Whee, I just realized that our library has added two new libraries to its partner system and now I can haz alllll the books!
(Seriously, I can now check out something like 75 books at one time. I won’t, but I could!)
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This Is Excellent
Posted in Likes, Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing on October 3, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Nothing Plain About Jane
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, inspiration, Thoughts on October 2, 2025| Leave a Comment »
As anyone online likely knows, primatologist, conservationist, activist, author and reportedly all-around good egg Jane Goodall died yesterday. She was on a book tour, of all things, bringing her vision of a better world to those who would listen, and being an example of dedication and purpose for us all.
Dr. Jane was known around the world for her 65-year study of wild chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania. However, in the latter part of her life she expanded her focus and became a global advocate for human rights, animal welfare, species and environmental protection, and many other crucial issues.
I’m sad we lost her, and yet it’s lovely to be reminded that one person can do so much good.
What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
— Jane Goodall
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Tech Trouble
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, tech hates me today, technical issues, Thoughts on October 1, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Woke to work-sabotaging tech troubles this morning. Am now several hours behind but catching up.
Here’s to progress!
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Repost for Roscoe
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, pet friends, Thoughts on September 29, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Today, a re-post in honor of Roscoe, Lewis Hamilton’s much-loved dog, and for anyone who has ever had to say goodbye to a beloved pet:
One fine summer day in 2006 Mr. Man came home from work and showed me a picture of an adorably tiny grey and white kitten…
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Heading Outside
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, inspiration, nature, Thoughts on September 27, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“Within National Parks is room—glorious room—in which to find ourselves, in which to think and hope, to dream and plan, to rest and resolve.”
— Enos Mills, Naturalist
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Right There All Along
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, fall, maps, seasons, Thoughts on September 25, 2025| Leave a Comment »
The leaves here are beginning to turn but the full glory of fall has yet to arrive. When will it come to your area? If you’re in the US (or can extrapolate to Canada), this map can help narrow it down.
2025 Fall Foliage Map & Peak Leaf Color Guide | The Old Farmer’s Almanac
Wondering when and where to see the best fall colors in 2025? Our Fall Foliage Map tracks peak leaf season across the U.S….
See when fall foliage could peak in your area – NPR
Trees shed their leaves in order to store and recycle valuable nutrients (in their trunks and branches) before winter’s ice and snow can rip them off. As temperatures drop, chlorophyll — the pigment that makes leaves appear green — starts breaking down, revealing the yellows and oranges they’ve had all along.
Like many of us, leaves hide their layers. I try not to forget it, and that all of this beauty and color has been right there, all along.
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As Long As You Start
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on September 19, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“It is never too late to do anything in life.”
— Momofuku Ando
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Just Remember
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, life, Thoughts on September 17, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Whatever’s on your menu today, I hope that you have a moment to look up, take a breath, and enjoy it.
“Hey, this is awesome. Just remember: This is awesome.”
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Ingredients of a Life
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, quotes, stories, Thoughts on September 16, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We’re All Special
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, Thoughts on September 15, 2025| Leave a Comment »
I recently sent a note to someone that ended with these lines, and I thought it might be nice to share.
We’re all unique collations of time and place, our essence just the latest collaboration of elements that have formed and reformed time and again, star stuff reshaped from single-cell amoebas to a pterodactyl flying high above an unnamed sea to a hominid spraying paint against a cave wall to Leonardo to you.
And you are special.
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