Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, Fiction, persistence, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 11, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Beginning is underrated. Merely beginning. With inadequate preparation, because you will never be fully prepared. With imperfect odds of success, because the odds are never perfect. Begin. With the humility of someone who’s not sure, and the excitement of someone who knows that it’s possible.”
— Seth Godin
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Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, eclipse 2024, science, Thoughts on April 9, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Our eclipse experience was great. We found a terrific little nature preserve called the Cooper Marsh Conservation Area, with boardwalks, picnic tables, lawns and benches. Lunch, exploration, then a bit of chillaxation as we waited for the eclipse.
When they said that there is a significant difference between 99% and totality, they were not kidding. It was a beautiful day, but when the light faded and the stars came out? Just perfect.
If you missed it, here are highlights from NASA’s feed, along with a collection of images.
Amazing!
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, oops, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 7, 2024| Leave a Comment »
This morning I tried a new recipe. It turned out… on the mediocre side of ok.
I made copious notes and version 2.0 will be better, but what I really took away from the experience was what I was telling myself throughout the bake: Something wasn’t right.
Turns out, I should have listened.
The result was a bit of a mess, but that’s fine. I get some of my best ideas when I’m working with an idea that, well, doesn’t work. Knowing what’s broken makes a project easier to fix. That applies to food and to art.
So, my takeaway from today, for both cooking and writing: trust yourself. Learn, experiment, use the Force, whatever helps you take that next step down the path.
It will be fine.
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 5, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“In filling the well, think magic. Think delight. Think fun. Do not think duty. Do not do what you should do—spiritual sit-ups like reading a dull but recommended critical text. Do what intrigues you, explore what interests you; think mystery, not mastery.”
― Julia Cameron
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Posted in Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Thoughts on March 31, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, genre fiction, inspiration, Thoughts, writing on March 30, 2024| Leave a Comment »
We’re out and about today, and I’m finding inspiration in both natural and human worlds. I don’t have time to get started right now, but I’ve got two story ideas competing for space in my head. I look forward to chasing them down soon.
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, Thoughts on March 29, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“The more you are focused on time- past and future–the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.” — Eckhart Tolle
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, quoteandaprettypicture, Thoughts on March 28, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”
— Muhammad Ali
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Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, cat herding, cats, health, Thoughts on March 26, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Chewbacca, Prince of Cats, continues to be lovely. He also continues to weigh almost exactly what he did when we got him, despite a year of weight loss efforts. (To be fair, he lost almost a kilo. Then he gained it back.)
Now, his weight would not be a particular issue except that the vet insists on regaling us with a long (long) list of health-related problems that extra weight will bring, so we’re doing our best.
Which brings me to today’s charming bit of ephemera, a handy chart of weights in outer space.
Bad news: the cat weighs over 16 pounds on Earth.
Good news: That’s not nearly as much as he would weigh on Jupiter, where he’d clock in around 42 pounds.
And the Lunar economy must be swimming in Moonzempic because Chewie would weigh a sparse two and a half pounds there. (Kidding! It’s a gravity thing, not a weight-loss tourism thing.)
Sadly, until we pack up and decamp for the Moon, our kitty weight odyssey continues!
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, genre fiction, productivity, reading, Thoughts, Writers, writing on March 23, 2024| Leave a Comment »
This isn’t something I would normally say, but I think I’m reading a little too much.
I’ve been on a bit of a tear, rereading some of my favorite stories. I’ve just finished to the tenth book plus spinoffs in one series, and I think I need to slow down after this.
It’s cutting into my writing time.
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