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Happy BoomMas!

Posted in Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Thoughts on July 4, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“It’s Fourth of July weekend, or as I call it, exploding Christmas.”

— Stephen Colbert

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Watch, Now

Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, goals, kindness, Thoughts, Writers on July 3, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who make the morning and spread it over the fields. … Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.”

— Mary Oliver

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Medieval Support Line

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, history, research, Thoughts, Writers, writing on June 30, 2024| Leave a Comment »

When you hear “Medieval Times” you may think of a slightly cheesy yet fun afternoon outing with knights and mead halls, but it was more than that. Populated by living, breathing (and dying) people just like us, this era laid the groundwork for civilizations to come. The fact that many of us know so little about it is our failing, not theirs. (Well, that and the fact that literacy was much less common than it is today!)

Not to worry! Professor of English and Medieval Literature Dr. Dorsey Armstrong is here to answer our questions.

Enjoy!

Why is it called the “Middle” Ages? What activities did people do for fun? Why were animals tried in court for crimes? Answers to these questions and many more await—it’s Medieval Support.

(Although it seems to have given George R.R. Martin far too many gory ideas.)

Why do I share this? You did see my previous post on time travel, right?

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Time to Go Back in Time?

Posted in Entertainment, Science!, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Doctor Who, physics, research, Thoughts, time travel, Writers, writing on June 29, 2024| 1 Comment »

For those of you who enjoy time travel, thought exercises, physics, Doctor Who, or just hate bad time travel concepts (me!), here’s a fun and informative article.

The invisible dangers of travelling through time

The mishaps caused by time travellers exploring the past are a staple of science fiction. But what does physics think?

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Thing I’d Like to be A Thing

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #Fridea, solutions, Thoughts on June 28, 2024| Leave a Comment »

For today’s “Thing I’d Like to be A Thing”:

Add a slight pixel shift for even and odd pages in e-readers, to encourage eyes to move side to side.

(and since we’re wishing, world peace)

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In Love and Rest

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, inspiration, poetry, Thoughts, Writers on June 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The Stars are Mansions Built by Nature’s Hand

The stars are mansions built by Nature’s hand,

And, haply, there the spirits of the blest

Dwell, clothed in radiance, their immortal vest;

Huge Ocean shows, within his yellow strand,

A habitation marvellously planned,

For life to occupy in love and rest …

— William Wordsworth

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