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When It’s Good to Be Dense (if you’re text, that is)

by Lindsey Charlton on November 28, 2008

“The sun was now below the horizon and the red glow at the rim of the world faded into pink. The sky above turned slowly from azure to the delicate blue-green of a robin’s egg, and the unearthly stillness of rural twilight came stealthily down about her. Shadowy dimness crept over the countryside. The red […]

Giving of thanks.

by Jacqueline on November 26, 2008

Tomorrow?  Thanksgiving here in America.
Food. Family. Fun.
What are your plans? Or even non-plans?
Don’t get me wrong, not having plans are just as acceptable.
You’ve probably planned your dinner menus with turkeys, hams, potoatoes, pomegranates, squashes, pumpkins, cranberries, broccoli already, so I won’t bore you with lists of recipes that would probably now be useless to you.
Whatever […]

From words to images

by Anatole Upart on November 19, 2008

For one whole week I carried the articles in the bag, trying out the usual locations to read them in perceived comfort of cozy familiarity: my home, “my” café in Lincoln Square, “my” café in Evanston, my very own art studio. The articles remained unread, a burden I eventually brought to April’s apartment…
The way I […]

A little something for your Sunday afternoon

by Jacqueline on November 16, 2008

Like most artists, writers struggle.  They struggle to accept their gift for what it is; artists, even the greatest ones who transcend time, have wrestled with the giving up control in their crafts.  I find such insights into  past and present writer’s self-reflections incredibly revealing.  Their sometimes inability to rationally accept the craft shows us […]

Sidetracked, or Sideswiped?

by Lindsey Charlton on November 13, 2008

I had a routine. It worked for me. I used it for a long time.  For months.  And then one day, I realized that my routine, the machine that generates productivity and time management so that I can spend time with my significant while being a writer, while trying that new recipe, while still sleeping […]

Nine bookmarks

by Edward Atkinson on November 10, 2008

In this post, I briefly whine about technology, respond with bold action, and transform the situation positively:
I am overwhelmed by computers, technology, phones, and these blasted things called features. Features? As in, a prominent, crowding element so gaudy and useless you can’t look away? I use computers daily for my work, Mind Sprocket, e-mail, and […]

Sometimes the truth is
Not what you want it to be.
Is it ever what you expected?
No, probably not.
Are you okay with that?
Are we meant to create truth or
Are we meant to find it?

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