Answer me this, May 9, 2024 What values are fundamental to you and why? I was writing this yesterday and after I accidentally posted it, I deleted the entire thing and went to bed. I should not be writing so late… Read More ›
Words
SKIPPING THE SMALL PRINT
The biggest lie we tell all the time is that when we check the box at the bottom we are agreeing to an interminable list of conditions that basically say whatever they say. What we know is if we do… Read More ›
DO WRITERS NEED A VACATION FROM WRITING?
“A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.” – Eugene Ionesco When I was writing professionally, I needed a periodic break from the stuff I was paid to write, but… Read More ›
KOMOREBI & BOKEH: JAPANESE, THE PHOTOGRAPHY LANGUAGE
When talking about photography, English doesn’t always cut it. As it turns out, Japanese usually does. The Japanese have a word for everything, it seems. I just learned “komorebi.” It means “sunlight filtering through the leaves of trees,” and by extension,… Read More ›
BE KIND TO YOUR KIDNEYS SO THEY CAN BE KIND TO YOU
Autocorrect had decided the writer couldn’t possibly mean “exacerbated” and must have meant “exasperated.” I had a sudden weird mental image of his kidneys throwing up their hands or whatever kidneys throw into the air and saying, “That’s it. I’ve had it. I’m outta here.”
INGENIOUS WORDS VS. SHOUTING AND VILIFICATION
Blogging Insights 3.0 # 13 First, the quote: “Fortunately words, ingeniously used, will serve to mask the ugliness of naked facts.“ There was a time — not all that long ago — when being clever with words or witty or… Read More ›
ENGLISH AIN’T EASY
Let’s face it. English doesn’t always make sense. HOMONYMS sound the same, but don’t mean the same TO-TOO-TWO all sound the same. The first is a pronoun. The second means “also” and the final is a number. ONE-WON – unless… Read More ›
WHY I BLOG, BUT MAYBE YOU GOLF
Blogging Insights 3.0 # 8 — Your Backstory We do what we do because we love it, need to do it, or both. Writing is like breathing. If I don’t write, I suffocate. My friend needs to compete, to be active…. Read More ›
BALLS, NERVE, AND חוצפה
“You’re one tough broad,” my friend told me. I recognized this as a compliment. Maybe you have to come from New York or New Jersey to “get it,” but I got it. “Tough” includes brave, determined, and hard to kill…. Read More ›
DO WRITERS NEED TO VACATION FROM WRITING?
Blogging Insights NF # 65 — Holidays for writers/bloggers? “A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.” – Eugene Ionesco When I was writing professionally, I needed a periodic break… Read More ›
THE MONDAY PEEVE – DON’T YOU HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS?
Where did my pictures go? So here’s the scenario. I have my card in its reader in my computer. Instead of doing what I usually do — copying the pictures from the card to the newly-created photo folder, I use… Read More ›
IF IT WORKS, IT IS WHAT IT IS
Blogging Insights – NF # 64 : Writing Advice “The only truly universal writing advice is ‘If it works, it works.’ ” – Audrey Driscol Or, to put it another way, “It is what it is if it works. It… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 