There was no one around from whom to seek inspiration, but never fear! I needed to look no further than the audiobook waiting for me on the computer. I turned it on … and out popped … conspiracy. Now, to be fair,… Read More ›
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LOVING HISTORY
“If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree. ” ― Michael Crichton “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” ― Mark Twain “History, like… Read More ›
VANILLA
What they are saying about vanilla: And that’s one thing that helps me is I learn it blandly, vanilla, then I don’t try to act it too soon because you start to act it, and you kind of go away… Read More ›
AND NOW, A WORD FROM VOLTAIRE
DELIBERATE MISQUOTATION – This week’s prompt requires you to revise the past by restating a quote to mean something quite different than it originally meant. I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death… Read More ›
LET’S TALK
Tight Corner Have you ever managed to paint yourself into the proverbial corner because of your words? What did you do while waiting for them “to dry”? Oddly, though I’m sure it has happened many times in my life, being as… Read More ›
REFERENCING SOURCES
Make It Anywhere “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere,” goes the famous song about New York City. Is there a place — a city, a school, a company — about which you think (or thought) the same?… Read More ›
THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING – REDUX REDUX
Everybody blogger has a post or two that he or she considers special. This is mine. Why? Because it is a virtual summary of years of thought. Of all night discussion in college, philosophy courses and term papers, endless volumes of philosophy… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 