14 January 2023

A while ago I reviewed last year, and set out some general goals for this year. Here I will lay out operational details on my plans

Current foci

• Figure out first MOOC
• Develop miso soup and seaweed salad recipes
• Get EMG interpreted and figure out next steps (late February)
• Write

1. Learn

MOOC-style course possibilities

• Introduction to Swift Programming part 1 (of a 4-course sequence)
  => I did this course, but was disappointed to discover after three weeks that it had not been updated in several years, and when it came time to actually use Xcode to build iOS apps, things had changed and the tutorial no longer matched the tools. …I am looking, instead, into a course on Swift offered by Apple, which will hopefully be up to date.
• Python programming (MIT), part 1 (of a 2-course sequence)
• Agent Based Modeling with Netlogo (Coursera – 2-hours)
• Modeling Mycellial Growth with Netlogo (Coursera 1.5 hours)
  
• Cell Biology (AP) — Part 1: The Cell. EdX (Rice)
• Cell Biology: Transport and Signaling
• Fundamentals of Neuroscience, part 1 of a 3-course sequence) edX.
• Circadian clocks: how rhythms structure life (Coursera)
• Fundamentals of Immunology (Coursera)
  
• The Structure of Materials (MITx)
  
• Calculus: Single Variable Part 1 – Functions (Coursera)
  

Other courses, lectures, etc.

• Piano
• Geology of the Gunflint Trail, Jim Miller, 2 meetings, January 2023
• ILSG Conference, Eau Claire, Sunday April 23-26

2. Write

Record ideas and writing fragments on runs; do more regular writing.
Launch late reviews blog

Reviews to write

• Otherlands
• Alien Oceans
• Gathering Moss

Fragments

• Downhill (14 January)

Essays worked on

• TBD

3. Do

Running 4–6 miles, 2-4 times a week
Strength/stretching regime 5 days a week
Hiking: do more

Local Outings

• MIA – Botticelli exhibit (Jan)
• Dakota – New Standards (Jan)
• Spoon and Stable (Jan)

Hiking

• High Sierra Camps — notice first week in February
• look into Grand Canyon/Arizona Hikes
• look into Grand Junction Colorado — when is viable time in spring?
• Other regional hikes: Porcupines…
• Eastern Sierra Hikes
• Hikes out of Aspen in June

Travel

• Arizona in spring?
• North Shore…?
• ???

Wellness

Health

• Should re-check BP to see how I am doing there
• Regular PSA tests
• Am awaiting a call to schedule EMG for Peripheral Neuropathy
• Have developed a good breakfast regime; I want to try to develop a good lunch regime, involving miso soup and/or seaweed salad.

Recipes

• – • – • – • – • Tried • – • – • – • – • – • –
• Halibut with mushrooms
• Carrot soup

• – • – • – • – • To try • – • – • – • – • – • –
• Miso soup
• Seaweed Salad

Read

Reading with Others

• The Contermporary American Essay, with CT
• Metaphors we Live by, with KC
• A Tangled Web, with CS
• Smellosophy, with RB (lapsed?)
  
  • – • – • – • – • finished • – • – • – • – • – • –
• Alien Oceans, with CT

Solo Reads

Solo Reads

• Clean Sweep, Ilona Andrews. A bit romancy; don’t think I’ll read series.
• Consider Phleabas, Ian Banks. Somewhat better than other two I’ve read.
• Grayhouse, Mariam Petrosyan. Mildly engaging: good characters and setting, but a bit too ambiguous and plot-less for my taste.
  
• – • – • – • – • Finished • – • – • – • – • – • –
• A Monstrous Regiment, Terry Pratchett. Disappointing: clever but not serious.

• – • – • – • – • To Read • – • – • – • – • – • –
• The High Sierra: A Love Story, Kim Stanley Robinson
• Player of Games, Ian Banks
• The Weapon Maker, Ian Banks
• The Man who was Thursday, G K Chesterton
• C. J. Cherryh: Union [Cyteen; 40,000 in Gehenna; Regenesis] & Alliance: [Heavy Time
  & Hellburner; Downbelow Station; Merchanter’s Luck; Rimrunners; Tripoint; Finity’s End ]

House & Garden Projects

• Basement:::::: books; lamps; furniture
• Garden:::::::::: mulch south garden
• Garden:::::::::: do something with back 40
• HardTech:::::: new macs; NAS

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