For today’s “Thing I’d Like to be A Thing”:
Add a slight pixel shift for even and odd pages in e-readers, to encourage eyes to move side to side.
(and since we’re wishing, world peace)
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Thing I’d Like to be A Thing
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #Fridea, solutions, Thoughts on June 28, 2024| Leave a Comment »
In Love and Rest
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, inspiration, poetry, Thoughts, Writers on June 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »
The Stars are Mansions Built by Nature’s Hand
The stars are mansions built by Nature’s hand,
And, haply, there the spirits of the blest
Dwell, clothed in radiance, their immortal vest;
Huge Ocean shows, within his yellow strand,
A habitation marvellously planned,
For life to occupy in love and rest …
— William Wordsworth
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Just One
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, action, creativity, indecision, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing on June 26, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Think of many things; do one.”
— Portuguese proverb
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Feeling Silly
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, artists, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts on June 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.”
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
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What’s Down There, Anyway?
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #DutchConspiracy, oceans, science, Thoughts on June 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »
I’m a simple person with simple questions. Fortunately, xkcd is here to answer at least some of them. Like this, for example:
* Fascinating, and also possibly sponsored by the Dutch.
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On the Topic of Rainbows
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Thoughts on June 23, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”
― Maya Angelou
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Happy and Proud
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #pride, Thoughts on June 22, 2024| Leave a Comment »
I enjoy Pride Month because it’s great to support family and friends, because rainbows are pretty, and because if 2SLGBTQI+* peeps can’t be themselves, neither can anyone else, not really.
Here’s to embracing our true selves.
* True, the acronym is long and changes a lot and is easy to mess up, but that’s because inclusion is important. Don’t be afraid to be an ally.**)
* Taking my own advice here. Have I made a misstep somewhere? Maybe, but instead of worrying about it, I think I’ll just wave that rainbow flag high.
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A Peek Into This Writer’s Brain
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, inspiration, nature is awesome, Thoughts, weird brain, Writers on June 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »
The Solstice, Again?
Posted in Holidays, Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, inspiration, nature, Thoughts on June 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Wait, today is the summer solstice already? Not quite sure how that happened but here we are, almost halfway through the year. That’s a little scary (time, it flies!) and a lot reassuring: the world keeps turning, no matter what.
So here we go again!
Summer solstice: Everything you need to know about the longest day of the year
The summer solstice is Thursday, June 20. It’s the longest day and shortest night in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s also the first official day of summer.
Happy summer!
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Freedom for Us All
Posted in Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, black-history, celebration, history, holidays, Juneteenth, Thoughts on June 19, 2024| 1 Comment »
Happy Juneteenth, fellow Americans!
I do love a holiday, and I’ve written about this one before: Our Newest Federal Holiday.
I grew up in a predominantly white region on the East Coast, and Juneteenth wasn’t part of my experience. I’m happy to celebrate it now.
Wondering how? Check out this introduction: The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
And this is a rerun from the excellent Now I Know, but it’s just as good the second time around.
“We have concluded to test your sincerity by asking you to send us our wages for the time we served you. This will make us forget and forgive old scores, and rely on your justice and friendship in the future. I served you faithfully for thirty-two years and Mandy [his wife] twenty years. At $25 a month for me, and $2 a week for Mandy, our earnings would amount to $11,680.” (In today’s dollars, that’s about $175,000.)
Would you like to know more?
Juneteenth | National Museum of African American History and Culture
“If you’re going to hold someone down you’re going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression.”
— Toni Morrison
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