May the Force be with you, today and every day.
“That’s how we’re gonna win.
Not fighting what we hate, saving what we love.
— Rose, The Last Jedi
And because I can’t help myself:
What do you call a pirate droid?
Arr-2 D2.
Heehee!
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Posts Tagged ‘#365Ways2026’
You Know What Day It Is!
Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, #Maythe4thBeWithYou, inspiration, Star Wars Day, Thoughts on May 4, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Grand Day for a Grand Prix
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, F1, fun, Thoughts on May 3, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Yay, F1 is back after its war-related hiatus. Weather depending, of course. Maybe you follow the races, maybe you don’t, but I hope that whatever you are doing today, you are able to have some fun.
See you tomorrow!
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Right Time, Right Mood
Posted in Other, tagged Thoughts, books, reading, libraries, #365Ways, #365Ways2026 on May 2, 2026| Leave a Comment »
I have half a dozen books checked out from the library and I’m pretty sure I single-handedly inspired a reduction in hold limits, but that’s okay. “To be read” is not just an aspiration, it’s a way of life. And while I’m very much a library person, this quote speaks to me:
“Think not of the books you’ve bought as a ‘to be read’ pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood.” ― Luc van Donkersgoed
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Big Old Grin
Posted in Other, Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, Artemis II, NASA, science, space exploration, Victor Glover, writing on May 1, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Here’s an interesting interview with astronaut and naval aviator Victor Glover, pilot for Artemis II’s Orion spacecraft.
Artemis II pilot talks about what it was really like to fly and land in Orion – Ars Technica
And when those parachutes came out, when the mains came out, it was like God himself led us down to the water. And I had a big old grin on my face. It was intense. It went from intense to pure elation.
If you are curious about what it’s like to pilot in space, the difference between a touchscreen controller and stick-and-throttle hand controllers, or the “very intense” 13 minutes and 36 seconds of reentry, read on.
I was!
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Remember to Keep Laughing
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, birds, nature, the world, Thoughts, wildlife on April 30, 2026| Leave a Comment »
I’m reading the headlines, watching holes being punched in democracy, and I don’t like it.
At the same time, my father is sending nature notes from the beach.
/headline
Pigeons, house finches
/headline
The headlines are important.
/headline
The headlines mark a world changing in ways that will hurt the people and things I care about. That’s… not great.
/headline
/headline
But there is more to the world than just headlines.
Pelicans, herring gulls, terns, mockingbird, starlings, boat-tailed grackles, house sparrows, swallows, dolphins.
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Keep Creating
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, Thoughts on April 29, 2026| Leave a Comment »
I think I need to start getting up earlier so I have time to do everything on my list. But I didn’t and I don’t, so today, another quote and a pretty picture!
Picasso created more than 50,000 works of art.
How many are considered masterpieces that we still admire today?
About a 100.
Less than 1% of his creations are still relevant.
Stop trying to be perfect.
It’s a numbers game.
Start creating.
Be courageous enough to share.
— Ryan Stephens
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Add Your Own Twist
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing, writing advice on April 28, 2026| Leave a Comment »
If you’ve seen it before, don’t do it again. — Shonda Rhimes
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Spill Over
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, community, creativity, Thoughts on April 27, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“Joy is what made our species survive in the first place. If we’re rewarded, reinforced by it, then we continue doing it. We spill over. We become contagious. We get others on board.” — Jiaying Zhao
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That Felt Sense
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, AI, creativity, editing, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 25, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“A good editor brings accumulated taste, emotional response, and a felt sense of what’s working — and that felt sense is genuinely different from the pattern recognition that I do.” — Claude AI, as quoted by Tony Schwartz, when asked why the AI’s editorial feedback was not as useful as a human editor’s (and why the AI spent so much time straight up sucking up to the author in ways that were not only unhelpful but actively counterproductive)
Just one more reason why having a body is a good thing. To me, a well-written story feels like standing in a stream where all the water is flowing in the right direction.
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All Hail Libraries!
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, children, community building, growth, public libraries, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 24, 2026| 5 Comments »
It is National Library Week in the US, and what better opportunity to take a moment to appreciate the joy and wonder that is the modern library system?
However you use your library, there’s joy waiting for you there.
Bored? Library. Curious? Library. Broke? Library. Rich? (Donate to the) library. Interested in the past? Library. Worried about the future? Library. Need to do your taxes? Library. Want to learn a new language? Library. Want to build a better community? Library!
“Congratulations on the new library, because it isn’t just a library. It is a space ship that will take you to the farthest reaches of the Universe, a time machine that will take you to the far past and the far future, a teacher that knows more than any human being, a friend that will amuse you and console you — and most of all, a gateway, to a better and happier and more useful life.” ― Isaac Asimov
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