What am I reading with lunch? How about a graphic novel about a woman, space, and a spunky little robot? App and interactivity are optional (but could be fun).
NASA – First Woman (read online, download PDF)
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Posts Tagged ‘#365Ways2021’
Let’s Go To The Moon!
Posted in Entertainment, Science!, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, genre fiction, inspiration, learning@lunch, NASA, space exploration on October 12, 2021| 1 Comment »
I Should Explain, Thanksgiving Edition
Posted in Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, holidays, Thoughts on October 11, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Despite yesterday’s post today is officially Canadian Thanksgiving, but (according to Mr. Man) it’s traditional to celebrate the Sunday before and have one’s turkey or other hangovers on the holiday Monday. That way you’re recovered and ready for work on Tuesday.
So sensible, these Canadians!
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Happy Thanksgiving, Canada!
Posted in Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, holidays, pie, quotes on October 10, 2021| 1 Comment »
“Cut my pie into four pieces, I don’t think I could eat eight.”
― Yogi Berra
Tea Time
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, #distraction, #ThingsILike, home, inspiration, tea, Thoughts, writing on October 9, 2021| Leave a Comment »
This is a nice combination: Green yaupon + peppermint lemongrass tea* = pretty very good. Maple syrup takes it over the top, because it’s awesome in everything.
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* No Camellia sinensis was harmed in the making of this beverage.
Queen of Meh
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, Affinity Photo, creativity, habits, inspiration, learning@lunch, practice, Thoughts on October 8, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I’m bouncing from project to project again, doing some work work and some practice work. I’ve also started about half a dozen posts but nothing feels right, because none of them said what I was really thinking, which is that today I am the Queen of Meh.
This is not to say that things are not a-ok, I’d just prefer to be making more progress.
Mood: pretty groovy, thanks for asking.
Fine, let’s roll with it.
I did nothing amazing today but do things I did. The project I had the most fun with was practicing photo compositing. Here’s a chimera that is not very good but I like anyway: Behold, the Winged Buffabear!
daguerreotype overlay from Spoon Graphics
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I think I’ll try to follow this advice by Christine Carter, and my own, and aim low:
The 1-minute secret to forming a new habit
Here’s why we need to be willing to be bad: being good requires that our effort and our motivation be in proportion to each other. The harder something is for us to do, the more motivation we need to do that thing. And you might have noticed, but motivation isn’t something that we can always muster on command….
The goal, remember, is repetition, not high achievement. So let yourself be mediocre at whatever you’re trying to do, but be mediocre every day.
— Christine Carter
That I can do!
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Photo by Alexander Schimmeck on Unsplash
It Matters
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, Thoughts, writing on October 7, 2021| Leave a Comment »
This morning I did something that I don’t do enough: I wrote a thank you note.
After a year and a half, Mr, Man has an appointment with his barber this afternoon. (After a year and a half of decent but time-consuming cuts by yours truly, I think we’re all pretty happy about that:) Sending along a card felt like a good idea.
As I’ve mentioned, it can be hard to know exactly what to say and easy to let the moment pass by, but I gave it a shot.
Here’s to letting folks know that what they do matters.
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Beauty and Courage
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, creativity, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts, Writers on October 6, 2021| Leave a Comment »
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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Ugh, Tuesday
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, quotes, Thoughts, Tuesdays on October 5, 2021| Leave a Comment »
My brain is just about broken. This quote from one of my favorite fun authors fits right in:
“2.5.03.02.005: Generally speaking, if you fiddle with something, it will break. Don’t.”
― Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
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Be Fun
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, creativity, family, fun, Mark Twain, quotes, Samuel Clemens, Thoughts, Writers, writing on October 4, 2021| Leave a Comment »
A long-time family friend always says goodbye by saying “Be good!” My father always answers the same way: “Have fun!”
You can see which side Samuel Clemens occupied.
I at least try to split the difference.
Shining on the Inside
Posted in Food and..., Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, creativity, home, Thoughts, writing on October 3, 2021| Leave a Comment »
You know those days when hoped-for sun never arrives and the design project that should have taken half an hour takes three and the pears you thought would be perfect in a fruit torte are rock hard and the bananas you need today aren’t anywhere near ripe, even after you bake them in a 300F oven for an hour?
It’s that kind of day.
So, ok, not great. But then I came up with not one but two solutions to the design issue and turned the pears into slow-cooked lemon, cinnamon and cardamom pear butter and made blueberry Grand Marnier tortes and I can work around the banana problem, I probably didn’t need the extra sugar anyway.
And you know what? It’s fine if the sun doesn’t come out today.
I’m shining on the inside.
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