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As I’m learning new things, I just scroll through photos I’ve taken, looking for one to start with or two that I’d like to combine. I rarely have a detailed idea of what to make before I start. So it wasn’t pre-planned to combine an old photo of Rocket Kid jumping off a boulder at … Read more
I heard the song “I Can See Clearly Now” recently and a line struck me differently than it has before. “Look all around, there’s nothing but blue skies” Blue skies. Happiness. Synonyms. This happened to be on a cloudy day. I thought how interesting it is that my perspective has sometimes shifted on the notion … Read more
My conversation with Debra on Ordinary Chaos, included some talk about child sex trafficking or the sex slave trade. Between that and some statistics she gave on domestic violence, I felt it appropriate to put a warning at the beginning of the episode and also to mark it explicit in my podcast hosting service. Many … Read more
I bought some Ultra Violet tea. It’s perfect for when a mild tea without much caffeine is in order. Also, it’s blue. Or purple. In the sun with a white-ish backdrop, it looks blue. Indoors in a white mug, it looks purple. Either way, it’s neat-looking. And finally, I poured it from the clear mug … Read more
Rocket Kid made a discovery. If he takes the stability ball (which we had out for him to sit and bounce on during school online)… …and puts it on the trampoline (which is in the corner of the living room—highly recommend for all high-energy children)… …he can lean over the ball backwards and roll towards … Read more
Have you ever grown any kind of squash or similar vining plant? My experience with them is: I throw seeds in the ground or the pot or the bed, and either nothing happens (“Did we plant something in this area? I thought we did…”) or it grows and takes over. Likewise, when a creative idea … Read more
Before the shots from the neighborhood, here’s the photo I mentioned last week that I’d been working on but didn’t have time to finish before posting. It took a long time—longer than I expected—but it was work that I enjoyed and could do for 10 minutes here or there, or for an hour in a … Read more
I heard some advice recently that really resonated with me: listen to all the advice. Of course, this is the opposite of typical, where we’re told to neither offer nor accept unsolicited advice. The argument was that even solicited advice doesn’t always resonate, and you never know who will have something useful to say. We … Read more
A disclaimer to kick off today’s thoughts: More often than not, I get stuck while I’m writing because so much is not at all black and white. There aren’t any rules, really, that apply to all people in all situations. But writing becomes muddy and hard to read when it is full of exceptions and … Read more
I haven’t taken a lot of photos recently, and the ones I attempted were all no good. Happens sometimes, especially in “I wonder what that would look like if” situations. I’ve continued messing with Photoshop and have three funky photos to share with you. I have a fourth, but it’s taking many hours more than … Read more