It took 51 years but I 'discovered' a book, published in 1972, about life that's a really good read for me.

The book is "The lives of a cell" and it's primarily about cell biology but the author has a nice style of writing. He talks about other aspects of life but the language is rather technical. I think it's good because of how the author writes and what he writes about.

In one long passage, he writes about the sounds that animals make. He essentially said that it's not likely that birds, whales, and even earthworms make sound to not only say that they are present, and to convey information about predators, but also to just make sound for the pure pleasure of it.

The passage is pretty long but I like the message he tries to convey and does a good job of it. I'm glad I put the time into reading this book, it's really illuminating despite it's age in the fast changing field of science.

Here's a quote about disease, "Disease usually results from inconclusive negotiations for symbiosis, an overstepping of the line by one side or the other, a biologic misinterpretation of borders."

My mood is still down and I had another really strange night. Lots of really strange dreams and waking up.

I made the appointment with my pdoc, I didn't forget this time. It's at the end of the month. Hopefully things go reasonably well until then.