I woke up at a weirdly early hour this morning…
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qualities
Me, right now
Inspired by Brian Eno’s A Year with Swollen Appendices (with no pretensions of being either as good or as clever)… Continue reading
These things are mine (a poem)
Today’s prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano is to write a poem that describes and/or defines who you are. I was a little hesitant, as that feels like the only thing I normally write about, but I gave it a shot anyway…
I want to be more like the color red (a poem)
The December 23rd prompt in The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice, by Kelli Russell Agodon & Martha Silano, didn’t interest me—so I went to the December 24th prompt, which provided a few possible first lines for a poem. I chose I want to be more like the color red…
An incomplete manifesto
A couple of years ago, before everything seemed to go to shit, I started working on my own manifesto. Since I was originally crafting it for business purposes, I intend to revisit that exercise; in the meantime, this is the list of words/phrases I came up with back then:
50 Things About Me (a partial list)
Today is my 50th birthday. To mark the occasion, here’s a list of fifty things about me, in the order that they came to mind. (Except for spelling/punctuation/grammar, I have made no attempt to edit any of the items.)
Why You Should Hire Me
Recently, I uploaded a post on the subject of being “Overqualified”. It was my reaction to being turned down for a job on the basis that I was “overly qualified” for the position.
Well, here’s a different tack: Why should you—you know who you are—hire me? Continue reading