For today, a six-word commentary on the news that in-person negotiations with Russia are once again underway, and that Ukrainian negotiators have been warned not to eat, drink or touch anything.
Russian negotiators, awaiting your Zoom invite.
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Posts Tagged ‘Thoughts’
When Virtual is Best
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Thoughts on March 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I Don’t Drink Coffee But…
Posted in Food and..., Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, chocolate, creativity, food, inspiration, Thoughts, work on March 29, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I spent a little time last night working out a new recipe for the mocha tofu pudding. What’s different? Double the espresso.
And am I using post-lunch dessert as an excuse to test the caffeine-fueled recipe results right now, on this busy busy Tuesday?
Why yes! Yes I am.
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It’s Monday. Remain Calm.
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Fiction, free fiction, genre fiction, Nature's Futures, sff, Thoughts, Writers, writing on March 28, 2022| Leave a Comment »
For fun today we have a short bit of free fiction from Nature‘s Futures column.
Star Corps Crew Manual Section 15-A37: On Mental Dislocation
If your parallel-universe self seems to be planning some kind of invasion, remain calm…
Good advice.
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Sunday, Slow and Fast
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, design, sim racing, Thoughts on March 27, 2022| 1 Comment »
Slow: I’m learning a new kind of art, two dimensional design for three-dimensional objects, in this case digital race cars.
Fast: Watching actual cars in today’s F1 race.*
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I’ve always liked speed. I had motorcycles once upon a time and my favorite part of any plane ride is still the acceleration on take-off. That said, I really don’t like crashing.
Digital art is a fun, non-contact way to learn new approaches to design. I spent a lot of time today working on a new technique for metallic paint surfaces. Here’s my current favorite outfit for my virtual car.
Looks fast, I think:)
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* Still Team Hamilton!
Remembering What’s Gone
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, loss, Thoughts on March 26, 2022| 1 Comment »
“His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien
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No Darkness Shall Endure
Posted in Holidays, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Fiction, genre fiction, hope, inspiration, J.R.R. Tolkien, sff, Thoughts, Writers, writing on March 25, 2022| Leave a Comment »
On this day, eons ago, the brave Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee fulfilled their quest to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom. And so it was decreed that March 25th would ever after be known as Tolkien Reading Day!
What does that mean?
Today is Tolkien Reading Day! – The Tolkien Society
And as an extra bonus, J.R.R. Tolkien’s Estate Releases Treasure Trove Of Drawings And Maps.
See those maps and more here: Maps – The Tolkien Estate.
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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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In Case You Were Wondering
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, appliances, home, technology, Thoughts on March 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I managed to spend the whole day learning things, yay, but nothing that’s ready to share right now. I did do a load of dishes in the new dishwasher. If you (like me) have wondered what exactly goes on in there, this video is for you.
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Poetry & Perspectives
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, inspiration, news, poetry, Thoughts, Writers on March 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I spent too much of today in the news mines (and most of what I found is not great), so I thought I’d share a poem. It’s from 2016 but still relevant.
Click through and read from the beginning for best effect.
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by Brian Bilston
They have no need of our help
So do not tell me
These haggard faces could belong to you or me
Should life have dealt a different hand
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— Flipping the Message About Refugees, With a Poem – YES! Magazine
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With Hope
Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, hope, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts on March 22, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
— Desmond Tutu
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Light in Darkness
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, #Ukraine, creativity, emotion, inspiration, music, Thoughts on March 20, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I am partial to the written word, of course, but there are times when words can fail us. That’s where music comes in.
Ukrainian violinist Illia Bondarenko made a recording of himself playing in a shelter in Kyiv. Since posting, he has been joined by musicians around the world…
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Do you play? You can join in by downloading the score and making your own recording:
Violinists Support Ukraine – Participate
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