Incense is psychoactive: Scientists identify the biology behind the ceremony
New study in The FASEB Journal shows how and why molecules released from burning incense in religious ceremonies alleviate anxiety and depression
Sadly, in general the Episcopal churches in Minnesota do not use incense nearly as much as those in Chicagoland.
By way of Dvorak Uncensored and this post in episcopal.
Downtown Chicago as I remember it, from this post by jeff_duntemann.
In 2000, a Streetwise Veteran Schooled a Bold Young Obama. Interesting account of politics on the south side of Chicago. It mentions several names I remember from my Chicago days. In particular, I am pleased to see that Abner Mikva is still with us. He was our State Rep when I first came to Chicago, in 1957.
My mother continues to get better, but this is a long, slow road. I am going home to Minnesota tomorrow, so I won’t see the next steps.
My brother Raven, his wife Anne, and their sons Patrick and Ian took me to dinner tonight at a local Mexican restaurant. Anne works for a local restaurant chain and I asked her if this was one of hers. She answered: “Don’t I wish!” It is a neighborhood family place. It reminded me of the kind of Mexican restaurant we used to visit in Chicago. We have not found the equivalent in the Twin Cities. I am sure it exists, but it is a long way from Roseville, which is close to being a culinary dead zone.
This was a good visit. I feel I have made a difference in my mother’s life, and in the lives of my brother and his family, who would otherwise have been alone on the front line in this crisis.
Chicago Reader, RIP. See also Chicago Reader sold to Florida publisher. Via Planet Carleton and Elizabeth Tamny.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 