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The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder–a waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you.
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Monthly Archives: March 2018
The Tail End of March
Today’s National Poetry Day – take a poem to lunch! Continue reading
Posted in badass-ness, Do the Work, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, World Poetry Day
Tagged march, NaPoWriMo, spring, worldpoetryday
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Altan – St. Patrick’s Eve
Last night Mom and I headed up to the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall to enjoy the great music of Altan. They are a wonderful band and put on a good show and they had a very appreciative audience. I … Continue reading
Posted in badass-ness, family and friends, Poetry and Lyrics, traditions, travels, what I'm listening to
Tagged altan, billycollins, family, music, MusicHall, poetry
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Stephen Hawking
Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. — Stephen Hawking
Posted in Do the Work, From the Quote Box, life around us, overhead, Space The Final Frontier, taking time to look
Tagged dothework, hawking, lookingup, process, quote
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fooling around digitally
Not as welcoming a surface to work on, glass, but when given the opportunity I try to learn more about sketching etc on an iPad. Here was yesterday’s quick “pencil” sketch. I think it was with the 6B setting. Brush, … Continue reading
Posted in Do the Work, geeky stuff, taking time to look, the creative process, VanGogh, weather, work (dayjob)
Tagged dothework, drawing, ipad, TakingTimetoLook, weather
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Good Mail Days
The past few days have been good mail days. I wish I’d done an unboxing video of the package that arrived today: Several turns of brown wrapping paper held securely with tough water-activated packing tape, securely taped corrugated cardboard, several … Continue reading
Posted in Art in the world, Do the Work, reads, the creative process
Tagged artintheworld, Books, dothework, process, Reads
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