“The Embankment”
Oh, God, make small
The old star-eaten blanket of the sky,
That I may fold it round me and in comfort lie …— T. E. Hulme
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Posts Tagged ‘Thoughts’
Sweet Dreams
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, inspiration, Thoughts on May 29, 2024| 1 Comment »
The Future Isn’t Written (Yet)
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Fiction, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing on May 28, 2024| Leave a Comment »
I’m sad that I haven’t written a lot of things, but I’m incredibly happy that I’ve written as much as I have. Because there was a point when I was younger where there was a very good chance that I wouldn’t write anything – I was just too frightened.
— Alice Munro, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
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Honor the Dead, Cherish the Living
Posted in Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, home, memories, Thoughts on May 27, 2024| 1 Comment »
On Memorial Day, we honor and remember.
What Is Memorial Day? A Brief History and Why It’s Celebrated.
The holiday grew out of the Civil War, as Americans — Northern, Southern, Black and white — struggled to honor the staggering numbers of dead soldiers, at least 2 percent of the U.S. population at the time. Several places lay claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day. One of the earliest accounts comes from Boalsburg, Pa., where, in October 1864, three women are said to have placed flowers and wreaths on the graves of men who had died serving the Union during the Civil War.
Not too far away from my favorite ice cream store there lives a green metal tank. This aged weapon of war sits in pride of place outside the military museum in Boalsburg, and my brother and I used to climb it as kids. We absorbed the solemnity of that place and, as children do, converted it to joy.
Today, may you do the same.
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Baking Today
Posted in Food and..., Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Thoughts, Writers on May 26, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“No writing is wasted. Did you know that sourdough from San Francisco is leavened partly by a bacteria called lactobacillus sanfrancisensis? It is native to the soil there, and does not do well elsewhere. But any kitchen can become an ecosystem. If you bake a lot, your kitchen will become a happy home to wild yeasts, and all your bread will taste better. Even a failed loaf is not wasted. Likewise, cheese makers wash the dairy floor with whey. Tomato gardeners compost with rotten tomatoes. No writing is wasted: the words you can’t put in your book can wash the floor, live in the soil, lurk around in the air. They will make the next words better.”
― Erin Bow
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Follow Your Own Path
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers on May 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Doesn’t Always Feel That Way, Though, Does It?
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, back to work!, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing on May 22, 2024| Leave a Comment »
So I wake up this morning with that age-old cliché in my head: You have as many hours in a day as [Leonardo da Vinci].
Fill in your own preferred goal setter.* Mine changes depending on my current mood and projects. Sometimes it even helps;)
Onward!
* Also, remember that if your exemplar is pre-20th century, your life expectancy is probably double theirs. Strike that, we’re all under enough pressure as it is.
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Searching for Chill
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, calm, Thoughts on May 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Need a moment to relax? Google’s experimental division has teamed up with the Johns Hopkins International Arts + Mind Lab to bring you this call to chill:
In Rhythm with Nature — Google Arts & Culture
May it help your day be more peaceful.
This being Tuesday, however, I’m off to find a delicious cup of piping hot caffeine. I’ll relax tomorrow!
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A Summer’s Day
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, hot!, Thoughts on May 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Today was the first afternoon that felt like summer. What a perfect time to resurface this recipe for a lime freeze!
(And also a perfect time to lounge around drinking said lime freeze. Just saying.)
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Stop Worrying
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, confidence, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on May 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.”
— David Foster Wallace
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Better than Ever
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, Motivation, Thoughts, Writers, writing on May 16, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“I don’t believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.”
— Ken Venturi
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