Monday all day and Tuesday morning

[helwen]

Well, ended up in front of the computer a good part of yesterday, as per usual on a Monday - catching up on things, corresponding, etc. Also gathering data for doing taxes, which takes a little time. And had some more of the yummy cookies, so decided I needed to burn some of it off. Warmed up, ran in place for 5-6 minutes, then went out and moved the leftover pile of deconstruction wood from the garage from the backyard to on the driveway, then fitzw and I went for a nice long walk. Got in an hour of exercise, all told.

Also read a little about dowsing and ley lines. Interesting discussions on magical/non-magical/energy/logical causes of various straight tracks/paths. Dowsing of course still hasn't been explained scientifically, but everyone including governments use dowsers to help them find things (mostly water, but not just).

This morning we went to the bank, so that was another decent walk. Yay! Only in the mid-40's (F), but not as windy as yesterday and the sun was quite pleasant. Finished a scroll this morning and am taking a break now for some tea.

Comments

Fie I say!

[bytchearse.livejournal.com]

On "scientific explanations" :-D SOme thigns exists no matter what the scientists say :-P

See ya at Coronation!

Re: Fie I say!

[helwen.livejournal.com]

*grin* Some of the discussion comes up because not every straight track is a ley line, eh? This article here...
http://www.northernearth.co.uk/emnewley.htm

...talks about something called the Desire Path. And I'll grant that in some cases that works -- I've seen it happen at UMass Amherst. Students have certain patterns for travel that are determined by the classes they have for their degree program, and when you're walking a big campus and only have 10 minutes to get from one end to the other, patterns that don't follow the existing walkways develop. After a few years the admin paved over the primary paths that had been created by the students. It was kind of interesting to watch happening.

It's kind of like cooking, in that a number of dishes can have same/similar ingredients, but taste completely different from each other. Or same ingredients but different cooks, can lead to a dish being edible or not... One of the big challenges for ley lines is that a lot of people get into looking for them without the skills or knowledge to do it in a discerning way. So, figuring what is or isn't a ley line, or megalithic structure, or other things, can be a challenge. And _that's_ even _without_ getting into arguing with hidebound archaeologists :D

Me, I have my own thoughts and opinions, but I like to check out the different views on a subject (if only for the know-the-"enemy" aspect).

See you at Coronation!

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, my grandfather was a dowser, and supposedly quite successful. Of course, Venango County has a *lot* of underground water, so it's really not all that surprising ;)

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Cool! Yes, there's a lot of water at the farm, too. Considering the field used to be a beaver meadow, not surprising. But they're also supposed to be good at finding particular types and amounts, if they're good at it -- fitzw's dad hired one a few years ago because they needed to locate the pipe for the spring that goes to the house and the guy found it for them.