What is the ideal? Being, intentionally, mindfully, healthfully, interdependently. I appreciate health span and life span, how one may healthfully live and love well all one’s life, how a relationship full of good living and loving may thrive timelessly. What is dying, if appreciation foundationally supports good progress? Appreciation is celebration, living and loving well from hence is good affirmation of the constancy of what good is ever lasting. Grace, beyond human comprehension, reflects through good of human ingenuity. What is celestial, of the cosmos, establishing cosmical perpetuity? What is celestial is beyond time, so, what does one do with one’s energy, if one is to live forever, what is one determining, seeking to determine one’s life to be, in the universe’s annals? What is temporal? One must navigate well beyond the finiteness of the temporal. Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne My album, A Tender Walk, is available to experience: ampl.ink/OvYVP Producer: @RyiniBeats Album Engineer: Marcelo Morales (soundbetter.com/profiles/781…) Recording Studio: Audio Ertunts Recording Studio Studio Manager: Bayarkhuu Nyamkhuu #New #Music #Nature #Motivation #Art #Tender #Walk #Album

Buongiorno, como stai?/Hello, how are you? I hope all is progressing well. IDK We Can Talk About It (Ep. 182): Meal Budget, Youth Health Report, Origami Octopus, The Complete Guide to Reflexology (and more): youtu.be/iOMFLRQhuMw CDC’s Latest Youth Behavior Report Offers a Narrower Look at Teen Health: edweek.org/leadership/cdcs-l… As Student Meal Debt Soars, School Districts Launch Their Own Fundraisers: edweek.org/leadership/as-stu… Origami Octopus: origamiok.com/origami-octopu… IDK, We Can Talk About It works directly in connection with piatures.com/forum. Please use these forums freely, mindfully, and respectfully. God willing, there will be a post every Monday-ish. Heads Up: I have a creative process. Creative writing is a culmination of imagination, purpose, and skill—for me—to say the least. The world at large consists of myriad forms of communication—one of, if not the, most common being talking. Writing being, arguably, the most important—which I tend to more often than not. Most of the world, at large, develops at different levels of silence. Through this channel, I'm going to engage a variety of topics, familiar and unfamiliar. If you choose to join me in engaging these topics, understand, this is a channel for civil-reasonable discussion(s), learning, and opining. If I don't have an answer, understand, I don't know, we can talk about it. Forever Learning, Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne

Privet, kak dela?/Hello, how are you? I hope all is progressing well. IDK We Can Talk About It (Ep. 181): Classroom Cameras, Decoding, Origami Kirby, Reflexology (and more): youtu.be/aBW2VhWBwkk Yes, Students Still Need to Develop Decoding Skills Beyond Elementary School: edweek.org/teaching-learning… Cameras in Special Ed. Classrooms: Safety Measure or Privacy Invasion?: edweek.org/teaching-learning… Origami Kirby: origamiok.com/origami-kirby/ IDK, We Can Talk About It works directly in connection with piatures.com/forum. Please use these forums freely, mindfully, and respectfully. God willing, there will be a post every Monday-ish. Heads Up: I have a creative process. Creative writing is a culmination of imagination, purpose, and skill—for me—to say the least. The world at large consists of myriad forms of communication—one of, if not the, most common being talking. Writing being, arguably, the most important—which I tend to more often than not. Most of the world, at large, develops at different levels of silence. Through this channel, I'm going to engage a variety of topics, familiar and unfamiliar. If you choose to join me in engaging these topics, understand, this is a channel for civil-reasonable discussion(s), learning, and opining. If I don't have an answer, understand, I don't know, we can talk about it. Forever Learning, Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne

What's snapping? I hope all is progressing well. Le Défi des Druides by Évelyne Brisou-Pellen (Illustrator: Morgan) is a form of historical fiction regarding the druids, of Celtic origins, the Celts, the Gauls, and the Romans, focusing through an apprentice druid on a return from a part of a druid pilgrimage. The text grapples with transitioning economic, knowledge, and social dynamics in ways that make parts of the story seem ironic though one may imagine the culturally shocking elements in development. The vagueness of war is more apparent when one does not have a near constant feed of developments of war through a seemingly publicly available, hyper speed channeling of parameters of broadcasting. Though the mysteries of nature persist amongst all that is attainable to be researchable to be, perhaps more, explainable, a lot of the natural world is quite mysterious even through modern developing science. The text grapples with these dimensions of cultures in development through countries and states of being in development. The text engages the supernatural and the apparently natural intermixing and observes the extending flexibility and possibility of each, with a keen focus on humankind in development. The text inquires of choice generational development, of how any might engage the future of possibility, of random variety, even amidst what may be assuring, and entwines touching elements between people along the ways of life, trying for choice life, beyond transitions of living, transitions of life. Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne Book Reviews (feel free to read the full review); Piatures.com/book-reviews

Annyeonghaseyo?/Hello, how are you? I hope all is progressing well. IDK We Can Talk About It (Ep. 180): Microschools, Ed. Extra Curricular, Origami Fan, The Golden Ass (and more): youtu.be/modJEbSlRxA Skimping on Recess Won’t Fix Test Scores, Experts Say: edweek.org/leadership/skimpi… Microschools Are Spreading. Some School Districts Have Opened Their Own: edweek.org/policy-politics/m… Origami Fan: origamiok.com/origami-fan/ IDK, We Can Talk About It works directly in connection with piatures.com/forum. Please use these forums freely, mindfully, and respectfully. God willing, there will be a post every Monday-ish. Heads Up: I have a creative process. Creative writing is a culmination of imagination, purpose, and skill—for me—to say the least. The world at large consists of myriad forms of communication—one of, if not the, most common being talking. Writing being, arguably, the most important—which I tend to more often than not. Most of the world, at large, develops at different levels of silence. Through this channel, I'm going to engage a variety of topics, familiar and unfamiliar. If you choose to join me in engaging these topics, understand, this is a channel for civil-reasonable discussion(s), learning, and opining. If I don't have an answer, understand, I don't know, we can talk about it. Forever Learning, Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne

Namaste, tum thik ho?/Hello, how are you? I hope all is progressing well. IDK We Can Talk About It (Ep. 179): Ed. Facilities, Health & Data Centers, Origami Rooster, Breasts: The Owner’s Manual (and more): youtu.be/Y0Quy6hcqxQ What Happens When a Data Center Is Built Near a School?: edweek.org/leadership/what-h… Building Problems Forced Students to Lose 3.5 Million Days of Learning in 2024–25: edweek.org/leadership/buildi… Origami Rooster: origamiok.com/origami-chicke… IDK, We Can Talk About It works directly in connection with piatures.com/forum. Please use these forums freely, mindfully, and respectfully. God willing, there will be a post every Monday-ish. Heads Up: I have a creative process. Creative writing is a culmination of imagination, purpose, and skill—for me—to say the least. The world at large consists of myriad forms of communication—one of, if not the, most common being talking. Writing being, arguably, the most important—which I tend to more often than not. Most of the world, at large, develops at different levels of silence. Through this channel, I'm going to engage a variety of topics, familiar and unfamiliar. If you choose to join me in engaging these topics, understand, this is a channel for civil-reasonable discussion(s), learning, and opining. If I don't have an answer, understand, I don't know, we can talk about it. Forever Learning, Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne

Merhaba, nasılsın?/Hi, how are you? I hope all is progressing well. IDK We Can Talk About It (Ep. 178): Ed. Data Collection, Pre-K Lines, Origami Football, Excellent Women (and more): youtu.be/2FX2IJIhk-A Education Data Collection Has Cratered Under Trump. Can It Be Rebuilt?: edweek.org/policy-politics/e… Get in Line! Pre-K Expansion May Force 4-Year-Olds to Act Like Older Students: edweek.org/teaching-learning… Origami Football: origamiok.com/origami-footba… IDK, We Can Talk About It works directly in connection with piatures.com/forum. Please use these forums freely, mindfully, and respectfully. God willing, there will be a post every Monday-ish. Heads Up: I have a creative process. Creative writing is a culmination of imagination, purpose, and skill—for me—to say the least. The world at large consists of myriad forms of communication—one of, if not the, most common being talking. Writing being, arguably, the most important—which I tend to more often than not. Most of the world, at large, develops at different levels of silence. Through this channel, I'm going to engage a variety of topics, familiar and unfamiliar. If you choose to join me in engaging these topics, understand, this is a channel for civil-reasonable discussion(s), learning, and opining. If I don't have an answer, understand, I don't know, we can talk about it. Forever Learning, Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne

Sain baina yy?/Hello, how are you? I hope all is progressing well. IDK We Can Talk About It (Ep. 177): Bilingual Education, Ed. Goals & Tech. Use, Origami Cow, Feel It All (and more): youtu.be/jkX-D4ipZSM Why Bilingual Education in High School is Hard to Find: edweek.org/leadership/why-bi… Schools Spend Billions on AI, But Struggle to Figure Out What’s Worth Buying: edweek.org/technology/school… Origami Cow: origamiok.com/origami-cow/ IDK, We Can Talk About It works directly in connection with piatures.com/forum. Please use these forums freely, mindfully, and respectfully. God willing, there will be a post every Monday-ish. Heads Up: I have a creative process. Creative writing is a culmination of imagination, purpose, and skill—for me—to say the least. The world at large consists of myriad forms of communication—one of, if not the, most common being talking. Writing being, arguably, the most important—which I tend to more often than not. Most of the world, at large, develops at different levels of silence. Through this channel, I'm going to engage a variety of topics, familiar and unfamiliar. If you choose to join me in engaging these topics, understand, this is a channel for civil-reasonable discussion(s), learning, and opining. If I don't have an answer, understand, I don't know, we can talk about it. Forever Learning, Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne

H'allo, how are you? I hope all is progressing well. I really like Les Blagues de Toto: L’ecole des vannes by Thierry Coppée (Inker: Lorien) is like a collection of full-page comic short stories which address a family, particularly Toto's, his parents, and constituents of his school environment through different experiences—all of which comically engage familial and other relational growth connections (addressing parenting, being a student, moving between spaces particular home and school, friendships, concepts of love/romance) throughout the span of what appears to be a year (from the start to the end of a school year). Here are the comic short stories of which stand out the most to me—I think all of the stories are enjoyable, here are the ones that I laugh out loud about immediately after reading: “Mon nom est Toto”, “Je pense à toi…”, “Mâche-mamie”, “Le génie du puzzle”, “Lessive conseillée”, “Le martyr”, “Cherchez l’erreur”, “Carnet de fausses notes”, “Dessine-moi deux vaches”, and “Cadeau de fin d’année”. I find the other pieces to be more so clever and deep, and I find all of the pieces worth reflecting over. Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne Book Reviews: piatures.com/book-reviews

Perennial Ladle Thanks to willingness, order, seemingly reliable efforts and organization of archivists and preservers, pronunciations of a/ sur/name(s), historical mysteries of intricate details of copulating: one may glimpse trails leading to the present, aside from one's very self, of one's presence, to a physical degree far more so than of other dimensions of self characteristically. The present holds opportune spacing for definitive futures of ambiguous potentials—beyond an incomplete patchwork of a universally diverse expansive masterpiece which undergoes crocheting, stitching, threading, and weaving—no limits of craftspersonship, not one lesser or least—at a rate faster than a pico second, so, the more so lifeful the more so timeless—life—how this may be can very, for each may process differently, of the fantastical interdependent grand tableau: what might one contribute, what might one sow, what may futures well learn to deliberate—how—and beyond, futures may well grow? Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne Feel free to explore more of my creativity via Piatures.com / via a link in my bio. #Poetry #Journey #Past #Present #Future

Bonjour, ca va?/Hello, how are you? I hope all is progressing well. IDK We Can Talk About It (Ep. 176): Pre-K/Family Care, Instructional Reforms, Origami Swashbuckler Paper Airplane, Sex Education for Teenagers (and more): youtu.be/J9eVRbETLB0 Does Pre-K Give Kids a Lasting Edge? What the Latest Study Says: edweek.org/teaching-learning… How Much Do Instructional Reforms Actually Improve Schools?: edweek.org/leadership/opinio… Origami Swashbuckler Paper Airplane: origamipages.com/swashbuckle… IDK, We Can Talk About It works directly in connection with piatures.com/forum. Please use these forums freely, mindfully, and respectfully. God willing, there will be a post every Monday-ish. Heads Up: I have a creative process. Creative writing is a culmination of imagination, purpose, and skill—for me—to say the least. The world at large consists of myriad forms of communication—one of, if not the, most common being talking. Writing being, arguably, the most important—which I tend to more often than not. Most of the world, at large, develops at different levels of silence. Through this channel, I'm going to engage a variety of topics, familiar and unfamiliar. If you choose to join me in engaging these topics, understand, this is a channel for civil-reasonable discussion(s), learning, and opining. If I don't have an answer, understand, I don't know, we can talk about it. Forever Learning, Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne

What's up though? I hope all is progressing well. How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving by Dr. David Richo, PhD, MFT, a psychotherapist, approaches developing beyond childhood through adulthood by ways of attention, acceptance, appreciation, affection, and allowing, which the author refers to as the five A's of love, to engage relational capacities that exist and extend beyond oneself though include oneself. The text offers strong reflective inquiries and practices which may prove very effective for oneself personally as well as within a relationship. Though the text acknowledges benefits of therapy and continuous work necessary (beyond the text) to continue ensuring mindfully loving oneself as well as beyond oneself to a connecting universal interdependence, the text seems to contain cajoling language. The text offers criteria of exactness which may actually prove contradictory to approaching mindful loving by way of the five A's of love. Labelling may prove to be a form of typecasting which may prove harmful to implementing the five A's of love, especially considering the importance of nuances of personalities and decision-making. The five A's of love may prove helpful though areas of explication through the text which may be of the author's ethos may be necessarily beneficial for one to parse so as to approach the five A's of love without contradiction or typecasting. The text engages dynamics of the hero's journey to fortify supporting implementation of the five A's of love. The author offers other supportive guidance which one may benefit from adhering to mindfully. Here are a few of my ponderings when reading the text; Dorothy, of the film, The Wizard of Oz (1939), needs to fend death and receive the incantation to return to her home amongst much else (clicking her heels is only a part of broader dimensions), aside from the fact the story is not altogether really only about Dorothy; authenticity, intention, and purpose are critical to relational dynamics with self as well as with an/other(s); how one decides to be may prove of multifactorial proportions, even so, self-culturing well is critical to developing one's choice life which may root itself greatly in one's choice feeling, thinking, or reasoning; one has much control of one's life; one may purely enjoy healthful hedonism. Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne Book Reviews; Piatures.com/book-reviews

Yetzer Hara To be one's own beast of burden or beast of relief, must not one well-learn thyself to better comprehend one's choice tendencies, why one may desire or feed? What is a measure of satisfaction to greed? What is a measure to assess want versus need? What structures the frame or carriage? What structures the brain or parage? Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne Feel free to engage more of my creativity via Piatures.com. #Artist #Poem #GatesofHell #Rodin #Art #Philosophy

Hola, como estas?/Hello, how are you? I hope all is progressing well. IDK We Can Talk About It (Ep. 175): High Needs Hiring/Retention, IEPs & 540s, Origami Butterfly Ring, William Shakespeare Complete Plays (and more): youtu.be/__-I60TOZ18 Why Teachers Would—or Wouldn’t—Move to a High-Needs School: edweek.org/leadership/why-te… The Differences Between IEPs and 504 Plans: A Special Education Explainer: edweek.org/teaching-learning… Origami Butterfly Ring: origamiok.com/origami-butter… IDK, We Can Talk About It works directly in connection with piatures.com/forum. Please use these forums freely, mindfully, and respectfully. God willing, there will be a post every Monday-ish. Heads Up: I have a creative process. Creative writing is a culmination of imagination, purpose, and skill—for me—to say the least. The world at large consists of myriad forms of communication—one of, if not the, most common being talking. Writing being, arguably, the most important—which I tend to more often than not. Most of the world, at large, develops at different levels of silence. Through this channel, I'm going to engage a variety of topics, familiar and unfamiliar. If you choose to join me in engaging these topics, understand, this is a channel for civil-reasonable discussion(s), learning, and opining. If I don't have an answer, understand, I don't know, we can talk about it. Forever Learning, Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne

Ni hao ma?/Hello, how are you? I hope all is progressing well. IDK We Can Talk About It (Ep. 174): Cyberbullying, Nonzero Grading, Origami Carrot, The Hero With a Thousand Faces (and more): youtu.be/6XDGdYGIM58 This State Banned Nonzero Grading Policies. Why Some Schools Use Them: edweek.org/teaching-learning… Deepfakes Are Supercharging Cyberbullying. How Should Schools Respond?: edweek.org/technology/deepfa… Origami Carrot: origamiok.com/origami-carrot… IDK, We Can Talk About It works directly in connection with piatures.com/forum. Please use these forums freely, mindfully, and respectfully. God willing, there will be a post every Monday-ish. Heads Up: I have a creative process. Creative writing is a culmination of imagination, purpose, and skill—for me—to say the least. The world at large consists of myriad forms of communication—one of, if not the, most common being talking. Writing being, arguably, the most important—which I tend to more often than not. Most of the world, at large, develops at different levels of silence. Through this channel, I'm going to engage a variety of topics, familiar and unfamiliar. If you choose to join me in engaging these topics, understand, this is a channel for civil-reasonable discussion(s), learning, and opining. If I don't have an answer, understand, I don't know, we can talk about it. Forever Learning, Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne

What's the word? I hope all is progressing well. Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li is like a philosophical non-fiction memoir of the author's reflections of being a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister, a public figure, and two of her children's decisions about their lives. Amidst the titling of familial, professional, or social position, recognizing the individual as a whole person is important to addressing factors superseding position—aspects of spectrums of a human being. The author engages dimensions of psychoneuroimmunology and displacement in experience though not by nomenclature—aside from radical acceptance. The author references many texts throughout of which bring connectivity and continuity to the author's piece which may benefit from receiving particular addressing as one may approach to better comprehend the text. In the Preface of The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, the author, Albert Camus, expounds of the legitimacy and necessity of wondering of life's meaning as a way to address the topic of harm directly though never legitimizes the act of harm even in light of any partial agnosticism or atheism—a lens of which Albert Camus addresses free will, in connection with circumstances of the time of his writing—in tune with acknowledging the impact of a multifactorial approach. Of this direction of the text, one may address the field of philosophy of an interdisciplinary compacity because as soon as any referencing of a d(D)eity enters philosophizing one opens the door to theological contexts of which one may regard as a form of study, even if one is not a practitioner of a particular belief pathway in connection with a d(D)eity. In King John by William Shakespeare, Arthur loses direct connection with community, donning a disguise, then decides of his own life by chancing a way, considering multiple future possibilities, without seeking further analysis (perhaps to observe how to address climbing down in a safer way to escape to engage the future possibilities). An attempt is set on Arthur's life though a routing of the story shifts for Arthur though Arthur doesn't know of one routing shifting in his favor as he embarks to chance multiplicitous routings (which Arthur never fully engages due to his chancing leap). Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li contains dimensions which one may contain as ironic, irony, or contradictory. For example, a thread develops from an idea of a pebble, contextually, which the author recognizes throughout the text consistently as though to seemingly dismiss—though one may recognize a pebble as valuable to build with, perhaps the pebble is a limestone pebble, perhaps a pebble for pebble dash. After an instance of claiming to be awake, claiming wakefulness, in the beginning of the text, the author proceeds to address awakening by engaging that perhaps there is more to being awake than the author may seem to actually be aware of. Here are a few of my ponderings when reading the text; what does anyone truly know of anyone else's muddling?; what does one truly know of anyone else's life?; what if one's utterance leads to a truth necessary to observe of oneself?; parenting involves addressing so many eco-emotional-psycho-social layers of oneself alone as well as oneself interdependently; one has much control of one's life; one must address oneself as a human being with respect to one's own personal health dimensions i.e. not everyone can consume a consumable that contains a certain nut or dairy product; reading the first paragraph of chapter VI, I think of the song "Teachme" (Artist: Musiq Soulchild); coming across the concepts of the text regarding the author's connection to creativity and experiences of being in an abyss, I think of The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri; and, in review, I find a few other poems of the Blue Light Sutras (1976–1989) from African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Pain (A Library of America Anthology), a collection of pieces by various writers with Kevin Young as the Editor, that bring a different depth of reality to comprehending that which the author, Yiyun Li, navigates: "Twenty-Year Marriage", "I Can't Get Started", "Two Brothers", and, "The Good Shepherd: Atlanta, 1981". Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne Book Reviews; Piatures.com/book-reviews

Hi ya, I hope all is progressing well. The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus is of an essay form deliberating aspects of absurdism by addressing existentialism, nihilism, and ontology by way of epistemology through a variety of artistic pieces and personal contemplations (philosophizing) to seem to ultimately denote one may be happy with one's toil though life is far more than one's toil. Engaging reading the text requires comprehending the philosophical route of which the text is examining (by definition), absurdism, "a philosophy based on the belief that the universe is irrational and meaningless and that the search for order brings the individual into conflict with the universe" (Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary, 2026, p. 8). Additionally, it is important to note the author's indication of the turbulent epoch at the time of writing, in 1940, in alignment with psycho-socio-economic dimensions in connection with war. Here are a few of my ponderings when reading the text; no not every individual thinks to commit a harmful act; one may imagine dimensions of health (as well as other disciplines) being so different in the mid-20th century than in modernity as one may imagine avenues of opportunities in life being quite different as well; the base of cultures of which the text addresses from does not seem wide though the text expounds of the importance of diversity of creativity; far more is available in life to enjoy than work; being resilient is of a process of decision making, of self-culturing; interdependence and multi-stability sound with objectively good psycho-socio-economic developments are critical to developing better-stabler communities; and, with so many ways of being, one has much control of one's life though one must actually seek to exercise control within one's life purposefully well. Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne Merriam-Webster. (2026). Absurdism. In Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary.

Allo, wie gehts?/Hello, how are you? I hope all is progressing well. IDK We Can Talk About It (Ep. 173): Adolescents & AI Chatbots, Sex Ed., Origami Worm, Jhāna Consciousness (and more): youtu.be/1QKEDkuoqu8 School Pregnancy Prevention Efforts Shut Down as Trump Emphasizes Abstinence: edweek.org/policy-politics/s… Most Kids Use AI Chatbots, Some Seeking Advice on Sensitive Topics: edweek.org/technology/most-k… Origami Worm: origamiok.com/origami-worm/ IDK, We Can Talk About It works directly in connection with piatures.com/forum. Please use these forums freely, mindfully, and respectfully. God willing, there will be a post every Monday-ish. Heads Up: I have a creative process. Creative writing is a culmination of imagination, purpose, and skill—for me—to say the least. The world at large consists of myriad forms of communication—one of, if not the, most common being talking. Writing being, arguably, the most important—which I tend to more often than not. Most of the world, at large, develops at different levels of silence. Through this channel, I'm going to engage a variety of topics, familiar and unfamiliar. If you choose to join me in engaging these topics, understand, this is a channel for civil-reasonable discussion(s), learning, and opining. If I don't have an answer, understand, I don't know, we can talk about it. Forever Learning, Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne

What is up? I hope all is progressing well. I like Livonia Chow Mein by Abigail Savitch-Lew. The text is a novel of investigative historical fiction detailing cultural-economical-social-technological progressions from between Brownsville, Brooklyn—New York, United States of America—Toisan, Canton—China—through diasporas of about a century—though one may consider certain aspects of diasporas in the text to breach more than a century in many ways. This is the first time in my life coming across the language Toisanese. The text is of deep roots, reading the acknowledgements one may recognize a supportive network of advocates teaming for equitable socioeconomical progress contributively reflective throughout the story. The text offers pathways of solidarity to be supportive of Brownsville uniquely: Power in the Pen (powerinthepenwww.org), the New York City Community Land Initiative (nyccli.org), and a note of caution to be wary of any attempt to commodify Brownsville's history (particularly by the real estate industry for profit). Here are a few of my ponderings when reading the text: learning well is accessible beyond a modern-traditional sense of an educational institution of learning external to oneself; mindfully self-culturing is critical to one's becoming of choice development; attending to one's health well may greatly benefit one's long-term well-being (geriatric, obstetric, pediatric care particularly come to notice in the text, as well as the presence of sports as a form of fitness)–knowledge/research/development on health and well-being is continuously improving; every local has different circumstances to appropriately tend to; financial literacy in tune with educational pedagogy may require appropriate alignment to acknowledge macro-micro reliances as well as independences; dating/marriage seem far more accessible in the modern age comparatively to more socially turbulent times though of its own variances in modernity; how one may respond to grief is important to how one may address one's heath; displacement is an extremely important area of relational-psychological proportions which one may experience generationally though of which one may feel socially (inclusive of a relationship with oneself); being an active participant of an objectively good community may greatly benefit one's health in myriad ways; one has much control of one's life; why does anyone litter? Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne Book Reviews; Piatures.com/book-reviews

Hej, hvordan du?/Hi, how are you? I hope all is progressing well. IDK We Can Talk About It (Ep. 172): Title VI, Home Learning, Origami 3D Star, Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters (and more): youtu.be/FWplXfDTPnA Education Department Scraps Longstanding Discrimination Rules: edweek.org/leadership/educat… Parents Can Build Numeracy Skills at Home. These Governors Want Guidance on How: edweek.org/teaching-learning… Origami 3D Star: origamiok.com/origami-lucky-… IDK, We Can Talk About It works directly in connection with piatures.com/forum. Please use these forums freely, mindfully, and respectfully. God willing, there will be a post every Monday-ish. Heads Up: I have a creative process. Creative writing is a culmination of imagination, purpose, and skill—for me—to say the least. The world at large consists of myriad forms of communication—one of, if not the, most common being talking. Writing being, arguably, the most important—which I tend to more often than not. Most of the world, at large, develops at different levels of silence. Through this channel, I'm going to engage a variety of topics, familiar and unfamiliar. If you choose to join me in engaging these topics, understand, this is a channel for civil-reasonable discussion(s), learning, and opining. If I don't have an answer, understand, I don't know, we can talk about it. Forever Learning, Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne

What's up? I hope all is progressing well. You Could Be Having Better Sex: The Definitive Guide to a Happier, Healthier, and Hotter Sex Life by Dr. Nicole McNichols, PhD, offers guidance to exploring sexuality personally, in partnership, and with a broader awareness of what may be happening sexually in a society, to a degree, by way of a memoir-journaling experience of conversations beyond inquiries pertaining to the author’s research direction. The text is not a full-on comprehensive guide about any particular area of sex. The style of the text really engages how judgement- and shame-free conversations of sex may be. Here are a few of my ponderings when reading the text; consensual safety is of a parameter of sex which may be set before meeting anyone in a more private space for any form of consensual sexual behavior which may involve exchanging of bodily fluids/putting anyone in a precariously unhealthy situation which may bring one to contract a sexually transmitted infection (STI); properly testing for an STI with a choice, at the least sexual, partner, is operating by healthier and safer dating/living parameters—if horny, in heat of a moment, and yet to test, there are a lot of joint sexual-like activities possible with clothes on; I’m healthfully reasonable; attraction may vary to different forms of seeking connection and connecting; better to be with one that one may grow enjoyably, respectfully, and truthful with to grow healthfully well; one must self-culture oneself; the world contains so much beauty and wonder; everyone does not subscribe to new relationship energy (NRE); there are a lot of cultures, not just broadly of a nationalistic sense though of a particular area like sex—which may have even more particular areas; if one needs inebriating substances to approach sex, I think it’s important to evaluate dimensions of one’s health in general, let alone one’s sexual health; one must be thoroughly mindful of sample sizes observing perspectives of data, especially to prevent confirmation bias of incompletely accurate/inaccurate induction or deduction; one may greatly benefit from exploring other fields of research pertaining to human behavior or development to well-round comprehensions of social or sexual dimensions; one may benefit from respecting what the world presents; every relationship may differ; good-honest communication may help with directing a relationship well, even if the truth is partners in a relationship enjoy knowingly lying to each other—not the relationship for me, though may somehow be ideal for certain people, somehow, I’m not referring to playful joking; a recent complete STI test with results is like a sex driver’s license which receives optimal support from openness and honesty about sexual behaviors though immediately requires renewal if preparing to enter a new relationship or adjust one’s current relationship; good sex education is so important; being sexual relies on many factors which connect with parameters of choice and decision-making; communicating about toning is extremely important considering people comprehend quite differently in ways which may affect perception; and one may benefit from guidance from an expert or researcher, let alone accessible-available research, to address any inquiry one may have to better engage one’s living experience. Onward and Upward, Kevin Dufresne Book Reviews; piatures.com/book-reviews