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June 26, 2011
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Nearly Done
I've gone through all my editors' notes and made all the changes–and have started one more run through to make sure I like what I did. I will surface soon–though I may need to do nothing but twiddle my thumbs for a couple of days.
I've learned a lot and wonder if it will make the next book easier. I assume not, and hope to be surprised!
Filed under: Literary, Personal Tagged: draft 10A
June 19, 2011
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June 15, 2011
when to buy organic?
handy guide to reduce our kids' intake of pesticides along with their fruits & vegggies at EWG http://ow.ly/5iy96
Filed under: Miscellany
June 13, 2011
Poem of the week: The Rolling English Road by GK Chesterton | Books | guardian.co.uk
The Rolling English Road
Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode,
The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road.
A reeling road, a rolling road, that rambles round the shire,
And after him the parson ran, the sexton and the squire;
A merry road, a mazy road, and such as we did tread
The night we went to Birmingham by way of Beachy Head.
I knew no harm of Bonaparte and plenty of the Squire,
And for to fight the Frenchman I did not much desire;
But I did bash their baggonets because they came arrayed
To straighten out the crooked road an English drunkard made,
Where you and I went down the lane with ale-mugs in our hands,
The night we went to Glastonbury by way of Goodwin Sands.
His sins they were forgiven him; or why do flowers run
Behind him; and the hedges all strengthening in the sun?
The wild thing went from left to right and knew not which was which,
But the wild rose was above him when they found him in the ditch.
God pardon us, nor harden us; we did not see so clear
The night we went to Bannockburn by way of Brighton Pier.
My friends, we will not go again or ape an ancient rage,
Or stretch the folly of our youth to be the shame of age,
But walk with clearer eyes and ears this path that wandereth,
And see undrugged in evening light the decent inn of death;
For there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen,
Before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green.
via guardian.co.uk
Filed under: Miscellany
June 9, 2011
Busy Bee
I haven't forgotten my blog–I've been busy with my draft, school concert, talking to teachers, a mysterious blistery rash on one kid's ankle (poison ivy?) and so on. I was up at 5:00 am, hot and sleepless, so I'm extremely grateful for the cool breeze now blowing. I'll catch up on my blog reading tomorrow, but I'm now going off to bed for an early night because I have a meeting first thing in the morning. Temperatures were high here in more than one way in the last 24 hours. But now all the metaphorical storms have blown over, the literal tears have passed, and there were smiles and good-nights all around. Same to you, my friends.
Filed under: Personal
June 7, 2011
Page 262
I am pushing to get as far as I can today because tomorrow, with temp going up to 34C (that's 93F) tomorrow, I have no expectations of getting anything done other than lying in front of a fan.
I've been learning to be more careful and punctilious in getting characters from point A to point B in every detail; also to be more mindful of the correct use of present participles.
Filed under: Interesting, Literary, Personal Tagged: Writing Life
June 6, 2011
how men and women make decisions under stress
Stress causes men and women to respond differently to risky decision making, with men charging ahead for small rewards and women taking their time, according to a new study in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, published by Oxford University Press.
via thesituationist.wordpress.com
Brain imaging showed that men's brains were activated in reward/addiction areas while women's brain activity in those areas decreased under stress. In other words, men's brains acted like it was more fun, women's less.
Whose brain would you want on your side during, say, a national crisis? I know which I'd choose: slow but sure wins the race.
Filed under: Miscellany
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