“The foolish person seeks happiness in the distance, the wise person grows it under his feet.”
— James Oppenheim
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Posts Tagged ‘#365Ways’
Today’s Post Has Been Delayed So Here’s a Quote for Your Weekend
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on June 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Action, Affirmative
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, current events, Thoughts on June 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!”
― Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa
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The Full Package
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, genre fiction, Writers, writing on June 28, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Today, a short story via Nature’s Futures column.
Don’t feed the physicists by Alex Small
We went from ‘Let there be light!’ to dinosaurs in record time. Paolo was radiant. Wouldn’t stop playing with it. Till he got drunk and fired a cosmic arrow at a planet. Bye-bye dinosaurs.
Whoops!
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Power Hungry
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023 on June 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The (P)A Team
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, yay on June 26, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Here’s a quick shoutout to Pennsylvania, who managed to reopen I-95 less than two weeks after the tanker explosion that shut down the highway. By utilizing creative materials and new ways of problem solving, the government and union workers did what many thought could not be done.
I-95 bridge reopens, less than two weeks after tanker explosion
This sort of approach is exactly what we need to win a future filled with unexpected challenges.
And I love it when a plan comes together!
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Ready? Set? Try Something New
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, Fiction, Thoughts, Writers, writing on June 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Some thoughts on writing and practice and success:
They taught me not to fail – by Elizabeth Bear
A lot of writing advice books like to concentrate on all the things you’re probably doing wrong, it so happens, and tell you how not to do those things. This—along with modern school systems where the goal is Not To Fail—trains writers to think in terms of not doing things wrong, not making mistakes, etc.
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I’ve often said that following all those rules about what not to do without developing a list of things you do right will turn you into the literary equivalent of a garage band, and the thing about garage bands is that they all sound alike.
And what if what’s new isn’t just the scary unknown, but something that could actually be great?
Quest for Craft: Season 1 | Episode 4: Malcolm Gladwell interviewed by Questlove
[Gladwell] Sometimes we fall into the trap of thinking what the audience wants is mastery…. but actually they don’t want to see something done perfectly. What we want is something exciting. Something that challenges us and engages us.
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[Questlove] Practice versus curiosity, what’s more important? Like most deep truths, the answer is not either/or, but both/and. Practice is key, but it only gets you so far. To level up, you need the hunger and openness of a beginner’s mind.
Yes, if you want to get good at something, practice. But, if you want to get great, if you want to add your voice to the world, step out of your groove and try something new.
Ready? Set? Here’s an example of something new.
Secret Agent Man Gayageum ver. by Luna Lee – YouTube
Fun, right? 🙂
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Snowball in Summer
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on June 24, 2023| Leave a Comment »
It’s summer but my to-do list is snowballing. Excuse me while I tame this bad boy!
“You can’t try to do things; you simply must do them.”
— Ray Bradbury
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So! Fluffy!
Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, #thingsIjustlike, Thoughts on June 23, 2023| 1 Comment »
Make It Good
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Fiction, life, optimism, quotes, Thoughts, Writers, writing on June 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I ran across a quote once that said something like “the difference between a tragedy and a comedy is where you stop,” but I like this one better.
“The difference between pessimism and optimism is constructing a good ending.”
— Barbara Kingsolver
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Spiral Into Summer
Posted in Holidays, Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, astronomy, science on June 21, 2023| 1 Comment »
Happy summer solstice, everyone! (Fine, it’s called the June Solstice, but we all know what that means here in the Northern Hemisphere, don’t we? Summer!)
What is it?
Do You Really Know Why Earth Has A Solstice? – 13.7- Cosmos And Culture – NPR
Remarkably, Earth has seasons for the same reason that a good quarterback can throw a tight spiral.
Even more explanations:
June Solstice 2023: Shortest & Longest Day of the Year
Why is it a thing?
Because it’s cool. And also because our ancestors knew a lot about practical astronomy. Seasons mattered.
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