Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, fall, haiku, inspiration, snow, Thoughts, writing on November 30, 2022| 1 Comment »
Tomorrow is December first, I’m feeling a bit wistful, and it’s raining. I’m not big on shoveling but I can’t help thinking that snow would be much more fun.
So, a haiku.
November passes.
Leaves cling to branches despite
Rain that should be snow.
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Posted in Science!, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, editing, inspiration, moon, NASA, science fiction, Thoughts, writing on November 26, 2022| 1 Comment »
I am working on story edits today and found myself needing to look up a lunar technicality. Next thing I know, I was reading a detailed account of the first lunar spacewalk at Tranquillity Base. I thought you might enjoy it too.
Wide Awake on the Sea of Tranquillity | NASA
July 20, 1969: The day began on the farside of the Moon. Armstrong, Aldrin and crewmate Mike Collins flew their spaceship 60 miles above the cratered wasteland. No one on Earth can see the Moon’s farside. Even today it remains a land of considerable mystery, but the astronauts had no time for sight-seeing. Collins pressed a button, activating a set of springs, and the spaceship split in two. The half named Columbia, with Collins on board, would remain in orbit. The other half, the Eagle, spiraled over the horizon toward the Sea of Tranquillity.
“You are Go for powered descent,” Houston radioed…
This also got me thinking about the farside of the moon. We’ve learned a lot about it since these images in 1959:
First Photo of the Lunar Farside – Moon: NASA Science
Check out the image comparison a few paragraphs in. Or heck, here’s my version:
And since we’re talking about the moon, let’s wrap with an update from Artemis:
NASA to Share Artemis I Update with Orion at Farthest Point from Earth | NASA
Orion entered a distant lunar orbit on at 4:52 p.m. EST Friday, Nov. 25, where the spacecraft will remain for about a week to test systems in a deep space environment about 40,000 miles above the lunar surface before beginning the journey back to Earth.
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, #toberead, creativity, Fiction, inspiration, reading, recommendations, TBR, Writers, writing on November 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
This is fun: NPR just came out with an interactive, cross-genre list of over four hundred books they recommend from 2022.
Whatever you’re into, you’ll likely find it here. The list includes everything from science fiction to science writing, to biographies to kids’ books to poetry, cookbooks, humor, history, sports, music and more.
I’ve read some of these books but not most, by any means, even in my preferred genres. The site also includes recommendations from the past decade, for a total of more than 3200 options. Just in case you make it through this year’s list!
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Thoughts, Writers, writing on November 21, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Today, much day job work, which takes up both actual time and mental space. Post lunch, I took a pass at a couple of drabbles but they weren’t ready, started a couple of nonfiction essays but they didn’t quite gel, looked through my files for a quote but didn’t like any of them, then tossed in the towel and went back to my work-related to do list.
Onward!
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, Fiction, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing on November 20, 2022| Leave a Comment »
When it comes right down to it, I want to encourage people to find possibilities, to see paths to improvement. Everywhere. In everything.
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, bad haiku, Thoughts, writing on November 18, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I’m in the middle of a last-minute day job project, waiting in my darkening office for external input before I can wrap up and make dinner. So today, a bit of bad haiku:
Darkness and hunger,
Impatience for what comes next.
Expectant and alive.
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Andrea Kriz, creativity, Fiction, genre fiction, inspiration, Nature's Futures, Thoughts, Writers, writing on November 16, 2022| 1 Comment »
What would you do if you could do anything?
The future will not be any% glitchless by Andrea Kriz in Nature’s Futures
I’m working from home. Or trying to. Since the news broke, it just doesn’t seem like there’s much point. Seeing each other on the screen. Or in person. It’s all the same, right?
Ever since we found out the Universe is a simulation.
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Posted in Food and..., Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, cooking, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing on November 14, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Need a bite of encouragement? Ever wonder how gyoza are made, or how an architect might make it into the Michelin guide for his dumplings? All this and more, including dough “as tender as an earlobe” await your edification and enjoyment!
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Posted in Science!, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, baking, pie, Thoughts, writing on November 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I didn’t get everything done today that I’d planned. I did make apple pie, though, and that’s not nothing.
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
― Carl Sagan
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing on November 11, 2022| Leave a Comment »
It’s easy to feel small when you’re young, old, alone, overworked and overwhelmed, tired or broke. That doesn’t mean you are.
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