Posted in Other, Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, art, creativity, inspiration, NASA, space on January 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »
A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space—ever
Check out the article for the specific photo, but this is from the same series:
For more of Astro Don’s imagery, see his photos at the Portraits of a Planet exhibit, his book Spaceborne, or find him on social media.
“Art is an inevitable consequence of being human – even in space.”
— Donald R. Pettit
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, Thoughts on January 21, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Ah, the ongoing joys of adulting! Fortunately, things are pretty okay today, and there are a lot of positives to adulting, too (ice cream for dinner! voting! autonomy!). That said, I ran across this comic the other day and it felt true, or at least truer than my eight-year old self might have expected.
I’m off to call customer service, figure out what’s for dinner, and then maybe watch a little Star Wars!
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Posted in Holidays, Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, action, inspiration, persistence, progress, Thoughts on January 20, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, everyone! Today, I plan to celebrate the beauty of dreams, and the satisfaction of bringing those dreams to life.
“Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail. If you can’t be a sun, be a star. For it isn’t by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
To learn more about Dr King, his impact, speeches like “I Have a Dream” and more, check out History’s site on Martin Luther King Jr.
I also appreciate this related quote:
“The best way to make a dream come true is to wake up.”
— Anna Wintour
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Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, creativity, Thoughts on January 19, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”
— Albert Schweitzer
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, annoyances, tech hates me today on January 18, 2025| 2 Comments »
Between computer issues, capitalist f*kery, and my “(don’t want) to do” list, today is officially not my day.
No matter, it will all be fine. Fine, I say!
Hope yours is too:)
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Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, #ChooseYourFuture, books, creativity, inspiration, Octavia Butler, predictions, Thoughts, Writers, writing on January 17, 2025| Leave a Comment »
My mother sent me an article about Octavia Butler, one of a number I’ve seen recently in the wake of the LA fires. Butler was an award-winning sci-fi and fantasy author know for her all-too-realistic versions of the future. Although she died in 2006, a week of devastating fires in LA fit right in with her vision of 2025.
In fact, she was once asked how she was able to predict the problems of the future as accurately as she did, and her answer is a telling lesson for writers but also for people who want to make a difference.
“A Few Rules for Predicting the Future” by Octavia E. Butler – Seven Good Things
“I didn’t make up the problems,” I pointed out. “All I did was look around at the problems we’re neglecting now and give them about 30 years to grow into full-fledged disasters.”
Ouch.
But that’s not all Butler said. I recommend you read the essay in full. It’s not long, but it packs a punch.
“Okay,” the young man challenged. “So what’s the answer?”
“There isn’t one,” I told him.
“No answer? You mean we’re just doomed?” He smiled as though he thought this might be a joke.
“No,” I said. “I mean there’s no single answer that will solve all of our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers, at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
I so choose, and I hope you do, too.
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, citizen scientists, history, Library of Congress, Thoughts on January 15, 2025| Leave a Comment »
It turns out I’m super, and you might be too!
The National Archives needs Citizen Archivists who can read cursive
“Reading cursive is a superpower,” said Suzanne Isaacs, a community manager with the National Archives Catalog in Washington, D.C.
If you’d like to help the Library of Congress decipher History (yes, with a capital H), consider becoming a volunteer Citizen Archivist.
Because History is cool, and so are you.
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, #YouChangeOneThing, technical issues on January 14, 2025| Leave a Comment »
I’m having some technical issues today, please hold while I work a little magic…
Sh*t happens. We must remember that how we react to it will determine how we will feel about ourselves.
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, chill, Thoughts on January 13, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Need a moment of calm in your day? Try building a rock tower.
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Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, creativity, Thoughts, transformation on January 12, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.”
― Clive Barker, Abarat
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J.R. Johnson 
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