Kirby's Five Things

1. I usually carry a coin in my pocket for assistance in making decisions.  If I want heads and I get heads, I am happy. If I don't know what I want, my reaction to what I get tells me.  If I get tails but I want heads, I ignore the coin.

2. I was surprised when I was little and we got an additional family member.  I knew girls existed but no one had mentioned that we might get one.  Once we are into August, I think of meeting my sister since it happened then.

3. CNN photos of the week: https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/world/gallery/photos-this-week-july-24-july-31/index.html?

4. This blog started with writing about the Buddhist/Quaker habit of meditating.  If you are looking for an introduction to the activity, take a look at "Take a Moment" by Paul Christelis.  It is a children's book but former children can find quick, direct, clear discussion in it.

5. Pope Gregory XIII and me - The first assignment we had in computer coding class was to write a program that would yield the number of days between two dates.  In our research, we learned the pope's astronomers told him in 1582 the Christian calendar was badly out of alignment with the actual time.  He declared October 4 would be followed the next day by October 15.  There were riots protesting the Papal shortening of living people's lives!!