size matters (in sentences)
Size matters. Well, maybe it does, and maybe it doesn’t. Either way, we seem to spend a disproportionate amount of time wondering about whether it does, or it doesn’t, and why it matters, especially...
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Today, I overheard two statements that made me think. Pause. And worry, more than a little. Of course, that’s what I do. I worry. The first was something along the lines “he admitted he was morally...
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Absolute thinking. Such thinking really sucks. Big time. That morning, the sun shone. Yes, really, it did. Until it stopped. I remember how it felt to finally feel happy, accepted for who I was....
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(To, whom ever) was (innocent), Assumed that I was wrong when I heard about your case! I can hardly believe what I have heard, how could you have behaved so? Why? Very many people have approached me...
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Day Fifteen of Writing 101 requires us to “think about an event you’ve attended and loved. Your hometown’s annual fair. That life-changing music festival. A conference that shifted your worldview....
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Unusually, I have chosen to explain this post before I begin, and not add one of my cryptic, and often ambiguous, notes, after the piece. Spoiler alert. In this post, I actually get to the point. With...
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flea market, brugge, once were (prized) possessions? So, here we are, four weeks later (ok so I’m late, this last post was prompted yesterday). The last and final prompt for day twenty of Writing 101...
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“why, in a cause like this, must you poor fools so sorely try the muses’ kindness” ― johann wolfgang von goethe, faust “lost in the wild so come to me now I could use someone like you“ lyrics to psycho...
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“He is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams…” – John Steinbeck My response to “Tech of the month: Long Exposure”...
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“the person you became with her is worth being” ― veronica roth (wall, km 1180) (for daily post weekly photo challenge – change) *shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 70-200mm f/f lens at 200mm, ISO200,...
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“As a lifetime proposition, happiness is a discipline, no doubt; but for moments at a time, it’s a piece of luck. A piece of luck and a clue: a hint, not just of what might be, but of what already...
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“if you’ve not been loved as a child, you don’t know how to love a child” ― jane gardam, old filth (laeken cemetery, brussel) i wasn’t (or, didn’t feel so) but, i do that’s (extra)ordinary and, worth...
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Es muss auch Spiel und Unschuld sein und Blütenüberfluss sonst wär’ die Welt uns viel zu klein und Leben kein Genuss.” – Herman Hesse, Bäume. Betrachtungen und Gedichte All around and on the ground...
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“all the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust” ― j.m. barrie A story in a single image She shivered. The cold, hard seat making her uncomfortable, her left leg numb, sensation in her toes...
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“in the space between chaos and shape there was another chance” ― jeanette winterson This is my contribution to Day 6 of the WordPress Writing 101 course. You can see all my scribbles for the course by...
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This post is a combined response to ‘Day 7: Let social media inspire you’, last Tuesday’s prompt on the WordPress Writing 101 course (which asked us to respond to one from a selection of embedded...
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“You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what’s a life, anyway? ― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web (not writing) is both the...
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‘How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorised.’ ― Salman Rushdie, Step Across This Line The door opens, slowly, rattling up. Inside, there is security, double locked doors, video cameras, a keen...
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‘we’re not enemies, we just disagree’ – lyrics from ‘is this it’, the strokes Her: Would you like a coffee? Him: Yes please, I’ll fix it. – He did. And yet, he didn’t. Her: Time for another coffee?...
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