Yearly Archives: 2018

What’s important

Via brainpickings: The trick is, I find, to tone your wants and tastes low down enough, and make much of negatives, and of mere daylight and the skies. […] After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, … Continue reading

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What? November 22nd?

Where has November gone? Some of you remember today as the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Some of you know November as NaNoWriMo – 50,000 words, 30 days, 0 excuses. While I do remember the death of JFK, I … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving 2018

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40F and a bit of thick rain

Some might say sleet… All is well with me. The rain doesn’t reach me, my room is well heated, what more can one ask for? There’s no shortage of work, either. — Paul Klee

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From the Quote Box, Just in Time for NaNoWriMo

There is a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in something, you do it only when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results. — Kenneth Blanchard

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