. Maybe because I raised my seat a notch. Maybe it is the clear weather to the horizon. It might be that I am alone.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVorTQnscu0 This moment is a fabric woven from reality. In this moment scenery flows around me.  The car is electric-mode silent.  The hum of tires on road is a white noise of existence. The scenery slows. Details pop into clarity. A bunny freezes its dash across the road. Its fur ruffles in a slight breeze. Nose twitches. A hawk hovers....

[Continue Reading...]

Wild Animals

Rick Thues September 28, 2023 Uncategorized 5 Comments

Episode #765 September 30,2023 San Diego Zoo Safari Park (formerly known as San Diego Wild Animal Park) is located in Escondido, California in San Diego County.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xKLBne1CoI The park is 3 square miles of mountain chaparral. The natural landscape is composed of Chamise, Manzanita, Red Shank, various brush, an infinite mix of wildflower ground cover and boulders. Below the park is a fertile valley and the sprawling suburbs of Escondido. Safari Park is divided in half with the eastern side being natural savannas and plains. The western half is composed of walking trails in a more traditional zoo setting....

[Continue Reading...]

Ass-u-me

Rick Thues September 21, 2023 Uncategorized 4 Comments

Episode #764 September 23, 2023 My first job was at Foster’s Freeze. I was hired to clean up. Being raised in the 60’s I was never really taught to clean. My mother was a stay-at-home mom. Cleaning was her job. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lk2KHajp4Y I was taught to always seek clarity when performing a task.  I plagued my new boss with questions. “What should I clean?” “Everything.” “Where is the broom?” “In the broom closet.” “Where is the mop?” “In the broom closet with everything else for cleaning.” “What cleaning products should I use on the floor? On the counters? On the ice...

[Continue Reading...]

Falling

Rick Thues September 13, 2023 Uncategorized 3 Comments

Episode #763 September 16, 2023 We are always in a state of freefall.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVPrCdChOAk Walking and running is the act of continually falling and catching one’s self. When walking we shift our body mass to the leading foot, falling forward. The leading foot catches our fall allowing us to pivot and swing the trailing foot forward. And so it goes, falling forward onto the right, then left, then right foot again and again. Running exaggerates the walking fall. Higher speed, greater impact requires better balance and spontaneity, but it is falling all the same.  We fall horizontally in our...

[Continue Reading...]