I realise there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re experts at letting things go. ~ Jeffrey McDaniel In His extreme wisdom, God planned nature to sprout, grow, let go, and start over. Some of us humans have a hard time with that, and a small percentage find it almost impossible. Why is that? […]
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Echoes of life call to me,like sparks of hope in the darkness.Times of play and freedom …The trees we would climb,higher and higher towards the sky,releasing our dreams towards the heavens.~ Susan L. Marshall, All the Hope We Carry I have written about memories a couple of times before. The last one was in August of
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Critical thinking is thinking about your thinking while you’re thinking in order to make your thinking better. ~ Richard Paul That’s a bit of a convoluted quote, but it was the best I could do. The one I used in January of 2024 was much better, as it cautioned you–and me–to learn a little at a
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We . . . go out into the Waste Land of Experts, each knowing so much about so little that he can neither be contradicted nor is worth contradicting. ~ G.M. Young, Victorian England: Portrait of an Age And with that, I will admit to a few things. I am often intrigued by questions that make others
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Who you gonna believe? Me or your lying eyes? ~Attributed to Groucho Marx In December of 2022, I published a post about Foley art, which is a process by which studios create background sounds for television shows or movies. Listeners think they recognize the sounds as footsteps or thunder, for example. However, it’s all fake.
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In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition of nationhood, Ireland, through us, summons her children to her flag and strikes for her freedom. ~Opening line of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, 1916 I think I am not alone in my preference to absorb history
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You may not be disturbed by the upheaval of the English language, but those of us who love words (logophiles) are. Let’s look at two that create confusion.
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Every moment has infinite potential. Every new moment contains for you possibilities that you can’t possibly imagine. Every day is a blank page that you could fill with the most beautiful drawings.~ John C. Parkin Ok. I’ll cop to a bait-and-switch this week. Normally I have a target topic as soon as I finish a
You hear about adrenaline, how it spurs you on and gives you uncanny strength, but there’s a flip side. The feeling is heady, out of control. It heightens your senses to the point of paralysis. You have to harness the power or it’ll choke you down. ~ Harlan Coben, Tell No One As with many physical
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Take a look if you’ve ever wondered why cookies are called biscuits in England. And why, if you ask for chips across the pond, they won’t be crunchy.
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Luz’s manner of speaking made it clear that she had no idea what she might say next. It wasn’t that she made things up, strictly speaking–only that facts were merely a point of departure for her.~ Daniel Alarcón Based on multiple conversations with a variety of people, I have come to the conclusion that some
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Why do we feel it necessary to finish a book that brings us nothing but dread when we lift it? Let’s look at that.
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As we grow older, we gain experience if not wisdom. With that, our assessment of past events evolves. But that’s not all that changes.
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Crows are ubiquitous. But how much do we know about these glossy-feathered scavengers? And how many crows does it take to qualify as a murder?
What enables humans to laugh? At what age do we delight our families with involuntary and totally contagious giggles? Let’s take a look.
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Music can take us to an emotional high or reduce us to tears. How long have humans been hearing melodies, and how are those works of art created?
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Afraid of all that slithers? Snakes are good for the environment, and most of them are trying to avoid you, too. Read and learn!
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If you know someone’s personality type, their behavior begins to make sense. ~Tom Butler-Bowden We all know at least one adrenaline junkie. Someone whose idea of a good time equals that of Evel Knievel. And probably all of us “enjoyed” having someone on a school project or work team who provided entertainment, but didn’t add
Your Personality Type, Sad Movies, and You Read More »
Stress is a two-sided coin, but one side can be detrimental. Are you harnessing your stress to achieve goals or is it handling you?
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This week I’m raising awareness about heart attacks and cardiac arrest and being ready in case someone near you needs immediate, life-saving attention.
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” … We are hierarchical animals. Sweep one hierarchy away, and another will take its place, perhaps less palatable than the first.” ~ Camille Paglia In my March post on honey and its creators, I mentioned I’d address hierarchies later, and now’s the time. Like it or not, there are social structures and organizational charts
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A list of things you might not hear: eyelash opening on the pillow, the appearance of a star, a leaf leaving a tree, a hand in your hair, a lie being withheld, a tear’s journey from eye to shoe, the air becoming blue, longing. ~ Martine Murray, How To Make A Bird In a February post,
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Are IQ tests sacrosanct? Or do you think there is only one kind of intelligence? What about creativity? Or intuitive or emotional intelligence? ~ Abhaidev, The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit I can’t pinpoint the recent conversation that made me think about IQ (intelligence quotient) tests. However, it must have been with my husband, because he
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Your mind never wanders away; it only moves towards more interesting things. ~ Kevin Horsley, Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive Oh, look – a squirrel! I do that all the time. Well, I don’t call attention to random squirrels, but I do occasionally fly
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