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We have no remedy for the ultimate death of the Sun and the destruction of the solar system. We need to accept death at some time.

The fifth paragraph to the first subheading, The purpose of space travel, advises us that "There must therefore be an economic and/or social purpose for space travel commensurate with the risks and sacrifices that it involves. Finding a new home for humankind is not such a purpose, as only a tiny minority of humans could inhabit Mars, which is the only vaguely inhabitable planet other than Earth."

Some future scenarios consider an older sun expanding through the positions of the planets such that Earth ends up where Jupiter exists now.

Does that not delegate to Mars such a farther-away position as to be chillingly uninhabitable for humans?

The third comment box down, dated Jul 12, 2024, answers my previous, previous-day observation and question of Jul 11, 2024.

That comment describes litter as the responsibility of "the local councils."

Do those local councils just hand the litter over to the local landfill or do they sort the litter into piles for the landfill, for recycling, for perhaps repairing, sterilizing and selling?

Unitedstatesian cornucopias traditionally are made of wicker.

Is there a traditional European material?

Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.

It's chilling that fresh water if not ingested timely is pathogenic.
Might it be pathogenic because of its not moving because of its container?
Might it make a difference regularly to move a bottled water up, down and around ;-D?

Beer was way more safe to drink than pure water. Salt water, of course, was out of the question, but fresh water in barrels was not suitable to drink safely either. After so many days (two months!) it would become dangerous due pathogens. Beer, with alcohol, on the other hand, was much better solution. Beer just doesn't spoil so fast as fresh water - an info to remember.

I have just found a new cheese, or rather a cheese new to me, Cornish Blue. Maureen went to the Good Housekeeping Show in London and brought me a git of a block of cheese at the Christmas market, which was run by Country Living magazine. The cheese is a lovely eat, The blue taste is strong and pleasantly salty. I commend it to readers.

Parfrey glen birds cause me to consider other animal sentients, partly because of the similarity between the words palfrey and parfrey.

Online sources confirm a connection between the two words through parfrey origins in the French word parfrement. The latter word describes the person who did horse-saddling for women riders. The 1066 conquest of Anglo-Saxon England by the northern French established palfreyman as the person in charge of palfreys (also known as colts).

Don't the above details draw one towards doing Parfrey's Glen on horseback? What a delight!

The Money magazine article that generated my wizzley gives a game plan that goes well not only professionally but also personally.

Is not self-controlling, self-motivating and self-questioning an orientation that inspires happy, healthy interactions in play and work?

Perhaps the abovementioned trio inspire personal and professional development by an implied fourth component, self-visualizing!

Thank you for your comments below, in answer to my previous observations and questions.

Your description about beer as "essential for survival on Mayflower" intrigues me.

Is it that beer kept the pilgrims hydrated because salt water is not drinkable?

Corn-on-the-cob is still popular especially in rural parts of Central Europe, but mostly right after the harvest, on the field, without ketchup or mayo. Just as it is. If there's any meat at hand, all right. If not, all right, too.

Milk (and honey) provide all essentials to survive. Wine is more for celebrations, although we can't deny its nutritional value. Same goes for beer (by the way, it was essential for survival on Mayflower).

I have to admit - it's a turkey. But Thanksgiving is not a big dela in Europe. Most people are not really aware of it.

Your third subheading deals with corn, which particularly delights me when it's done as corn-on-the-cob.

Many Unitedstatesians eat their fries with ketchup even as some -- if not many -- Europeans eat them with mayonnaise. Many Unitedstatesians favor corn-on-the-cob full of butter.

What might some if not many Europeans favor for the above-featured (popular Thanksgiving and year-round) vegetable?

Your comment four boxes down describes your Christmas cake as having "just come out of the oven."

Did it all get eaten (in one big, greedy, monster but appreciative bite if I'd been there ;-D)?

Do you have a photo opp to share with us all wizzley-ites?