Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, home, inspiration, Thoughts, winter, yay on January 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »
It’s a snow day! True, I still have to work and all that but regardless, there’s something about a fresh blanket of deep snow that brings back childhood feelings of joy.
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“Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for when they scrawl their names in the snow.”
― Margaret Atwood
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, #ChimeraChronicles, Affinity Photo, creativity, inspiration on January 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Apparently I am not done with the Chimera Chronicles, or whatever you want to call this animal-human hybrid portrait thing I’ve got going on.
Behold, King Cassowary!
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, #ChimeraChronicles, Affinity Photo, creativity, inspiration on January 14, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Some days you get an idea in your mind and you have to go with it or spend the rest of the day pestered by the project that was not.
Meet Captain Pepper Griff McCaticus. She lives with friends and, apparently, spent a previous life rising through the ranks. Which helps explain her current position as queen.
“You know how it is with cats: They don’t really have owners, they have staff.”
― P.C. Cast
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, cats, home, illness, loss, Thoughts on January 13, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Recently I was asked if I was ready for another cat, and I have to say that I’m not quite there yet. My memories still fill the house with cat-shaped holes. I see Neko around corners, on the stairs, by the patio doors.
So, not yet. But someday.
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Fiction, history, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers on January 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I’ve always liked coins.
Maybe it was my love of fantasy tales where every dragon had a horde and every economic transaction involved coinage (paper bills? what are those and why would I accept them when I could have a lovely gold piece?). Or the fact that coins encapsulate a wealth (see what I did there?) of information about a society’s evolving history, economy and culture. Or it might have had a little to do with my not-entirely-transitory pirate fixation (they were often bad, sometimes misrepresented, always fascinating).
Regardless, I like coins. Back when we still went out and touched other people’s money, I saved the shiniest examples of each new coin I came across. I have a pressed penny collection. And I love new coin designs. When they have one of my favorite female writers on them? Win!
Maya Angelou becomes the first Black woman to appear on the U.S. quarter
Check out the U.S. Mint site for more on the America Women Quarters program.
And next Christmas, shiny new Maya Angelou quarters will be on my list!
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“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”
― Maya Angelou
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Thoughts, Tuesdays on January 11, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I wish I had time to bring you a happy story about writing or science or food or magic. Instead I’m neck-deep in the news. It’s… not all bad?
Here, a super cute bunny.
Tuesdays, so fun!
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, recharging, Thoughts on January 9, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Yes, I had plans. Yes, this is one of those days where I say, “I had plans but…”
I regret nothing!
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, family, Thoughts on January 2, 2022| Leave a Comment »
For various reasons I need a dose of cute today. Here it is, in case you do too.
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, adoption, birthdays, creativity, history, inspiration, music, Thoughts on December 16, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Today is (probably*) Ludwig van Beethoven’s birthday, and it’s a date I note every year. That’s because it also happens to be my adoption date.
Like a lot of kids, mini me went through an early phase where I pronounced new words as they were spelled (like “Zay oose,” here’s hoping no Greek gods were paying attention). And so in some corner of my mind this German composer will always remain “Bee Thoven.”
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The 20 greatest Beethoven works of all time – Classic FM
Here’s where I admit that I find a lot of his work a little over the top, like he was angry at the piano or something. As my stepmother has been known to say, “Too many notes!” I still recognize brilliance when I hear it, and his approach is a lesson for creatives of all forms.
“To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven
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* Beethoven was baptized on December 17th in Bonn, Germany, making it likely that he was born the day before. Let’s just go with it, shall we?
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, ruhro!, Thoughts on December 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »
“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.”
― G.K. Chesterton
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