“The Embankment”
Oh, God, make small
The old star-eaten blanket of the sky,
That I may fold it round me and in comfort lie …— T. E. Hulme
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Sweet Dreams
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, inspiration, Thoughts on May 29, 2024| 1 Comment »
Stormy Seas
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, tech hates me today on May 23, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Ah, technology! We’re experiencing a minor to moderate storm of technical issues here at Chez J.
Wish me luck!
“When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck.”
— Paul Virilio
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Searching for Chill
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, calm, Thoughts on May 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Need a moment to relax? Google’s experimental division has teamed up with the Johns Hopkins International Arts + Mind Lab to bring you this call to chill:
In Rhythm with Nature — Google Arts & Culture
May it help your day be more peaceful.
This being Tuesday, however, I’m off to find a delicious cup of piping hot caffeine. I’ll relax tomorrow!
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Up From the Depths of Time
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, batty Brits, creativity, inspiration, mudlarking, Thoughts on May 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Once upon a time, children, before mass production and digital copies and backups and cloud synching, it was possible to wipe a thing from the world completely.
Or maybe not? Here’s a fun story about business feuds and artistic obsession!
Remnants of a Legendary Typeface Have Been Rescued From the River Thames
The depths of the river Thames in London hold many unexpected stories, gleaned from the recovery of prehistoric tools, Roman pottery, medieval jewelry, and much more besides. Yet the tale of the lost (and since recovered) Doves typeface is surely one of the most peculiar.
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Happy 114th!
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, birthdays, family, memories, Thoughts on May 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Happy birthday, Grandpa! Some of my previous birthday posts:
“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”
— Carl W. Buehner
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A Few Reasonable Words
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, art, kindness, Thoughts on May 9, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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What We Must Save
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, quotes, Thoughts, Writers on May 7, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“We live in a perpetually burning building, and what we must save from it, all the time, is love.”
— Tennessee Williams
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Good Boye
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, inspiration, medieval times, Thoughts on May 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Artistic masterpieces and upper class architecture can tell us a lot about what a society put on a pedestal at any particular time, but those items tend not to touch the lived experience of the 99% (that’s you and me).
Another way of peering into the past is to learn about the everyday, from what people ate and drank to (checks notes) what they named their dogs.
In the 15th century, Edward, Duke of York wrote a list of 1,065 names suitable for a dog.
Find the perfect name for your medieval mutt.
— for more background, check out 100 Weird and Wonderful Medieval Dog Names
If you click through the main link above, you’ll find yourself on an oddly addictive site that does nothing but generate dog names from the Duke of York’s original list.
No Snuggles or Cutiepie for them, but lots of creative medieval spellings like Misavisid, Fyndewell, Sergeaunt, Dere-ybowgt, Argument, Romwlus and of course, Boye.
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Rejoice!
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, inspiration, nature, Thoughts on April 30, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.”
— Eleonora Duse
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A Suggestion: Consumer Products Division
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, I have opinions, Thoughts on April 29, 2024| Leave a Comment »
This one’s for all the consumer product manufacturers out there, who have apparently never had the experience of reaching for a tube of (fill in the blank) and having it scratch the bejeezus out of their hand.
Yes, we long-suffering consumers could do this ourselves (and I often do), but we shouldn’t have to. Pre-rounded corners would be awesome!
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