Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘Thoughts’

My Favorite Father

Posted in Holidays, Likes, tagged , , , , on June 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »

To my dad, who taught us to read without genres, cook without recipes, and love without limits.

Happy Father’s Day!

* * *

Read Full Post »

Happy Juneteenth, America!

Posted in Holidays, tagged , , , , on June 19, 2021| 2 Comments »

We’ve taken a lot of steps to be where we are now. The Emancipation Proclamation, issued in 1863 and announced, finally, on June 19, 1865 in Galveston, Texas, was a big one.

Is everything perfect? Of course not. But our path is clear and the goal is righteous. This is a good next step.

Happy Juneteenth, America!*

* * *

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to change the world.

— Harriet Tubman

* * *

Photo by Casey Horner on Unsplash

* * *

* Is this only a Black American thing? Nope, it’s a “let’s all celebrate a better world” thing:)

Read Full Post »

Work Work Work

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , , on June 18, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Today, work work work. 

Did I wake up tired? Did I procrastinate a little too much? Does everything I say or do today seem not quite right? 

Yes.

No matter.

It’s time to work. It may not be the fun kind, but it is the kind worth doing. 

* * *

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”

— Jack London

* * *

Photo by Oxana Melis on Unsplash

Read Full Post »

Gaslighting, Gremlins & Grammar

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , on June 17, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Dear Apple, thank you for the recent software update. Unfortunately, there is now a problem with the spellcheck gremlins. You appear to be asking too much of them.

Case in point: If I wanted squiggly underlines beneath my homonyms, I would have turned on Grammar checking. I do not. I did not. So why do you (sometimes, periodically, unpredictably) “helpfully” point out that I have used “your” instead of “you’re”? Or “to” instead of “too.” I know, I did it on purpose. Yes, I am sure, and even if I’m wrong, it’s my mistake to make.

Please give your gremlins some time off, and leave my homonyms alone.*

* * *

* Drafted yesterday, edited today to be more polite. Because I’m mostly over it, and it’s not the gremlins’ fault. Probably.

Photo by Amador Loureiro on Unsplash

Read Full Post »

Not-Too-Terrible Tuesday

Posted in Likes, tagged , , , on June 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »

I’m tired of Tuesdays, but you know what? I’m also tired of hating Tuesdays. So today let’s take a moment for the fun, the interesting, and the cute with this small selection from the “we can still have nice things” department of the internet:

* * *

Here’s hoping that you too see the light at the end of your particular tunnel.

* * *

Photo by Tyler Nix on Unsplash

Read Full Post »

What Was

Posted in Likes, Other, tagged , , , , on June 14, 2021| Leave a Comment »

I’m still thinking about history, and how even when it’s gone it really isn’t.

I came across a series of reconstructions (by a travel insurance company, who knew insurance could be this interesting?), showing a selection of UNESCO heritage sites as they are, and as they were.

Once upon a time.

Reconstructions of UNESCO World Heritage Sites

* * *

Palmyra. Budget Direct Travel Insurance via World History Encyclopedia

Read Full Post »

Who’s With Me?

Posted in Likes, tagged , , , on June 12, 2021| Leave a Comment »

“Let’s save tomorrow’s troubles for tomorrow.” 

― Patricia Briggs

* * *

Photo by Christian Widell on Unsplash

Read Full Post »

They Were Us

Posted in Likes, Writing, tagged , , , , on June 10, 2021| Leave a Comment »

I’m feeling Olden Timey today, so let’s take a trip down memory lane, to 1906 San Francisco. Sure, this video has been posted all over the internet, but this definitive version includes narration and historical details, with a new digital transfer to include the full video, sprockety edges and all.

Plus it’s just cool.

Funny how a simple video conversion can suddenly make the past feel quite present. And really, they were us, and someday we will be them. Let’s do history proud!

* * *

Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash

Read Full Post »

Things I Know for Sure

Posted in Likes, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »

For today, I give you this highly-personalized, certainly particular list of #ThingsIKnowForSure:

  • Creativity is what’s important, not how or why or when you do it.
  • I eat less when I can taste more.
  • My garden deserves better.
  • Summer is a montage of awkwardly-placed mosquito bites. Still worth it.
  • The world needs a better brand of catnip.
  • Sometimes figuring things out is a matter of a good book and a long afternoon. If that doesn’t work, try a walk. Or a stiff drink.
  • That thing you don’t want to do is probably exactly what you should do (sorry!)
  • Sometimes a day just needs a thunderstorm.
  • Tonic and lemonade are good together. Also gin.
  • Some days there are just too many choices.
  • Touch ID hates me.
  • Sometimes you actually do need that ancient laptop you stashed in the closet.
  • A good book makes any day better.
  • I’m pretty much done letting other people define what’s “good” 🙂
  • Star Wars is the best movie ever (#1, now renamed #4 like a child whose parents changed their mind when she was ten years old. Who does that?)
  • Lord of the Rings is the best book ever. Even though I don’t read it every year (anymore), the effect it had on my life means that it will remain The Best Book Ever for always and ever and ever.
  • Kittens are hard to catch.

* * *

Can’t go wrong with a kitten, right?
Photo by Henda Watani on Pexels.com

Read Full Post »

This Is How We Win

Posted in Holidays, Likes, tagged , , , , on May 4, 2020| Leave a Comment »

 

Always.

Read Full Post »

« Newer Posts - Older Posts »