Unplugged and Reconnected. A Day of Rest.
Day starts with angst, leading to screen-free day, reservoir walk, visit to farm stand, reading real book. Revived with renewed sense of gratitude & well-being. We respect Listeners, Watchers, and Readers . Show Notes at the end. Watch on YouTube None today. Read Newsletter The same content as the podcast, but not a verbatim transcript. Could be a book chapter with images. download the printable transcript here Contents Episode Proem JoJo and Danny selfie Good morning. I’m sitting on my porch with my dog, Jojo, who’s now coming up to sit on my lap. The sun is shining. We live on a busy street, so you’ll hear many of those noises. I didn’t sleep that well last night. I had more angst than I’ve had in a long time. And my angst was about, oh, I’m doing so much, oh goodness, what is that, a cardinal, that I’m doing so much, I’m so busy, I’m trying so many new things, why can’t I settle, do I have ADHD, just worry, worry, worry, worry. I haven’t had this kind of worry in a long time, not since I’ve been working or… Podcast intro Welcome to Health Hats, the Podcast. I’m Danny van Leeuwen, a two-legged cisgender old white man of privilege who knows a little bit about a lot of healthcare and a lot about very little. We will listen and learn about what it takes to adjust to life’s realities in the awesome circus of healthcare. Let’s make some sense of all of this. Screen-free day I finally got some sleep, woke up, and decided that everything I was doing was fun, that I was my master, and that I would have a screen-free day. So… It’s already been a little bit of a challenge. I had to text my sister. She wanted to have dinner tonight. I guess that was just a second, and I listened to music on my phone, but I don’t think that counts. My wife, the dog, and I will take a walk. I’m going to read an actual book instead of a Kindle. So, I’ll check in as the day goes on and let you know how it’s going. Walking a mile around the Res Arlington Reservoir image by Danny Hear that sound? That’s the sound of the water going out of the Arlington Reservoir. The Arlington Reservoir is the secondary water source for where we Image of Danny and JoJo by Danny live in case our primary water source goes bad. I love that we have this. We’re walking around it. It’s about not quite a mile. See how I do. Arlington Reservoir image by Danny. Okay, I’m about three-quarters of the way around the reservation. It’s really low. I wonder why because we’ve had a lot of rain. I’m still plugging away, going kind of slow. We’ve seen some bird watchers who identified some yellow bottom warblers, and then I saw a woodpecker on my own, and of course, there’s a ton of squirrels, which the dog sees. There are a lot of dogs. So far, I’ve been okay. I think I will be thoroughly exhausted when we get back to the car, but we’re three-quarters of the way there. So that’s good. It’s a good day. It’s a good day to be able to walk that far. The leaves are beginning to change. But not too much. Hello. Okay. I see a gate here. It’s open. I was thinking. I don’t know if I could go around the gate. There’s a beach path, but it looks narrow. What a beautiful day. It’s so sunny. God! It’s supposed to be that eclipse, but I’m not here, so I won’t see it. But since I’m not doing screen time today, I have to wait till tomorrow to go on YouTube and see it. Anyway… Ooh, I’m fading. I can just feel it. Oh, my goodness. I’m going to have to sit at the next place to sit. Unless I’m, I don’t think I can see our car, so I guess I can keep walking. Farm stand We stopped at a farm stand to see what good stuff we could find. I’m roaming around the farm store. Anne’s looking at the vegetables. I pick out some garlic. I used it on some fish stew I made while she was in Santa Fe with her sisters. Also, get some pretzels, fresh pasta, and spices. Ann does most all the shopping. I go to the weekly farmer’s market whenever I can. I also order and cook all the meat from our meat share collective. Ann eats little