“Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.” ― Chad Sugg
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Posts Tagged ‘Thoughts’
Autumn Trees
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, autumn, Thoughts, trees on October 19, 2026| Leave a Comment »
The Pantry of Ideas
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, blog posts, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts, writing on October 18, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Maintaining a daily blog is both fun and sometimes challenging. To make it easier to keep up, I have a document with notes and partial drafts that acts as a pantry for ideas.
Sometimes, bits of those drafts become untethered from their original post and float free, like dandelion fluff on the breeze.
And sometimes, like fluff, they become useful in their own right:
I actually disagree with a lot of this, but that’s a me thing. The important part, I would argue, is to know what works for you specifically, and do that. If your art is powered by olde thyme apothecary candy or chocolate mint ice cream or raspberry lemon cake, do that:)
What original concept did I disagree with? No clue! But I think I stuck the landing.
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Stay Radical
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, quotes, Thoughts on October 13, 2026| 1 Comment »
“Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.” — Gloria Steinem
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Dashing Around
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, food stuff, Thoughts on October 11, 2026| Leave a Comment »
This weekend we made ten kilos of chili, six fruit tortes, and had an outdoor adventure. I’m ready for a chill evening and a bit of ice cream:)
Today’s random fact: the name for the paddle that churns cream into ice cream is a dasher.
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Pretty Simple, Really
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, lessons for living, philosophizing, quotes, Thoughts on October 10, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Bertrand Russell on the Secret of Happiness – The Marginalian
“The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.”
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Low-Level Awesome
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, a good day, a little magic, Thoughts, unexpected joys on October 8, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Some days I am suddenly filled with a low-level feeling of joy. Everything sparks with at least a touch of beauty, the world has a bit magic to it, and it’s easy to find the best in all things.
Today, I’m happy to say, is one such day. (Is it a coincidence that I just delivered a big work project and can now take some time to smell the flowers? Perhaps not.)
Hope your day has a little magic in it too!
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(How to Do) Something Exciting
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, advice, art, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing on October 7, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“If you feel safe in the area that you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth, and when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.” — David Bowie
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You Get to Build It Yourself
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, life, Thoughts, work, Writers, writing on October 5, 2026| Leave a Comment »
In some ways, this quote expresses a very Monday sort of sentiment, but I like that you can flip it from “must do” to “get to.”
“No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
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Any Human Ever
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, data, history, humanity, storytelling, Thoughts on October 4, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Some days you come across something on the web that helps you remember why people thought it was a good idea in the first place. For today’s entry into that ledger, I present Any Human Ever.
Any Human Ever: one life from over 100 billion
So: what would happen if stories were drawn from actual data, randomized to give a valid representation of the human story? That’s the question that was stuck in my head, and that drove this project forward. If you could draw a life at random from all of human history, what would it look like? Roll the dice, and see a genuinely random life, depicted as well as the data allow. Do it again and again, and what kind of pointillist painting emerges from all those colorful drops of humanity?
I love this idea. Do statistics have their place? Absolutely. Is this perfect? Maybe not, but I spent some time in grad school arguing for the humanization of data, and that debate solidified my belief that one of the best ways to connect people to ideas is through stories.
Have fun exploring 100 billion of them.
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Don’t Panic!
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, Thoughts, Writers, writing on October 3, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Oh look, I’m way behind today. Did I plan to get lots done? I did. Oh well!
“l often come back to a story I love about a wave panicking as it neared the shore, afraid it was about to disappear. Then, a smaller wave reminds it: You’re not a wave—you’re water. Plans will change. Your path will shift. And that shouldn’t be something to fear.” — Melinda French Gates
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