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Friday, October 18th, 2013 We experience tens of thousands of seconds–small moments–each day. Even our worst, or our most boring, day surely contains a meaningful moment or span of moments. Omitting the most special and the most horrible of days, I am hard-pressed to define a single most meaningful moment in my day. (Is that my ingrained sense […] Friday, October 4th, 2013 I just got a new treadmill, ostensibly to shed a few pounds gained during my two foot surgeries in the last year. I prefer running outdoors, but with winter coming, the treadmill is the best bet to get back on track during the darker winter months here. A few of my writer friends have turned […] Friday, September 27th, 2013 Today’s writing prompt is brought to you by the wonderful cephalopod: the octopus. The video below shows how quickly (less than a second in some instances) an octopus can blend into its surroundings. Most people try to do the same thing, as first evidenced in grade school: wear what everyone else is wearing, get the […] Friday, September 20th, 2013 Old habits die hard. It’s a bit of cop out here to rely on tired aphorisms, but it gets my point across succinctly. A change of habit–getting out of one’s rut–can take a monumental effort of strength and will. Creating new habits can take the same. (New Year’s resolutions, anyone?) But from a fiction […] Friday, September 13th, 2013 September is National Preparedness Month. Since I work for a government agency, we’re getting repeated reminders to: Stay Informed Make a Plan Build a Kit Get Involved …all with the usual hype and rhetoric. (I’m all for being prepared, btw, I just don’t think it should be a crazed, one-month endeavor. Shouldn’t you be prepared […] Friday, September 6th, 2013 Family can be the source of great joy, or utter despair. I love my family. I love getting together and seeing each other and just plain talking on the phone. When I get to yakking with my sister or brother or my Mom or Dad, even my aunt…we’re nearly always on the phone for over […] Friday, August 30th, 2013 I got a phone call this morning, inviting me on an adventure. (It was a fairly mundane adventure–more of an errand, really–but an adventure for me nonetheless.) I summoned up my courage, belted on my longsword, picked up my rucksack and walked out the door. (Okay, I decided whether or not I really […] Thursday, August 22nd, 2013 Today is Be An Angel Day, as declared by Reverend Jayne Howard Feldman. Feldman, who has written several books about angels, established Be An Angel Day in 1993 to encourage people to perform random acts of kindness and to help those in need. Feldman’s theory is that my guardian angel led me to her […] |
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