I have one more award for the Papaya of My Eye Mystery Photo contest.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Old Brick
In August, I blogged (link, link) about the methods anthropologists use to
determine the age of ancient ceramics.
Here is an article about a brick from Roman times that turned up at Fort Vancouver. The brick may have been part of a cobblestone street or Roman ruin in Great Britain. Historians speculate that during Colonial times, the brick was recycled for use as ballast in an English ship that traveled to British Columbia. The brick is adorned with the paw prints of an ancient Roman cat that stepped in the wet clay about 2000 years ago.
Here is an article about a brick from Roman times that turned up at Fort Vancouver. The brick may have been part of a cobblestone street or Roman ruin in Great Britain. Historians speculate that during Colonial times, the brick was recycled for use as ballast in an English ship that traveled to British Columbia. The brick is adorned with the paw prints of an ancient Roman cat that stepped in the wet clay about 2000 years ago.
Labels:
odd things,
research,
work-in-progress,
writing
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Papaya of My Eye
As I'm sure everyone guessed, the Mystery Photo was papaya seeds.
Awards:
Awards:
I made the awards in PowerPoint which doesn't transfer well to blogger, so the writing is blurry.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
Mystery Photo
What is it?
The answer will be posted on Saturday (2/23/13).
Once again, there are no prizes.
Last time I gave awards to the most creative answers.
They were all creative answers.
I never know if these are hard or easy. When I ask someone in my family if he can identify the photograph I’m planning to post, he usually reminds me that he watched me take the picture.
Once again, there are no prizes.
Last time I gave awards to the most creative answers.
They were all creative answers.
I never know if these are hard or easy. When I ask someone in my family if he can identify the photograph I’m planning to post, he usually reminds me that he watched me take the picture.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Sunday
(You can click on the picture to enlarge it.)
Friday, February 15, 2013
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Writing Advice
Yesterday
I received this assignment for a writing workshop I will attend in March:
“Please
be prepared to introduce yourself by sharing the best piece of writing advice
you have ever received. This advice should be presented "Pinterest" style--as
a tag line....or epithet!”
I
was thinking of using, “Do whatever it takes to get the first draft down, then
fix it.” Although,
if I found a better, pithier, or more profound nugget of wisdom, I’d jump on
it.
My
husband suggested, “Express yourself.”
Jeremy
said at his summer program at Berklee, they told him, “Write every day.”
Help
me out here. What is the best writing advice you have ever received?
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Friday, February 8, 2013
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Sunday
I liked my daffs so much, I bought tulips.
Plus, we had a sunny day.
Later, the sky clouded over and the tulips opened.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
A Fine Line
While most writers use exclamation points
judiciously, many people apply them liberally to sentence endings.This
punctuation mark confers various meanings, and the difference between a period and
an exclamation point may be a fine line.
A few weeks ago, I emailed the admissions department at The Berklee College of Music to inquire about an error on Jeremy’s application status page. His application fee had been marked both as paid and outstanding. I received a courteous reply acknowledging the receipt of the application fee. The email ended with, “Jeremy should be receiving a decision on January 31st!”
I thought hard about that final exclamation point. Was it a mark of random enthusiasm, or was it a hint to reassure an overanxious mother? I decided it was the latter, but told no one. It would sound crazy. I’d be accused of overthinking arbitrary punctuation.
It turns out, I was right, and I thank the kind administrator who nourished my little kernel of hope through the month of January.
A few weeks ago, I emailed the admissions department at The Berklee College of Music to inquire about an error on Jeremy’s application status page. His application fee had been marked both as paid and outstanding. I received a courteous reply acknowledging the receipt of the application fee. The email ended with, “Jeremy should be receiving a decision on January 31st!”
I thought hard about that final exclamation point. Was it a mark of random enthusiasm, or was it a hint to reassure an overanxious mother? I decided it was the latter, but told no one. It would sound crazy. I’d be accused of overthinking arbitrary punctuation.
It turns out, I was right, and I thank the kind administrator who nourished my little kernel of hope through the month of January.
Friday, February 1, 2013
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