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In The Numbers
It took 5 days, but I finally hit my goal of 1,000 words written of fiction on the 5th. I am not sure why it’s 1,000 words. I guess I came up with that as a simple round number that was more than attainable. Given that if I sit down and focus, I can achieve…
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Institutional Decay
What are institutions for? What grants their authority? Why should we listen to them? These and many other questions can be asked by someone similar to me, someone with a mindset of continual questioning. Or maybe someone who trends against authority. I have a skeptical mindset, often wanting to question the reasons why things are…
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Can Me Write Good?
Ah, a reoccurring theme. I’ve written on this before, and I am certain that I will explore this topic many more times after this entry too. What is good writing? Am I a good writer? Or asked a better way: can good write me? I am certain that this question enters the minds of a…
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Snowy Distractions
Ah, winter. The time of cold and snow. Where it snows overnight seemingly every time that the weather goes that direction. It seems that this week I’ve spent more time outside in the morning than I have been doing anything else. Others in the household need to get up to take shifts and therefore, being…
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Goodbye 2020
All over the internet, news media, and on the lips of people around the globe, 2020 sucked. But did it? Was it really so bad or is it that our perceptions have been twisted up in all of this mayhem? This past year of 2020 has been a challenge in many ways. With the pandemic…