New Years resolution 2007

In honor of New Years, I’m renewing my resolutions for another year. This is a reprise post from two years ago. “Wabi-Sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a beauty of things modest and humble. It is a beauty of things unconventional.” –Leonard Koren, Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers Poets & [...]

Time to act my age?

Where do we draw the line between being child-like and childish, between being young at heart and chasing after a youth that’s long past? When is it time to start “acting my age?” Those are questions that are heavy on my mind these days. In three weeks, my oldest daughter is getting married. In a [...]

I write like a girl

I just checked my current manuscript through Gender Genie, an online test to reveal the gender of my writing. It guessed me as female, based on the last couple of pages I’ve written. Since I am female, I don’t think this is a problem, but my target market with this novel is suspense, and an [...]

Back away from the snickerdoodle

Researchers: Baking Impacts Puget Sound SEATTLE (AP) — Researchers at the University of Washington say all that holiday baking and eating has an environmental impact – Puget Sound is being flavored by cinnamon and vanilla. “Even something as fun as baking for the holiday season has an environmental effect,” said Rick Keil, an associate professor [...]

Happy holidays!

Happy holidays, everyone! Wishing you all peace, joy, and love, now, and every day of the year. Thanks for making my world a brighter place.

Blast from the past #9

The final installment. August 16, 1999 This last week has once again made me ashamed to admit I’m from Washington State. As I feared, the terrorist who attacked the Jewish Community Center in California was connected to the spiderweb of racist/survivalist cults which hide in our mountains, and bought his weapons at a local (unregulated) [...]

Why didn’t I think of that?

North Carolina congressman Robin Hayes has the answer to the Iraq quagmire. Just convert ‘em. From the Charlotte Observer: A weekly newspaper in Concord, Hayes’ hometown, quoted the congressman this week as saying that stability in Iraq ultimately depends on “spreading the message of Jesus Christ, the message of peace on earth, good will towards [...]

Thus spake Albert

From The World As I See It by Albert Einstein: “The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and [...]

Blast from the past #8

This one is for Burrow. :) Everything I Needed To Know About Writing, I Learned In Physics Class (originally posted March 1998) Chaos is the natural state of the universe. Deal with it. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Control your temper, because the world kicks back. Once you get the ball rolling, [...]

Blast from the past #7

September 4, 1999 History Of The World, part 212…. One of my obligations as a parent is to see my children educated on music. In light of the current retro fad, I think I’ve given them an advantage. One of games we’ve always played is Name That Tune/Artist-Band. I’m proud to say that all of [...]

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