Remembering 9-11-2001

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I heard the news.  That morning will always be very clear in my memory.  I had just dropped our son off at preschool, and was headed to the gym.  I liked to work out in the water, as my six months pregnant bulk was never comfortable.  I turned on the car radio and heard the anouncers discussing

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This week in words

Writing

As always (unless otherwise specified), I get my definitions from my sturdy Oxford American Dictionary.  Phrase of the week:  ” . . . as dizzy as a termite in a yo-yo.” Quote of the week: “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein, (attributed) US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955) [Found on

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A long look in the Blogging mirror

Blogging, Writing

I’ve been blogging for one month.  Almost a month.  Okay, twenty-seven days, if we’re being exact.   With this illustrious track record to bolster my ego I paid a visit to my favorite blogging guru for some insights on how best to proceed from here.  I thoughtfully considered banning Harry Potter and going straight for world domination, but have

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Disco light shirts

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Philips has released a press release about their new Lumalive fabric.  You can see it here, and watch a blip about it here.  So, can you see this marvelous gyrating disco shirt in the light of day, or is it only intended for dark alleys?  And can you change the display on the shirt to say

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Craft: Stress

Crafting Pieces

Tuppin dropped her broom at the door and hurried to the stove.  She needed to get the cauldron on now or it wouldn’t reach the rich simmering point before conclave tonight.  She popped the toads’ eggs into the oven, flipped on a burner, grabbed her biggest pot and began filling it with hot water. “Merowrr!”  Her new black

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Origami

Home in the Rookery, The Human Condition

I found the Extreme Sport of Origami a fascinating look at one of my favorite subjects.  I love to watch the creation of Origami, and I’ve always liked the idea of taking it up.  I almost certainly won’t progress beyond basic forms if I do.  It seems to require single-minded devotion from the practitioners, and I’ve never been single-minded

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Re-found treasure

Home in the Rookery, Writing

Our oldest computer has been threatening to die, so today we went searching on the hard drive to see what needed rescuing.  We found lots of old writing files, some which I’d been missing, but some I’d forgotten were ever written.  It was great to come across the titles of these old stories and fragments,

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Listening for the storm

Home in the Rookery, Writing

We have a tropical storm, wannabe hurricane, headed our way.  Outside it is dark and the wind soughs through the wet leaves in the trees.  The birds are quiet, but the cicadas sing. I’ve been thinking how important sound is.  We know, instantly, on entering a room how comfortable the people in it feel with

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Tuning out Irving Berlin

Home in the Rookery

Since early childhood I have been a night owl, and sung the Irving Berlin song “Oh how I hate to get up in the morning”, to anyone who tried to argue me out of bed.  I can remember pleading with my mom, late at night, to ‘just let me come to a stopping place’ in whatever

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Popular opinion put to the test

The Human Condition

Scientists will study anything that earns grant money, it appears.  Popular Science’s article Science Confirms the Obvious! is a list of no-duh studies and what their researchers had to say about it.  I’m in accord with #3’s findings that too many meetings are considered a hassle.  I can count on one hand the meetings I’ve attended that left me

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