It’s Thursday. Time for a trip down memory lane. Did your Dad have a sense of humor that […]
It’s Thursday. Time for a trip down memory lane. Did your Dad have a sense of humor that […]
Last week I attended the Writing Chicago conference. I had a crazy busy week last week for many reason. It was the end of the month. I faced both newspaper deadlines and I had to get everything done two days in advance, so I could be in the moment at the conference, with no interfering brain waves or competing agendas. I’m also preparing for a flute duet at a local music festival. It’s just a little thing, but I want to do well. As [tweetthis]Loved-One likes to point out, “You’re not happy unless you have one more thing to do.” [/tweetthis] (I’d beg to differ, but it is all in my control, now isn’t it?)
So, I trusted everything would work out. It did. In an unexpected way. Being here NOW has it’s ups and downs.
I mapped out my route to Writing Chicago on the Metra. It would take me as long on the train as by car, if I had smooth sailing through traffic. That’s a no-brainer. It’s Construction Season. I’d be traveling during rush-hour. Metra is by far my best bet. Transfer at Oglivy Station, take the northbound to Evanston. I’ll easily get my 10,000 steps in to meet my FitBit goal. Plus, lots of time to read, while I’m on the train.
In my essay, Evolution is Not a Belief System, I quote Pope John Paul II who stresses that the theory […]
Today is a quiet morning with many practical things to fill me up. It is the beginning of […]
Did you memorize poetry in school? I had a teacher mad about poetry. One poem every week. Some of […]
Loved-One calls SPAM “mystery meat.”
“It’s not a mystery,” I tell him. “It’s pretty much just pork. It’s probably simpler than most of the food you eat.”
Hormel offers 18 different varieties of SPAM:
SPAM is incredibly popular in Hawaii.
Maybe it’s because of the indefinite shelf-life (although Hormel says the flavor may start to change after the third year.) Maybe it’s because it takes up so little space in the pantry and requires no refrigeration until opened. Maybe it’s because one little can contains six servings, which makes it about 50¢ a serving. Maybe it’s because
Last week I got a little fatigued, a little overwhelmed, and little teary-eyed, and quite a bit forgetful. […]
Photo Friday: Bee-utiful
I really like snapping photos of insects. I have a hard time getting honeybees to stay still long […]
“The naked happy dance is more effective than medication for most of what ails us!” according to Vikki Claflin. [tweetthis]Humor is so much a part of who Vikki is that it radiates out of her being and leaks out her fingertips onto the page. [/tweetthis]Why, her name even sounds like laughter.
I got a chance to sit down and chat with Vikki last week, and I’m still giggling. I want to know more about how she wrote her book Shake Rattle & Roll With It.
Vikki has an eye for detail that, surely, she got at birth, if not that,
It’s STEM Tuesday. The brain is an amazing thing. Water, neurons, and fat. About 60% fat. There are about 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the brain and no pain receptors. Light never reaches the brain, yet we perceive light and dark. We think, we learn, we emote, we remember, all because of that three-pound organ.
I saw this Ted Talk a couple of years ago. It’ll take you about 20 minutes. Hang in there for the first 8:08 minutes. I think Sugata Mitra and his studies will blow you away.
[tweetthis]I love the idea of using the “Method of the Grandmother” to teach children.[/tweetthis]