Messing about with empathy
Well, everyone who is over sixteen and can write in English. The Lewis Country Writers Guild is sponsoring their first writing contest. All the details can be found here. The Grand Prize winner will win $100, a free ticket to the Southwest Washington Writers Conference, and the option of having their winning story printed in…
Said no one ever. Well, Grammar Girl probably said it some time, but the average person, even most writers, don’t like grammar. For most people, it brings back horrible memories of diagramming sentences in school (hopefully, they don’t teach that any more.) But grammar is important, and something that we should all learn because good…
I tried a new recipe last night. I don’t try recipes often, but occasionally I get a yen and hunt the internet for ideas. The funny thing about recipes is you can’t tell how good they are. Every blog brags about how good their version is, even if it isn’t. I found one that suited…
Do you like game shows? I watched a neat documentary about the past, present, and future of game shows called Game Changers (hosted by Alex Trebek.) I’ve been watching game shows all my life, and I would still drop everything to watch Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!. It was fun learning about all the different…
Early March doesn’t know what it wants to be. I went for a run this morning. During four miles, I experienced sun, rain, warmth, cold, wind, and stillness. I took off and put on my jacket more times than I could count. It was a typical March run. I found a wonderful website full of…
Ever wish you had more hours in the day? Compared to your ancestors, you do. Earth’s rotation is slowing down, so a modern day is about 1.7 milliseconds longer than a day a century ago. I know that doesn’t sound like much, but when dinosaurs lived, a year was about 370 days long. Give it…
I finished my reading challenge. Just before the new year, a wonderful member of the Potterhead Running Club (PHRC) designed a fun reading challenge. Sixty badges could be earned by reading sixty books in sixty different categories. I finished my sixtieth book today (thus earning my sixtieth badge.) I didn’t intend to do this challenge…
The birds are coming! The birds are coming! Spring is not here yet, but in my corner of the world birds are returning. I hope they haven’t jumped the gun, but it’s nice to hear them as I run each morning. When it comes to migration, birds are the masters. Here are some mind-blowing numbers…
“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” – Francis of Assisi* Start today. *Go to the Footle and Grok website to see the meme for this quote (not mine.)
I just read my second Kafka story. I’m doing a reading challenge through the Potterhead Running Club (PHRC.) There are fifteen books to read per house, and each book has to match a category based on a character, creature, place, symbol, or object. For each book read, I receive a virtual badge. There are sixty…