Tag: writing
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The Golden Hour
“Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.” — Horace Mann
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A thousand bits of paper.
I’m here to encourage less scrolling through the endless shouting and pointing of social media and more browsing the blogs of people who take time to contemplate and create. Kate is a poet, writer and photographer who lives in Queensland, Australia. This is a post from her blog.
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Instant noodle writing.
I currently use WordPress for hosting this blog and writing my posts. They have recently (unavoidably) introduced a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help creatives optimise their content. Not only can I produce a post on any topic in a couple of seconds (and even be more interesting then usual in many cases),…
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Email poll
Just a quick poll with respect to my email subscribers.This post will be deleted in a couple of days. I am thinking of providing extra content for those of you subscribed to my email list. That content would probably be around topics of consciousness, climate change, near-death experience and meditation practice (these are the things…
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Simplicity is the way home
The following quote is by William Rivers Pitt who was writing after the death of Eric Carle, author of the children’s book The Hungry Caterpillar: Simplicity: whatever can be done within reach of your arm. Eric Carle took 224 words, 22 lines and his paintbrush, and made the world better. Such a small thing, such…
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A system for assholes
Caitlin Johnstone is a (mostly political) writer over at Medium. Now I don’t agree with everything she has to say…..in fact, I don’t agree with half of everything she has to say. When I do agree, she writes with such articulate acumen it sets my opinions in a molasses of confirmation. And when I don’t…
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It’s all about the likes
My ego’s rushto debase my wealthWhen jealous of my former self. Checked my analytics this morning to see what sort of growth traffic this website has been getting, and accidentally logged into my old site at TheNursePath. To my ego’s dismay, it turns out that TheNursePath, a website I have not posted on since 2018…
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Embracing an analogue life.
Living an analogue life means embracing a more simple and mindful way of living, away from the digital distractions and fast-paced lifestyle of the modern world. In an increasingly connected world, where we are bombarded by digital stimuli, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and disconnected from our physical surroundings. However, by embracing an analogue lifestyle,…
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App review: Obsidian
I have been using Obsidian for well over a year now. It is my go-to tool for knowledge building and synthesising information. Five stars. Obsidian is a simple text-based information management system. It uses markdown language (basically a shorthand way of formatting your text) to build and organise personal notes. It also allows you to…
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