A dear friend of mine who knows how much I like words and silliness gave me Love Haikubes (Forrest-Pruzan Creative, Chronicle Books). I fooled around with them to celebrate Valentine's Day (of course, I didn't follow the directions). … [Read more...]
News on contributors (Desilets, Rodley, Mahan, McConnell, Kirk) notes on rejection
Hello sweeties. Hope you don't have the winter blues and that you are getting enough vitamin D. On January 16 there was a story on NPR by Jason Comely about embracing rejection ("By Making a Game out of Rejection, A Man Conquers Fear"). For a while there I was going to write a post about it, how writers have to embrace rejection. I was trying to think of it in terms of the Pareto principle, the mathematical principle known as the 80-20 rule, but I couldn’t get it … [Read more...]
Glimpse of solace: February po-pho
Glimpse of solace: snow in sunshine
One day there was a blizzard, which sculpted the snow, and the next day was glorious with sunshine to show off the art. Here are my pictures. … [Read more...]
Saying thanks to Ernie Banks, #14 forever
I went down to Fourth Presbyterian Church on Michigan Avenue and Chestnut to say good-bye to Ernie Banks. I am so glad I did. After I viewed the casket and we went to the pews, I said my thanks to him. It is odd to me that pictures are taken at a church, of a casket, but since everyone else was doing it, I took my camera out too. After having our moments of quiet reflection, we went back to the entrance to see the video that was playing of Ernie's life. The images were … [Read more...]
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