Category Archives: Just sayin’
What goes around hasn’t changed
“And here we are, poised between the two, between a dreadful reality and an unformed terror, trying to make such decisions as will avoid the tyranny of the very far right and the tyranny of the very far left, the two of which can often be seen coalescing into a tyranny pure and simple, withContinue reading “What goes around hasn’t changed”
How to overcome inertia
Write the next sentence. Take the next step. That’s really all there is to it.
Maintaining focus through the beeps and bloops
My writer business involves an eclectic mix of stuff — this blog, books, local news, and — (Gaah! How do we turn off every beep, bell and whistle that notifies us that something new just popped up on the magic device so stop everything and come look! look! look!) Sorry, I had to see ifContinue reading “Maintaining focus through the beeps and bloops”
The nicest and sweetest days
“After all,” Anne had said to Marilla once, “I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.” — L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea
Having a dog is important to heart health
It seemed to me that Willow The Best Dog There Is™ deserves to star in her own meme.
The signpost up ahead
We timestamp our moments (or the computer does it for us), with each detail of the stamp representing the same journey at different paces. Our spot in time is part of a specific year, a specific month, a specific day of the week, a specific day, and even hours, minutes, seconds. There’s the signpost upContinue reading “The signpost up ahead”