Knight of Pentacles

 In the fall of 2020, in the midst of everyone else having a terrible time, I was actually doing really great.  Construction was never halted, our lives had not been disrupted, everything seemed to be held in a snowglobe of peace and happiness.  I remember thinking "gee, I'm really sorry that everyone else is beaten down, but my life is going great!" I had a cat, Lucyfur, who was 4 years old.  She would greet me whenever I came home  at the top of the stairs on my front lawn, rolling around on the path, so happy to see me.  We had her since she was a kitten, and she was the best cat.   One day, she never came home.  I had always had outdoor cats, and had a few die over the years, but her disappearance was quite a blow to my happy little bubble.  I searched for her for months. I put up signs. I  roamed the neighbourhoods.  I scoured internet postings.  I did everything I could possibly think of to try and find her.  It threw me into the pit of despair that everyone else se

 When there's an accident on a worksite, the most important aspect of the investigation afterwards is to determine the cause.  Now, that may sound simple on the surface: "The guy fell off the ladder because he was clumsy", that's just the first level.  We are taught that in order to find the true answers we need to keep asking questions until you find the UNDERLYING answer that can be used to instigate action. A:"Bob fell off the ladder because he is clumsy" Q:"What makes him clumsy?" A:"Well, he didn't set up the ladder properly, so it wobbled under him" Q:"What training has he had" A:"Well, nothing, we assumed he knew how to set up a ladder" Q:"What policies do we have in place regarding basic safety training?" A:"Everyone is supposed to have X training" You get the idea. So, lately I've been experimenting this method with a number of things in my life.  Finding a string that looks a littl