For the video version of this essay, scroll to the bottom for a YouTube link. One of my students asked me a question. She asked, “Why do people have hobbies?” And I started writing a reply, but it’s a complicated question. The concept of hobbies is relatively new. There was a time when survival wasContinue reading “Why do we have hobbies?”
Category Archives: Writing
Always Moving Forward
There are so many things I’d like to do; that I’d like to accomplish. And I think it’s time to start doing them. I don’t have to plan it all. I don’t think I can plan it all. It’s sort of like when my parents were first in business. They were in their late twenties.Continue reading “Always Moving Forward”
Initial Review of the Rocketbook Core Reusable Notebook
I just received the Rocketbook Core (formerly known as the Rocketbook Everlast), a notebook with reusable pages, erasable with water and a microfiber cloth. With the help of the Rocketbook app, the notebook’s pages can be quickly scanned (photographed) and uploaded to Google Drive, along with a typed version of the document. The pages canContinue reading “Initial Review of the Rocketbook Core Reusable Notebook”
Using a Google Drive App to Convert Handwriting into Text
Today I experimented with using Google Docs (a Google Drive app) to convert handwritten documents into text. After running 6 trials, I found that the app: Prefers smaller to larger print (My “small” handwriting is actually medium-sized. I tend to write large.) Can handle lined paper as long as the lines are lighter than theContinue reading “Using a Google Drive App to Convert Handwriting into Text”
Limiting ourselves with self-imposed labels
Name-calling is hurtful. We all know that. So why do we hurt ourselves by assigning labels to our behaviors; our very thoughts? Why do we place ourselves in categories, and rank ourselves among movements? It’s a form of self-destruction; or self-protection as we huddle behind a gossamer wall. So what led me down this path?Continue reading “Limiting ourselves with self-imposed labels”
Regrets
One bad decisionrarely defines a life. Dwelling on bad decisionscreates a life of its own. –Carol Fullerton-Samsel Illustration by KELLEPICS with Pixabay.
Bereavement for Jellyfish
Oscillating water fills my bell.Bobbing and tumbling; no crashing waves;Only a steady push, like a mother prodding a childToward unknown relatives.Or guiding a sleepy toddler to bed,A glass of wine waiting on the counter. A silty fog. Sand scraping my crown.Suspended at shore, I glimpse a new land,Freckled pink and orange; those lost before. IContinue reading “Bereavement for Jellyfish”
The Clones of Langston
The second edition of The Clones of Langston has just been released. It is available through Amazon ($9.95 paperback) and Barnes and Noble ($10.95 paperback). When cloned workers are abandoned by a biological research corporation, they form their own society. As the facility housing them erodes, they discover a challenging new world—our own.