Monthly Archives: December 2024

Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1438: Gardening to Music to Gardening

One of those days where things happen. Mostly three-and-a-half hours of repotting, because it took that long to get all of it done. May have been a few minutes less, but it was good work and it’s the first of … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1437: A Summer Day Spent

Hearing issues. Fun. This is… the second day of being on break? The second day. Not much done. Rest. Relaxation. Those sorts of things. You know, not enough sleep to function, but also enough to operate, if that makes sense. … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1436: The Obvious Choice is to Rest

So now I’m on break, but it is yet to feel like one. Takes time, all those things, blah blah blah but it’s still the weekend. What if we’re all called back to work on Monday? Then what? I’m looking … Continue reading

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A Poem About Having a Break

So this isn’t good, which, considering I wrote this in about a minute, is to be expected. It says quite a lot, however. Maybe I’ll explain tomorrow. I hope you enjoy. — The days draw long The nights recede And … Continue reading

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The Beak is Nearly There

One last photo of this pelican for the year. Looks like it’s getting close to finding the sweet spot. This is my submission into the three hundred-and-twenty-ninth Lens-Artists Photo Challenge. The theme for this one is “Last Chance“. The host … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1435: Chain of Rambling

So very tired at the moment, but near the end of the year. I can keep going. I can get to the end of it. I can churn out words in a series of words that form a chain of … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1434: Thank you, spiders.

Wondering as to how much nonsense I can write in twelve minutes. Hopefully this will be less than that time, but we’ll see. Trying to get the words out, and thinking about the ceiling and how it continually needs replacing … Continue reading

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Southward Coastal Sprawl

I’ve been meaning to share this photo for a while as a comparative to this one, but never got around to doing so… until now. I don’t know what to say about this one. I think there’s something interesting about … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1433: Too Hot. Too Fussy.

It’s one of those mornings. Too hot. Too fussy. All those things. Getting existential, though it’s near the end of the year so that is to be expected. What year wouldn’t be complete with a bunch of reflection, introspection, and … Continue reading

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Yasunori Nishiki: The Coastlands

One listen. Started this yesterday, had to stop, was going to restart, didn’t, and now I’ve done it, so it’s more like one-and-a-bit listens, but you know. This one I’m uncertain on. I think the writing is okay, but I’m … Continue reading

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