Category Archives: Personal history

A quiz about which personality quiz applies to you

Posted on Saturday 22 April 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

The Atlantic, Kelly Conaboy, 18 Apr 2023: What Your Favorite Personality Test Says About You, subtitled “Are you a Myers-Briggs person, an Enneagram person, or something else? The Atlantic made a quiz to help you find out.” (Updated Sun 23 … Continue reading →

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Our New Hillside, and the usual political matters

Posted on Friday 21 April 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

First of all, tree trimmers have been near us for two days, trimming and potentially cutting down the eucalyptus trees on the hillside next to our house. This is welcome news because eucalyptus trees are fire-prone, and because a couple … Continue reading →

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A Day at the Bay

Posted on Saturday 15 April 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Today we did an afternoon walk, on a chilly, breezy, but sunny afternoon, around the Emeryville peninsula surrounding the marina there and ending with Emeryville Marina Park. We’ve done this walk before, perhaps three times; we park at the “Watergate … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton via Sarah Bakewell

Posted on Monday 10 April 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

I mentioned Sarah Bakewell in my post of March 29th, for two reviews of her new book on the history and meaning of humanism, Humanly Possible, a very long book on one of my primary interests, but so long that … Continue reading →

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Trip Report: LA to Attend Michael & Honey’s Wedding

Posted on Tuesday 4 April 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

This past weekend Y and I drove down to Los Angeles to attend his younger son Michael’s wedding. (Thus the absence of daily posts here for five days.) It was our first trip out of town in 3 1/2 years, … Continue reading →

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Saturday Updates, and Progress

Posted on Saturday 18 March 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

(These are photos from a late 1980s trip to Vandenberg to see a rocket launch.) First of all, I spent another hour polishing and expanding yesterday’s post, about 6 short literary novels I read in 5 days last week while … Continue reading →

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Zodiacal Light, and The Well

Posted on Monday 27 February 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Two more items for today, which I decided not to squeeze into the previous post.

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Crime in Oakland, Restorative Justice, and Personal Experiences with Crime

Posted on Sunday 12 February 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Here’s a local news item of interest on several points. And then my history of being victim of crime. ABC 7 News, 10 Feb 2023: Family of Oakland baker seeks ‘restorative justice’ for her death following robbery

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More About the 747

Posted on Monday 6 February 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

For decades the Boeing 747 was the largest passenger airliner in the world, and it debuted (in 1968) just a few years before I had occasion to take a plane flight anywhere, or pay attention to different kinds of planes. … Continue reading →

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Crosby, Stills, and Nash: Daylight Again

Posted on Thursday 19 January 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

So David Crosby died today. I only acquired a couple three of this group’s albums over the years, and from them, this is my favorite song. Update 23 Jan 23: This post here and on Fb may strike some as … Continue reading →

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