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Never give up: There are certain times that you think, OK, you have beaten me down to my knees. And now the challenge is, I am on my knees and you keep on beating me down. And the question is, are you going to keep beating me all the way to the ground or will I find a way to struggle my way back on to my feet.
— Randy PauschThe Cat Cam
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The Grinder Roosts At Last
This was yesterday’s job. My antique coffee grinder had been waiting around for me to commit and this was the only reasonable place it could go. Continue reading
Posted in 418 Petersburg, badass-ness, cats helpful cats, coffee and tea, Do the Work
Tagged blackcats, Cat, coffee, helpfulcats, newhouse, oddjobs
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Day 2 NaPoWriMo 2024
This familiar paper cup • This brown cardboard sleeve… Continue reading
Posted in coffee and tea, deadline, Do the Work, family and friends, gratitude, haiku, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, the creative process
Tagged coffee, dothework, friends, haiku, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, postcard, process
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NaPoWriMo Day Thirteen
I went outside to sit with the daffodils today. It may snow. That’s right. It may snow. Won’t be the first time the daffodils have been beaten down in their glory but it seemed a good idea to sit with … Continue reading
Posted in coffee and tea, Do the Work, en plein air, gardens and flowers, good causes, haiku, life around us, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, Ripped from the headlines, taking time to look, the creative process, watercolor
Tagged coffee, daffodils, dothework, garden, haiku, headlines, NaPoWriMo, process, watercolor
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NaPoWriMo Day Eleven
I did a bunch of things unrelated to poetry for most of the day. I guess that’s most days. I did end up with a bowl of a really tasty bean soup made with some leftover lamb and some smoked … Continue reading
Posted in clouds, coffee and tea, Do the Work, haiku, NaPoWriMo, note to self, Poetry and Lyrics, the creative process
Tagged clouds, coffee, dothework, haiku, lifeontheweb, NaPoWriMo, soup
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For the Quote Box
Thanks go to @jamesvictore for this great quote (from his How to be Brave and Scared Shitless webinar): We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t. … Continue reading
Posted in badass-ness, cats helpful cats, coffee and tea, Do the Work, Gnomish, the creative process
Tagged badassness, cats, coffee, gnomes, process, TTJALI
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