A somewhat sappy title, but it’s the truth: there are days when the only thing keeping me going with this whole writing thing is the fact that I have people reading the blog who have, if not expectations, then at least knowledge of my expectations, which is nearly the same thing, and I hate to disappoint […]
Because I have found Fun Things recently, and if you really expect me to write a thinky post between Christmas and New Year’s, you’re madder than I am. 1) Nine traits of creative people. This is, somewhat surprisingly, a very insightful article that made me sit back, smiling, and give the happy sigh of the
My last day of work is tomorrow, and I’m vacillating between outright denial and abject sadness. My last day of students was Friday last week, and subsequently I spent the entire weekend as a hermit. Literally. I read three books on Sunday. All of which is to say, I am thinking about the blog, and
I feel like I really need this right now. (source) I mean, I haven’t even had the time or brain to write up a YAY THE BOOK IS PUBLISHED post. Soon. There will be prizes. For now… rainbows. Everything will be okay. *sigh* Read more:Rewrite The Stars – The Greatest ShowmanMade-It Monday: Random Kids' Craft
Rainbow: Intravenously. Stat. Read More »
Just sayin’. 😀 (Yes, this is me and the Twinny One* back in 2009 when I visited her on the other side of the Atlantic. I was digging through photos today with nefarious intent and found it.** Ha.) * Yes, we are twins, separated by about 4 years, the Atlantic Ocean, and genetically
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First of all, go and watch Maggie’s characteristically awesome list of the top ten things that inspire her. I want to talk about number 5: lying on the floor. Because, you see, last night I had a perfect moment. No, better make that a Perfect Moment, because it was. It was late at night. SmallBoy
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Went for a drive today with the hubsical one and Small Boy. We were dropping SB off to his grandmother’s for the day, but were too early, so drove up through a suburb that we’re interested in living in one day. Ultimate heartbreak – saw our dream home (and I mean ULTIMATE dream home –
Read this article tonight – this one, here. It’s thesis is that you have a limited capacity for decision-making in any given period of time, and once you use them up, that’s it. Creative work involves a LOT of decision making, so if your daily life involves making a lot of hard or intense decisions,
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Wow, it’s been forever since I did a link-a-bet. I think maybe not since the blog lived on Blogger! o.O But anyway, tonight: a selection of Things I Have Found. First of all, I am tremendously excited. My writing – I hesitate to say idol, because in my social context that’s a no-no, but
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Right what it says on the can: photos of my adventures in Laos 🙂 Sadly, a lack of photos of me cartwheeling off elephants into the Mekong, as we haven’t been able to retrieve those pics yet. Rest assured, I shall share if I can 😀 But for now, other pics! Constrained, of course, by
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