During a quieter shift in the children’s emergency department, I took the opportunity to teach some of our GP trainees. They had quite a lot of anxiety around knowing what is normal or not normal for little babies. This is appropriate anxiety, because they will see a lot (and I mean, a lot!) of little babies in general practice. What’s more, it is not always completely obvious what exactly is or is not normal about some of the stuff they do!

So, I’ve actually been taking some of the advice I outlined for the upcoming October 14th Libra New Moon + Eclipse in our recent post Mind the Gap here on Substack. I’ve been actively working to remediate adrenal fatigue through fasting, herbal “medicines”, and daily neural reset meditations, like Shamanic Journeying. During one such afternoon Shamanic Journeying meditation just two days ago, I was greeted by an unexpected new totem animal: white buffalo.

In the eighth episode of the new, fifth season of Project Greenlight, released earlier this month on Max, Meko Winbush, the “winner” of the show—I’ll get to those scare quotes in a bit—is midway through production on her first feature, called Gray Matter. As usual with Project Greenlight films, the budget is extremely tight and the shooting schedule is tighter, giving Winbush only 18 days to complete a sci-fi drama with challenging effects sequences, some of them practical.

My wife, Lun*na Menoh, wakes up every morning at 5 AM to sit in her studio, facing the North, to watch the sunrise. Our view includes the Number Five Freeway, the Glendale Number Two Freeway, and the rooftops of Atwater Village. Two gas stations are across the street from each other, and a couple of homeless encampments are under the Five Freeway. On almost a daily basis, a Red-Tailed Hawk sits on the electrical tower to watch the sunrise with my wife.

Photo Credit: Eugene Emeralds | Gary BreedloveWe’re into the There R Giants Top 50. Over the winter months, I’ll write a post on each of the fifty players in my rankings, leading us back to the much-needed spring. Our list of previously covered players is getting a little long, so from here on out I’m moving the links for the full list down the bottom of the post. I’ve never really been the “gritty underdog” fanboy type.