A few notes and one reaction

Berkeley, Saturday, September 5, 2026 5:25 pm

A great hike today. I will write some of the learnings. Not looking at google yet.

After that, well this is fresh, and somehow need to be made abstract in here. In the gospel a woman with hemorrhage touched Jesus. The thing is that he was getting through a huge crow, which was pushing in, but he felt the touch. And so, ask who touched him. The woman came forward. He said that her faith has saved here. Lk. 8 43-48.3

One of course feels when is physically touched by someone. It could mean many ways, and one might read the meaning in most cases, if one is present, that is actually when that would happen. At times that communication is not that clear. It is usually better to ask question or address the situation. I understand it has complexity to said the things straightforward, while is still somehow understanding, but still better, regardless awkwardness, and might be regardless on how it is taken.

Those are two separate events. I will go to the library soon, glad that it is open until 10 pm.

Now some learning about places and things I learned today. Also, I had to look up to in the USBCC website for the specific quotation for paragraph two. I will use some internet, beyond this WYSIWYG editor space. I will use some of the internet to confirm the places names.

I learned a bit about the Carmel Valley. It seems to be a great place.

I learned a bit about the Tasajara Mountain Center, i might be omitting a few things. The Tassajara Creek flows through it. It laters joins Arroyo Seco. At some point somehow Arroyo Seco, I think it is also called Santa Lucia Creek. Arroyo Seco flows into the Salinas River in the Salinas Valley, so it is not in the Carmel River Watershed. However, Tassajara is in the mountain divide of several creeks. Some flow to the Salinas, some to the Carmel, might be other flows to other smaller river directly to the coast. I think this is called the Santa Lucia Mountain Range, and all of this is in the Monterey County? No well, to the south side of the range, and still in the mountain range is San Luis Obispo County.

A random though here, not connected with this great experience of the hike, a bit to the second thing described on the first paragraphs, or a bit in general. Insecurity, which might be lack of confidence on something or in an interaction, does not come necessarily from a skill thing, which could be a case of lack of something, but sometimes comes from the awkwardness or a boundary crossed, and not ask about.

Among goals are always the skill of clear communication.

Back to some learnigs.

I learned a bit about the Tassajara hot springs. What else I can say. Now, it is more a sort of facts.

But, I learned about other interesting stories and places, such as the Oregon City in California, the Feather River and Oroville Dam.

It would be good to check the water quality and the swimming options there.

Might be Nevada City, also in California, is not too far?

Other things, I also learned, which would be rather hard to get there one day, were in Alberta, Canada. I learned about Jasper, and might be Band National Parks? Who knows? I hear a bit about the rut for elk around September and October. I learned a bit about Grizzly bears spotting.