Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, memories, thanks Mom and Dad, Thoughts, winter, yay on March 4, 2023| Leave a Comment »
It’s Saturday and we woke to a world of deep, quiet snow. It took me back to childhood and to one book in particular, Ezra Jack Keats’s award-winning classic, The Snowy Day. Here it is, presented with animation and narration:
Snow flurries began to fall and they swirled around people’s legs like house cats. It was magical, this snow globe world.
– Sarah Addison Allen, “The Sugar Queen”
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Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, learning@lunch, science, Thoughts on March 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, meh, Thoughts, writing on February 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »
It’s Monday and I’ve got nothing.
Ok, technically, I’ve got several post ideas but also a to-do list that’s too long and my brain appears to be broken and I have to write up some writing things aaaannnndddd… I’ve got nothing.
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
― Jack Kerouac
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Posted in Funny, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Chewbacca, Thoughts, writing on February 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I’ve just written a whole post and then realized it would be a better fit next month. I’d write something else but the cat is sitting on my foot yowling to be fed.
Loudly.
“What greater gift than the love of a cat.”
― Charles Dickens
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, inspiration, Thoughts on February 24, 2023| Leave a Comment »
It has been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Ukrainians have been stronger, more determined, courageous, resourceful and resilient than any external observers expected. The fact that they have to be these things is terrible. The fact that they continue to be these things is glorious.
Today, a collection of photo retrospectives and readings about the conflict and what’s at stake.
Time for me to donate to one of the many organizations working to help those affected by this war. World Central Kitchen remains one of my favorites.
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, Thoughts, writing on February 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“The lesson I’ve learned the most often in life is that you’re always going to know more in the future than you know now.”
― Taylor Swift
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Posted in Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on February 20, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Today is celebrated as Presidents’ Day in the US. It’s actually, technically, still called Washington’s Birthday, but no one outside of the National Archives uses that name.
Washington’s Birthday (Presidents Day) | National Archives
On the third Monday in February, we honor our first President, George Washington, whose birthday is February 22. We also traditionally honor President Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday is February 12.
How did we even get this holiday? Here’s an interesting recap by a presidential scholar.
President’s Day Is a Weird Holiday. It Has Been Since the Beginning. – The Bulwark
In 1968, Congress passed and Lyndon Johnson signed legislation changing the holiday to the third Monday in February. Ironically, this means that the federal holiday still formally called Washington’s Birthday can mathematically never fall on Washington’s actual birthday—although the choice of date has the happy benefit of always falling between Lincoln’s and Washington’s birthdays (respectively Feb. 12 and 22).
And from the random fun department:
Curious as to what George was up to before he became President Washington? Brewing beer, for one thing.
Recipe for Small Beer · George Washington’s Mount Vernon
And after the presidency? Washington seems to have spent a not-inconsiderable amount of effort evading paparazzi;)
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Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Bill Hammack, explainers, science, Thoughts on February 18, 2023| Leave a Comment »
If you are going shopping this weekend, you might find this information useful. If nothing else, it will give you something to consider as the checkout lines to either side of you whoosh on by.
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, bad haiku, dessert, Thoughts, writing on February 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Rivers of bright snow
Winter can’t cool warm waffles
Belgian number four.
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Fiction, stories in real life, Thoughts, Writers, writing on February 15, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Have you ever watched a movie and thought, “Phew, the caped crusader stopped the bad guy. It’s too bad he had to wipe out a city block to do it, ’cause that can’t be cheap”?
If you answered yes, or if you’ve ever wanted to know the difference between justifiable and reckless acts of damage (and why Peter Parker would be liable for millions before he’s legally able to drink), then this video is for you!
Insurance Lawyer Reviews Damage in Superhero Movies & TV | VF Reviews | Vanity Fair
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