Category Archives: From the Quote Box

From the Quote Box

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither … Continue reading

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Day 2 NaPoWriMo

Quiet day but it started out with the solution to using up bananas: Banana pancakes! morning slatted light across the waiting table glowing sugar bowl banana pancakes filled two plates and our stomachs jolly good breakfast. quiet afternoon some mundane … Continue reading

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Ukraine

It has been a rising tide of news until you can barely stand up against the waves that come faster and faster. This morning I sat down to write out a few bonus postcards for the world peace poetry postcard … Continue reading

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For the Quote Box

Tip of the hat to Robert LaFond: Painters of marines do not represent the sea well, in general. The same approach may be applied to them as to the painters of landscape. They want to show too much science, make … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo Day Seven

Gave myself over to doing some web-stuff today – what a time-sink that always is but still, a job done in the end. In passing, I saw a quote that I chewed on while working until this came out: Put … Continue reading

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