“There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it.”
— Amanda Gorman
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Posts Tagged ‘Thoughts’
Brave Enough
Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on September 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »
World’s Oldest Cat Door
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, history, Thoughts on September 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »
From the folder entitled Random Things You Might Like To Know:
Exeter Cathedral’s Working Cat Uses the World’s Oldest Cat Flap
In medieval days, cathedrals would have been overrun with mice and rats without a feline prowling the premises. To keep vermin in check, the magnificent Exeter Cathedral—known formally as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter—has employed cats for centuries.
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Fall Trivia
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, #thebeverageindustrialcomplex, Thoughts on September 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Ah, pumpkin spice. It’s that time of year again, and whether you are are the sort of person who loves pumpkin spice exemplars like the pumpkin spice latte or not, you might be interested to know what’s in it.
If it seems as if pumpkin spice season comes earlier each year, you’re not imagining things. Pumpkin spice lattes have officially arrived at Starbucks. But before you order a cup, drink this in: The flavor can be composed of more than 300 elements—and pumpkin usually isn’t one of them.
Wait, pumpkin is a fruit?
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How to Choose Well
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, inspiration, life, purpose, Thoughts on August 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.”
— Kofi Annan
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Hypnotic Hyperlapse
Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts on August 28, 2023| 1 Comment »
I enjoy stumbling across an interesting new way of looking at or interacting with the world, and realizing that a non-zero number of people are highly invested in a thing I had no idea existed.
Exhibit A: The hyperlapse is a niche art form documenting travel via a time lapse plus camera movement, where both distance and time are compressed into one immersive experience.
Here’s an example video of a walk around Canberra, Australia’s capital city.
Journey Through Seasons: A Hypnotic Hyperlapse of the Canberra Centenary Trail
A year in the making, it follows a 145km walking track that circumnavigates Canberra, the capital of Australia.
This article from The Guardian discusses this particular project in more depth.
Canberra hyperlapse: a year walking 145km around Australia’s capital – squeezed into seven minutes
What a world.
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That Day
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, endings and beginnings, fall, summer, Thoughts on August 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »
To say it was a beautiful day would not begin to explain it. It was that day when the end of summer intersects perfectly with the start of fall.
— Ann Patchett
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Vroom!
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on August 26, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Excerpt from a random discussion with my father, recreated here in case you too want to know:*
I’d include some interesting factoids about the speed of light or something, but I decided to make bread followed by a whipped cream cake (we finished the cheesecake last night), so I’ll end with this:
- I should clarify: my father already knew the answer to this question. I have also learned that in the third grade he planned to be a rocket scientist. (Very cool.) The fact that I did not know this detail about light speed offhand tells you, fair reader, that I did not plan to be a rocket scientist.
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Summer Love
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, memories, summer, Thoughts on August 23, 2023| Leave a Comment »
It’s the end of August and I feel the way I did as a kid, watching the school year approach. The weather has mimicked Fall for weeks but now it’s almost here in truth. Cool winds, thunderstorms, and the inexorable sense that the seasons continue to turn.
And now, I’m missing something that is not yet gone.
To summer, with love.
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Surprise of the Day
Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, food, guilty pleasures, Thoughts on August 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Wait, Fritos and Triscuits have about the same amount of sodium?
Triscuits: 170mg per 28g = 6/g
Fritos: 300mg per 50g = 6/g
Excuse me while I go get some more Fritos.
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One Cool Thing
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, #wotf39, creativity, genre fiction, Thoughts, Writers, writing, yay on August 20, 2023| Leave a Comment »
One cool thing about being a writer with writer friends is that sometimes, you have the opportunity to read their stories before other folks. I’ve just finished reviewing a friend’s new novel and it is excellent.
I don’t know when it will see the light of day so I’ll wait to promo it, but it was a treat. Can’t wait until you can read it too!
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