Lightning Picture – Weather Photo – National Geographic Photo of the Day
Lightning Picture – Weather Photo – National Geographic Photo of the Day. Filed under: Beautiful Tagged: nature photography
Lilian Nattel
Willpower and Headspace
The first quarter of Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy F. Baumeister (researcher) and John Tierney (journalist) is packed with fascinating research conducted by Baumeister and his colleagues.…
Meeting Today
Today I’m meeting with my publicist and have a 3 page list of contacts gleaned from all the helpful suggestions and recommendations of people on my email address list who…
What’s In A Goal?
On Sunday, my older daughter scored her first hockey goal. So let me start this post by shouting out: Way to go, M! She started playing last spring, enjoying every…
Teddies Make People Share
Feeling as though we belong is important for our mental and physical wellbeing. Social exclusion hurts and it darkens our mood. Unfortunately, this sets up a vicious circle because we’re…
Unknown Millionaire Author
When Amanda Hocking was a depressed 17 year old, she wrote a novel about a girl who falls for vampire brothers. It was rejected by 50 publishers and it isn’t…
Scrivener Review
Well, folks, Scrivener for Windows is out of beta and version 1 is available for purchase or free trial. It’s fabulous. I can’t recommend it highly enough. Finally PC=Mac in…
Evening Light
view from my window, click to enlarge Filed under: Miscellany
Congratulations Tessa Bonhomme and David Pelletier
Picture this: tiny figure skater and hulking hockey pro paired up to dance music on ice. That is Battle of the Blades, a Canadian reality tv show with the prize…
APOD: The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble
APOD: 2011 November 13 – The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble. Largish wingspan for a butterfly! Filed under: Beautiful Tagged: butterfly nebula
changes…
changes…, originally uploaded by vdaaccord06. First draft, page 12. This is what it’s like to begin: with hope and trepidation. Filed under: Miscellany
Happy Tears–the Horsie Runs
This is one of those wonderful stories that give you faith. I won’t say anything about it but let you watch for yourself and provide a link to all the…
Translate Chinese Lady Gaga
And if you’re curious about what they were singing in my previous post… LAO LAI QIAO GAGA – “Old Folks Going Gaga” Oh, oh oh…. beloved son… Oh, oh, oh……
Only in China: retirees singing Lady Gaga
Filed under: Fun Tagged: China and Lady Gaga
Happy Publishing Story
A novel that, less than a year ago, was without a Canadian publisher has won the country’s most prestigious literary prize. Esi Edugyan’s Half-Blood Blues, about a jazz musician who…
Church of Lies by Flora Jessop
My reading plan was derailed when Church of Lies by Flora Jessop and Paul T. Brown came in from the library. I put down The Book Thief and picked up…
Sunshine and Skating
I know that Sunday isn’t the best time to post but I’m too happy to care. There is sun and blue sky today, and there was sun and blue sky…
Site Meter
I must be the last blogger on earth to know about site meter and to install it. I learned about it from Emily’s blog. So just just in case there…
Today’s Work
Tõkestatud / Obstructed – Landscape & Rural Photos – Vaido’s Photoblog. There weren’t any rainbows while I wrote today. (Well there were, while I was thinking, but then they vanished…
Late Bloomers: Jose Saramago
I’ve always thought of Jose Saramago as a prolific, accomplished and successful literary writer, someone elevated, and not even enviable because he deserved it all. So I was astonished and…