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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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Sweet Dreams

Posted in Other, Writing, tagged , , , on May 29, 2024| 1 Comment »

“The Embankment”
Oh, God, make small
The old star-eaten blanket of the sky,
That I may fold it round me and in comfort lie …

— T. E. Hulme

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The Future Isn’t Written (Yet)

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , on May 28, 2024| Leave a Comment »

I’m sad that I haven’t written a lot of things, but I’m incredibly happy that I’ve written as much as I have. Because there was a point when I was younger where there was a very good chance that I wouldn’t write anything – I was just too frightened.

— Alice Munro, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

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Follow Your Own Path

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , on May 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.” 

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Doesn’t Always Feel That Way, Though, Does It?

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , on May 22, 2024| Leave a Comment »

So I wake up this morning with that age-old cliché in my head: You have as many hours in a day as [Leonardo da Vinci].

Fill in your own preferred goal setter.* Mine changes depending on my current mood and projects. Sometimes it even helps;)

Onward!

* Also, remember that if your exemplar is pre-20th century, your life expectancy is probably double theirs. Strike that, we’re all under enough pressure as it is.

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