I have not been able to figure out what is going on with me lately. I cannot write, or concentrate, or work. I start wonderful pieces of writing and then lose interest and decide to take a nap. I got off track after successfully getting on track a few weeks ago when I deviated from […]
Happy Pi Day & Women's History Month
Pi Day Pi is pronounced just like pie. Pi is a transcendental number, and represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Why is March 14th Pi Day? The 14th day of March is written, in the United States, as 3-14. Three point one four is often how pi is abbreviated […]
Wordless Wednesday – Art Nouveau Graphics from 1917
Graphics from an Out of Copyright Source Sunday evening I was perusing the Internet Archive at Archive.org while watching the new Cosmos series on the National Geographic Channel. These are images I captured from a not in copyright work: Strong’s Book of Designs, 1917. I am sharing some of the general and seasonal images, that […]
International Women's Day 2014
One thing I admire about women’s activism is that it is like a session on a trampoline or the net beneath a high wire acrobatics. I visualize it as women standing on a web or net that overlays a map of the country or globe. As individual women change activist levels to attend to family, work, […]
Resolution Reboot and Spring Cleaning
Has your resolve to keep your New Year Resolutions dissolved? Missed out on re-energizing your will power at the Lunar New Year? No worries. In the next few weeks we have several opportunities to recharge and revamp resolutions that have gone the way of dissolution. These opportunities might even stand a better chance of success […]
#DayofLight – Day Late and a Dollar Short
I am accustomed to being behind in task and topic. I have elevated “getting behind” into an art form. It encompasses several components: That uncomfortable feeling of swirling uncertainty, doubt, and fear in my chest that translates into a tight throat and churning stomach is the precursor. Procrastination and avoidance followed by last-minute frenzy sees […]