People often talk about the leap of faith, and act like it is a deliberate act. What I am finding is that one realizes that one has leapt after the fact, in mid-leap when you discover there is air between you and solid ground. Sometimes it’s an airy floaty feeling. Sometimes it’s a sinking “oh [...]
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I get an insanely huge rush getting these memes and quizzes right! Esp. when it comes to usage and words. Thing is, a couple of these are not as intuitive, as the “correct” usage is heard less often. Another fun word nerd link that I ran across today (thanks, Emily!) is this column on copyediting [...]
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(30 of 50) First of all, unless I do three entries a day, I am not going to get to 50 by next Sunday, which IS MAH BIRFDAY!!!! yay! yay! I’m not mad enough to try that, or think that it would be worth reading. But I may continue with daily entries until I indeed [...]
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(27 of 50) (not to be confused with Greta Thragnusdottir’s magnum opus – a much later but fragmented text which is considered to be the first Icelandic historical romance) I suppose it is time to begin the story about how I discovered these Icelandic texts. I had always meant to reveal them in appropriate academic [...]
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(11 of 50) There’s such a thing as just chillin’ and hanging out and goofing off. There’s another thing that I have discovered, which I’ll call creative down time for lack of a better term. After working hard on a paper, a set of prints in the darkroom or a detailed fiddly bit of knitting, [...]
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(10 of 50) I used to write koans when I was in graduate school. Dealing with really brainy, weighty ideas and analytical thinking all day makes you want to play with abstractions and absurdities. Here are a few. (A koan is a brief saying or teaching. The more you think on it, the more the [...]
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(2 of 50) I started thinking about asking the other day, when I realized that I hadn’t gone to work out in nearly a week. I’m not motivated. Even though I get there and within 15 minutes, I’m feeling strong and confident, and all Zen and just one rep at a time about it. NOT [...]
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Always with great intentions for writing posts, I think about my blog all the time. I eat at a restaurant and see an interesting/funny table. “I’ll blog that!” Then I forget. When driving along, I see a bumper sticker or hear a song, and a confluence of ideas takes place. I think, “ah, that would [...]
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Inspiration comes in many forms, but I often find myself doing one of two things when I sit down to write. 1. I either sit down to write a thought or turn of phrase I had, which needs some exploration. It might be a title, a pun, a response I have to something I overheard, [...]
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I’m putting away the tree and ornaments this evening. I’m tucking the on-sale special containers back in the garage, stuffed with the ribbons, bags, paper, books, doodads and little orts that come out once a year, and scream “Christmas.” In December, they warm my heart and are so lovely – shiny, red, green, gold, sparkly, [...]
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