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December 5, 2016
Marbleous Monday: Source of Greatness
THE SOURCE OF GREATNESS
For one fleeting moment
This icy cold morning
The marble casts a shadow
Much longer than itself
Blue fire sparks in its depths
A comet
Blazing a trail
Across the orange peel of kitchen counter
Then the winter sunrise
Is swallowed up by clouds
And once again
There is but
A small ball of glass.
5.12.2016
Filed under: this and that Tagged: blue marble, perspective, photography, poetry, random, winter, winter sunrise
December 2, 2016
This, That, and NaNoWriMo’s Over
I was going to write an erudite and contemplative post for you today. It was going to be all about why I do NaNoWriMo, even though every year I just about lose my marbles with the stress of trying to finish. Or maybe about some more editorial pontifications on Point of View and Tense (first or third? past or present?). Or about the wonders of community (which actually ties right in with point #1).
But I tried to write, and it just wasn’t coming out right – I was sounding way too preachy, or,...
November 30, 2016
November 28, 2016
Indie Book Review by Kate M. Colby: A Thousand Rooms by Helen Jones
A review by of Helen Jones’ A THOUSAND ROOMS, which I’ve raved about here before. Highly recommended.
AThousand Roomsby Helen Jones
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Katie didn’t wake up expecting to die. And yet, that’s exactly how AThousand Roomsbegins. As Katie stands on the street, watching emergency responders attend to her body, she waits for whatever comes next. Nothing comes, and Katie is forced to drift about the earth alone in search of her individual heaven, the meaning of her...
November 23, 2016
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November 14, 2016
The Wonders of Google Maps, Take 2
(Edited to include link to the graphic for email feed)
In addendum to yesterday’s post: I keep finding more crazy-amazing stuff on Google Maps. Just for instance, and for your delectation, here’s a Photo Sphere image of the Great Hall of Nymphenburg Palace (click your mouse inside the image and drag it around for a 360 view):
(If you can’t see the embedded graphic, click on the link here)
Isn’t that something?
And now I have to go fix a sentence in my NaNo manuscript – from my own photos, I...
November 13, 2016
News from the Writing Trenches, or: The Wonders of Google Maps
In case I hadn’t mentioned, it’s NaNoWriMo, which means I’m in the throes of novelling – and novelling, for me, always involves copious researching.
The current story (not a Septimus series book, a standalone) is partially set in Munich, so I’ve got Google Maps permanently open to a map of the city. But not just a map – Google Street View is amazing. I’m constantly hopping back and forth between map view and panning around the streets of the city.
I’m also going back to my photos from last ye...
