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Mostly Books

Posted in Holidays, tagged , , , , , on January 5, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Today is the last day before the day job resumes. I shall spend it wisely, with food, chill, and books. Mostly books.

“Sections in the bookstore

  • Books You Haven’t Read
  • Books You Needn’t Read
  • Books Made for Purposes Other Than Reading
  • Books Read Even Before You Open Them Since They Belong to the Category of Books Read Before Being Written
  • Books That If You Had More Than One Life You Would Certainly Also Read But Unfortunately Your Days Are Numbered
  • Books You Mean to Read But There Are Others You Must Read First
  • Books Too Expensive Now and You’ll Wait ‘Til They’re Remaindered
  • Books ditto When They Come Out in Paperback
  • Books You Can Borrow from Somebody
  • Books That Everybody’s Read So It’s As If You Had Read Them, Too
  • Books You’ve Been Planning to Read for Ages
  • Books You’ve Been Hunting for Years Without Success
  • Books Dealing with Something You’re Working on at the Moment
  • Books You Want to Own So They’ll Be Handy Just in Case
  • Books You Could Put Aside Maybe to Read This Summer
  • Books You Need to Go with Other Books on Your Shelves
  • Books That Fill You with Sudden, Inexplicable Curiosity, Not Easily Justified
  • Books Read Long Ago Which It’s Now Time to Re-read
  • Books You’ve Always Pretended to Have Read and Now It’s Time to Sit Down and Really Read Them”
    ― Italo Calvino, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler

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Undoubtably, On Vacation

Posted in Holidays, tagged , , , , on December 29, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“What do you say, Pooh?”
Pooh opened his eyes with a jerk and said, “Extremely.”
“Extremely what?” asked Rabbit.
“What you were saying,” said Pooh. “Undoubtably.”
― A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner

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Powers of Persuasion

Posted in Other, tagged , , , on March 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Whelp, I’ve just used my tremendous powers of logic and persuasion to convince Mr Man to enjoy the rest of the weekend so that he doesn’t burn out in the week ahead. 

It is, after all, the start of Daylight Saving Time, which means we lose an hour of weekend time. And really, it’s not so much the hour, it’s the feeling that there wasn’t enough chill time to begin with and now we’re minus an hour.

Given that, I think I’ll take my own advice.

Happy Sunday!

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Let Me Dream

Posted in Other, tagged , , , on February 8, 2024| Leave a Comment »

I know it’s only Thursday but I am so ready for the weekend. Just let me dream for a minute, ok?

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Thanks:)

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Winding Down

Posted in Entertainment, tagged , , , on April 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Perhaps you recently watched the F1 Australian Grand Prix, had to trim your cat’s nails, or experienced a similarly stressful moment. You may enjoy a few calming minutes spent with these birds of the world:

I know I will.

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Cutting Myself Some Slack

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , , on October 31, 2021| Leave a Comment »

It’s Sunday. I had plans and a to-do list and I’m getting some things done, but today I’m cutting myself some slack.

Do I need a little break? I do. Will it help get me back into gear and enhance productivity later? Probably.

Or maybe not. I still need that break.

For the sake of happiness and productivity, our goal should not be to squeeze every second of distraction and leisure out of our days.  

— Arthur C. Brooks, The Best Ways to Waste Time – The Atlantic

So I’ll spend at least part of my afternoon reading, drinking a smoked yaupon tea with whole milk and maple syrup, maybe have a treat, like one of the donuts we picked up yesterday. I’ll also check every half hour to see if we’ve managed to trap that last kitten, and generally take things slow. 

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Who am I kidding, of course I’ll have that donut!

Here’s hoping your day is good too.

“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” 

— Moliere

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Chilling, Apparently

Posted in Likes, Writing, tagged , , , , on February 28, 2021| 1 Comment »

Apparently, we are chilling today. 

Do not disturb the Neko Monster!

Mostly, anyway. I’ve accomplished a few things and had planned to plan my next month of writing work, but I’m really just having fun reading.

How the Multiverse Got Its Revenge

What else? In keeping with the chilling theme, I may design a few icebergs, because what better art project on a snowy day?

Iceberger

Later, I’ll give Mr. Man a haircut (while appreciating the talents of his regular barber, who does the job roughly 4 million times faster than I do). And then I may do a little design work. Or learn about household economics in early nineteenth-century England. Or shovel some snow. Or find my second-favorite biscuit recipe. Or pack and freeze a 25-pound bag of flour.

Or maybe not. I’ve got a book to finish.

“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.”

— Napoleon Hill

Happy Sunday!

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