Just sayin’ – Page 3

On silliness

After a few sessions of writing anguished (or at least serious) material, my eyes rested on the plaque in the corner of my room opposite my computer desk, the one that says “Be silly sometimes.” I often think I need to move it closer to my line of sight when I’m writing. Seriously: We allContinue reading “On silliness”

Who died now?

I saw that flags were flying a half-staff again the other day and confess my reaction was a somewhat exasperated, “Who died now?” It feels like, of late, the flags have been at half staff more often than they have been allowed to rise to their rightful place against the sky. A flag becomes aContinue reading “Who died now?”

Like it or not

I am unduly influenced by the Like button. I suspect we all are. I notice when a blog post or Facebook link gets more Likes or fewer Likes or no Likes at all. It affects me, I think, when I consider writing, or at least posting, similar material. This, even though I don’t trust analytics.Continue reading “Like it or not”

A Christmas Haiku

Did Scrooge snore alone until one day he got a good night’s sleep? Could be. – – – – – P.S. In case you’re keeping track, this is the 600th consecutive day that I have given you a blog post in this space. You’re welcome.

It’s all on us

I got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. Everything irritated me. Except I got up on the same side of the bed I always do. What was the real difference? Why was it that little things I usually overlook were now annoying? What was the — to use a silly overusedContinue reading “It’s all on us”

Seriously now folks

I found this meme the other day. If I can believe the search engines, Mr. Bradbury said this during an interview with Writer’s Digest back in 1976. Was he, um, serious? I think he was and he wasn’t. Bradbury was not a frivolous guy and tackled serious subjects all the time. But, you know, heContinue reading “Seriously now folks”

A Jungian pause

I spotted this meme with Carl Jung at just the right moment — I understand the need for silence sometimes. How, though, to balance the urge to be quiet with the desire to maintain the momentum of saying something here daily for more than a year? Obviously, the balance is achieved by sharing the memeContinue reading “A Jungian pause”