Brain… Education Knows No Boundaries 31 Jan 201130 Jan 2011 For the first five years of my formal education, Louisiana was the setting. Halfway through second grade, I was assigned to a new school, courtesy of the United States Supreme…
Blogging… A Slice of Sky 26 Jan 201126 Jan 2011 As soon as I discovered William Herschel's music and bio on KBAQ, I wanted to adopt the man as an honorary ancestor. William Herschel (Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel) professional musician and…
Blogging… Pause at the Threshold to Breathe 25 Jan 2011 You already know that my resolution for 2011 (besides this blogging challenge) is to BREATHE. To welcome support with that, I subscribed to the Chopra Center's 21-day Meditation Challenge. Today…
Blogging… Why Post Daily? 24 Jan 201121 Jan 2011 If you journal only sporadically, or monthly, or weekly, you're tempted to be significant or profound--or silent. I'd been at that for years when I heard a Sunday School teacher…
Change the World… “Divers Patter, Dabblers Explode” 22 Jan 201125 Jan 2011 I love this sign at a preserve: "Divers Patter, Dabblers Explode." These are ducks. The sign explains that Dabblers, such as wigeons, teals, pintails, shovelers, and mallards, have large wings…
Change the World… Friday Flick: Working or Receiving? 21 Jan 201127 Jan 2011 Are you too busy working at writing to receive the work? Here's what a number of writers have to say about their experiences. It's "The Writing Spirit" from AuthorMagazine.org. (This…
Change the World… Paradoxes of Writing 15 Jan 201115 Jan 2011 Novelist Jennifer Hubbard says, "Sometimes the writing desk is a solace, an escape from tedium or pain in daily life. "Sometimes writing is a celebration. Sometimes it's a way to…
Brain… Friday Flick: Your Brain on Improv 14 Jan 201122 Jun 2011 Ever wonder why it feels so different to do something you've memorized rather than something you're making up on the fly? Ever notice that in certain activities you might do…
Brain… Favorite Resolution: Breathe 3 Jan 20113 Jan 2011 Breathe. Cheap goal, right? You breathe or you die. Try not to and your brain stem pulls out the override. Just because you're alive, doesn't mean you know how to…
Collaboration… Not a Poem a Day 1 Jan 20116 Jan 2011 “It isn’t every day that the world arranges itself into a poem.” — Wallace Stevens Wally must have been as disappointed about that as I am. Maybe every day a…
Change the World… Friday Flick: The Train of Thought 31 Dec 201027 Jan 2011 Enjoy a mini writer's retreat experience with author and--I think you could call her a creative activist--Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Her Mission Amy KR #48: "Invite strangers to meet at the…
Business Communications… Writing pain is not forever 30 Dec 20101 Jan 2011 Rocket scientist Joe Williams has this to say about high school writing: "Frankly, I hated it. I found it so formulaic and forced and stifling that I hated it with…
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