Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, Canada, election day, politics, Thoughts, voting on April 28, 2025| Leave a Comment »
It’s election day, if you’re a Canadian. And if you haven’t already voted (early voting is a great option, consider it for the next time around), there’s still lots fo time to make your voice heard.
How? Here’s what you need to know to vote today.
For even more answers to election-related questions, visit Elections Canada.
So go forth and help shape our future. And enjoy being part of the true north, strong and free.
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers on April 24, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“Don’t worry that you are moving slowly. Just be sure of what direction you are going in.”
— Nellie Biles, with advice to her daughter Simone
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Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“Trying hard and working hard is its own reward. It feeds the soul. It affirms your will and your power. And it radiates from you, lighting the way for all those who see you.”
― Charles M. Blow
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, Thoughts on April 21, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“Life is about understanding opportunities. Understanding how rarely they come along, and then rising to meet them when they do.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, cool stuff is cool, inspiration, moose, nature, slow tv, Sweden, Thoughts on April 19, 2025| 2 Comments »
I’m still watching the Fish Doorbell (it’s been quiet at the times I’m on but it’s still fun), and now I’ve added a new livestream to my list of “things to watch when I need a minute of chill.”
If you also need a minute of chill, check this out:
Livestream of moose migrating to their summer pastures fascinates millions | AP News
Before Swedish slow TV hit “The Great Moose Migration” began airing Tuesday, Ulla Malmgren stocked up on coffee and prepared meals so she doesn’t miss a moment of the 20-day, 24-hour event.
“Sleep? Forget it. I don’t sleep,” she said.
Here’s the direct link to this distillation of slow Swedishness: Den stora älgvandringen – Idag 00-00 | SVT Play
Despite the many ongoing challenges of animals in the modern world, there’s something deeply comforting about this reminder that the non-human world continues to turn.
And moose are still on the loose.
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, creativity, persistence, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 16, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Getting stuck is part of the process. If you’re never stuck, you’re not doing anything thrilling, important, and/or daunting. Be patient, be kind, and rather than focus on where you’re stuck, do something to shift the stuckness.
— Michael Bungay Stanier
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, Thoughts on April 15, 2025| Leave a Comment »
It’s Tax Day in America. On the off chance that you have yet to file, there’s still time to get your paperwork in by tonight’s deadline. Need an extension? Here are some details on how to make that happen:
When Is the 2025 Tax Deadline, How Can You Get an Extension? | TIME
It may also be comforting to know that taxes have been with us for a long, long time. Here’s a bit of ancient history on that subject.
The World’s Earliest Evidence of Taxation
What remains today, such as stone inscriptions, clay tablets and bamboo records, tells a story far beyond administration. These tax relics reveal how early states governed, what they valued and how they balanced power with the burden on taxpayers. From Sumer to China, civilizations devised ingenious, and sometimes bizarre, ways to track, collect and enforce taxes, leaving behind vivid clues of how they funded their ambitions—and proved that even in the Bronze Age, nothing was certain but death and taxes.
(And given the timeframes involved, I’m going to give this round to taxes.)
Taxes can hurt but they do have benefits. And once you’ve sent off your paperwork, check out these sweet Tax Day food deals 2025.
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Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, Thoughts on April 13, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.
Delicious Ambiguity.”
― Gilda Radner
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Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, creativity, inspiration, life, Thoughts on April 12, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.”
— Mae Jemison, Doctor, Astronaut
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, #LicenseToChill, Thoughts on April 10, 2025| Leave a Comment »
This has been quite a week. Even if you don’t pay attention to the news or the markets or any of the other crazy happening over the past few days, you may have noticed the stress on the faces of those who do.
So. Today seems like a fine day to take a little walk on a beach and try to relax:)
And just for fun, Hawaii is the rainbow capital of the world. Here’s what that means.
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