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The Beauty and the Mystery

Posted in Other, tagged , , , on July 7, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Here’s wishing you a wonderful day, one where you can see past the sharp edges of the world to the beauty and mystery that surrounds us all.

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How to Make Your Soul Grow

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on July 5, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Kurt Vonnegut’s letter to the graduating class of New York’s Xavier High School is good advice for all artists, or anyone hoping to “experience becoming.”

via LinkedIn

Here it is read by another artistic treasure, Gandalf Ian McKellen:

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In Love and Rest

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , 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 , , , , , , , , 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 , , , , , 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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A Peek Into This Writer’s Brain

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on June 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Birds are sky fish!

Just saying.

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The Solstice, Again?

Posted in Holidays, Science!, tagged , , , , 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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It’s Good to Have Goals, Book Edition

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on June 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »

I recently signed up for artist Louisa Pressler’s newsletter. Because someday, I’d love to have her illustrate one of my books.

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A Puzzle

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , on June 5, 2024| 1 Comment »

We watched Knives Out: Glass Onion a while ago and enjoyed it, but thinking back, what I remember most are the puzzle boxes. In the movie’s opening scenes, each of our main characters receives a wooden box with multiple layers of old-school encryption. Each layer is a mystery that must be solved before it can be opened. 

Here’s an example:

While these particular boxes are next level, how on earth, I wondered, are puzzle boxes made?

You too? 

Now we need wonder no more.

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Hello Cello

Posted in Entertainment, tagged , , , , on May 31, 2024| Leave a Comment »

A few moments of beauty on this Friday afternoon: Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Saint-Saëns’ The Swan | The Kid Should See This.

The video won’t embed for whatever reason but it’s available via the article above.

Enjoy!

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