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Tuesday, July 9, 2024
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Saturday, February 10, 2024
Two good pieces of advice
"I’m not telling you to make the world better, because
I don’t think that progress is necessarily part of the package. I’m just
telling you to live in it. Not just to endure it, not just to suffer it, not
just to pass through it, but to live in it. To look at it. To try to get the
picture. To live recklessly. To take chances. To make your own work and take
pride in it. To seize the moment. And if you ask me why you should bother to do
that, I could tell you that the grave’s a fine and private place, but none I
think do there embrace. Nor do they sing there, or write, or argue, or see the
tidal bore on the Amazon, or touch their children. And that’s what there is to
do and get it while you can and good luck at it.”
Joan Didion
“Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out
for a walk. It doesn’t have to be a romantic walk in the park, spring at its
most spectacular moment, flowers and smells and outstanding poetical imagery
smoothly transferring you into another world. It doesn’t have to be a walk
during which you’ll have multiple life epiphanies and discover meanings no
other brain ever managed to encounter. Do not be afraid of spending quality
time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but 'steal' some time and
give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude.
That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world.
But you need to breathe. And you need to be.”
Albert Camus
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Monday, June 30, 2014
Learning by living
Eleanor Roosevelt was an honest, intelligent, introspective, persevering, patient and empathetic woman, who made a real success of her life in spite of the many difficulties she faced. I found her advice quite straightforward, no-nonsense, honest and helpful. She really did 'learn by living', and that is the message her book imparts. It's possible to grow and change with experience, if you tackle the challenges that life tosses you rather than evade them. She was way ahead of her time in terms of how she lived her life and how she looked at her life as a woman. I recommend this book if you want wisdom that will actually help you as you make your way in this life.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
What M.Scott Peck Said
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Some wise words about fathers
~ Anne Sexton
Came from God; I call him Dad!
~Author Unknown
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
What Georgia O’Keeffe Said
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
One Door Closes, Another One Opens
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Some wise words about mothers
Calls back the lovely April of her prime.
~William Shakespeare
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Little pearls of wisdom
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
What Mother Teresa said
Monday, March 21, 2011
Advice about writing from Cory Doctorow
Here is the link to Cory Doctorow's article:
http://www.locusmag.com/Features/2009/01/cory-doctorow-writing-in-age-of.html
Enjoy.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Rules of writing according to Jonathan Franzen
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Publish Your Book using CreateSpace
Addendum 29 January 2015--I can now recommend Weebly for both web-hosting and website-building. It offers both for free, but if you want to obtain statistical information about your website traffic and get an idea of who is accessing your site, you will need to pay for that information. You can learn more about it all at www.weebly.com. And as far as book promotion, using social media (e.g.Twitter) is an excellent way to promote your book and an eventual author page on Amazon.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
The Art of Boating. Attempts at a definition---by Trond Stokke
The Spinners--It's a Shame
I saw the movie The Holiday again recently, and one of the main characters had this song as his cell phone ringtone. I grew up with this mu...