Monthly Archives: November 2008
Inner Tube Art
I am always doing things I can’t do, that’s how I get to do them. Pablo Picasso I’ve enjoyed this saying from Picasso since I first heard it. A paraphrase I found on the Internet suggested the meaning is “that’s … Continue reading
Go Ahead: Change Your Socks
Making money online and off should be easy. And it is if you enjoy work—and know the rules. The trouble with learning what to do is that most successful people do not know what it is they did that made … Continue reading
Crunching Leaves
What do you like to do on Thanksgiving – besides visit with family and friends, and eat? (Cooking is mandatory for some of us!) One of my favorite memories is the after-lunch/dinner hike. If you’re lucky, it takes you through … Continue reading
Giving Thanks
Wouldn’t it be fun to see how long a list of things we’re thankful for we could make? Could you reach 10 without any effort? How about 100? If your life depended upon it, could you make a list that … Continue reading
Does Your Cat Know You’re a Writer?
As I went outside around dawn, I heard a rustle in the brush, then deliberate footfalls moving away from me. Turning toward the sound, I quietly walked a few steps, listening. The crunches of leaves were close together…could be a … Continue reading
Deep Words
There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein. ~Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith
Words as Skin
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought, and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used. ~ ~ ~Oliver … Continue reading
Words Alive
Emily Dickinson at age 9; drawing made from a painting. A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Begins to live That day. ~ ~ ~Emily Dickinson
Washing Windows to See
The grapefruit is troubling me. The beautiful one the gentleman gave me Sunday for washing his windows. At first he held it toward me and gestured that I should come in and share it with him. “Peel it,” he said, … Continue reading
Writing Mitzvah
A Mitzvah is the ultimate expression of how Judaism views religion. It’s not a specific time, place, or with a specific thing, when or where or with which one has a relationship with G-d. from Rabbi Dov Schochet Sunday was … Continue reading