{"id":24569,"date":"2024-04-25T16:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T20:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/?p=24569"},"modified":"2024-04-25T16:33:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T20:33:15","slug":"napowrimo-2024-day-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/?p=24569","title":{"rendered":"NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think we&#8217;re all seeing the finish line in sight. Can&#8217;t you imagine the ears pricking a little as the head and eyes come up? Go go go April poets! You can do this!<\/p>\n<p>Today <a href=\"https:\/\/www.napowrimo.net\/day-twenty-five-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NaPoWriMo.net<\/a> challenged us to take the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Proust_Questionnaire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Proust Questionnaire<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/magazine\/2000\/01\/01\/proust-questionnaire\">see also here<\/a>).  It had been awhile, so I printed it out (how analogue) so I could look it over in between listening to the SCOTUS oral arguments today.  I didn&#8217;t get to it until afterwards, but maybe it had been simmering overnight.  I jotted down a couple quick answers but didn&#8217;t see too much coming of it but then the very last question:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What is your motto?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That had a clear answer!   From the quilt annals of 2002&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Always be learning.<br \/>\nPractice. Persistence. Beauty.<br \/>\nAlways do the work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2002_coat_of_arms.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2002_coat_of_arms.jpg\" title=\"Photo: quilt. Design is a coat of arms with crown over tudor roses, above a shield divided in quadrants. Upper two show a red maple leave and a black crow holding a heart in one claw. Lower quadrants are sunrise rays and NYBeauty design. Large green leaves are on either side of the shield. Below, a green banner shows the words Practice, Persistence, Beauty on a ribbon. All this against a mottled dark red background.\" width=\"400\" height=\"454\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24570\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Always be learning. \u2022 Practice. Persistence. 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