Thrown to the Wind: “Thrown to the Wind Beijing-based artist Wang Zhiyuan piece entitled Thrown to the Wind ascends 36 feet into the air. Zhiyuan’s tornado of plastic waste is a reminder of the trash that overwhelms his hometown and it’s surrounding environment. It pretty much speaks to anyone – the reality is that we are …
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Notes on a Saturday afternoon by the Tennessee River
At Coolidge Park with Julie and the kids and the rest of the family for Harper’s first birthday party. Mostly, she got clothes. The best was the monkey outfit I picked out for her. Out here in the daylight my OCD is pointing out every single speck of dust or skin or crumbs on my …
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Not today
I had a healthy start on a post to publish today and 1,700 words later found myself in a completely different place that most would struggle to politely describe as “completely boring,” so I’ll save you from the ennui. What I was trying to say is that at 40 years old I still don’t know …
BREAKING! Big News!
Discovering really good reporting is always a joy, but finding jewels in journalism today seems like a blind hunt for smoky black pearls. The perpetual churn of the news cycle is collapsing on itself like a dying star. The density increases until its own gravity crushes itself to become a black hole and suck the …
Putting Ghosts to Rest
In the TV series Supernatural, the Winchester brothers spread salt over bones and set them on fire to help a spirit rest in peace. In real life killing ghosts isn’t so easy. The saying goes, “Your past will come back to haunt you.” We all have ghosts lurking in our periphery, looking for another way …
Wandering to a Point
Wandering around on the Internet is fun and I’ve found a lot—I mean a lot—of things I enjoy reading, but wandering doesn’t lead to a clear destination. Staying up-to-date has displaced being creative. When I was younger and slinging medical supplies on a hospital shipping dock I dreamed about writing for a living. One day …
Embracing the tiny: a 21-Day Salute™ by Communicatrix
Colleen Wainright spent 21 days embracing something tiny to help her begin. She started with this piece (Embracing the tiny: a 21-Day Salute™) about a tree with the gall to lay dormant for a season and return in full bloom. “That damn tree can take a few months off, even out here in the land …
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Why The Hunger Games Is the Future of Writing | Goins, Writer
I love Jeff Goins’s honesty in describing the popularity of Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Maybe you heard about the movie. Why The Hunger Games Is the Future of Writing | Goins, Writer: “Young adult fiction is red hot right now. But why? Two reasons: Youth culture is now the dominant culture. Go to the …
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The Old Man and the Stop Motion Sea
Whether you’re a fan of Hemingway, cramming for a literature exam, or just enjoy stop motion art, this video is for you. [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/39473645 w=500&h=281] (Via Maria Popova at Brain Pickings)
Making Room for My Brain
I’m investing some of my time off during this spring break to streamline my workflow and put my Mac to work for me. A lot of my important filing often falls to the wayside because I hate that kind of thing. Downloading statements, renaming them, and archiving them in the proper folder is tedious work. …