A few days at Point Reyes

A visit to Oakland

 My cousins sometimes keep this old goat in their backyard!

my sister, an engineer

my family looks at snow

Two recent obsessions

 Neighborhood spot for contemplating infinity, Atlantic Ave, Crown Heights, 2013

These two things have been on my mind constantly since I read about them:

1. A time capsule from 100 years ago opened in Oklahoma
People from the past always seem like little kids, don't they?

2. We're no more closely related to our 12-generations-back forefathers than we are to strangers
I've spent so much time worrying and wondering about my distant family. I thought knowing something about them would teach me something about myself. It blows my mind how quickly the genetic relations fade.

And this: "In 2004, statistician Joseph Chang, computer scientist Douglas Rohde, and writer Steve Olson used a computer model of human genetics to show that anyone who was alive 2,000-3,000 years ago is either the ancestor of everyone who’s now alive, or no one at all."