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Category: Philosophy
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Desire Lines
There’s a concept in design called a desire line. The idea is to figure out where point A is, and Point B being the destination for most people, and then find the easiest way between them. if you’ve ever walked through a park where there were concrete paths at right angles, and then a diagonal…
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Home Executive: The Product
If I’m going to continue in the vein of the home as a business, which is what this series has been doing, I need to consider what a business does, having already touched on how it does it. A business provides some sort of service or product, which in turn brings in a profit for…
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State and Art
I shared a post a friend had made, one that I profoundly agree with, and it promptly got a comment from another friend who completely missed the point of it. The commenter’s assumption was that I object to paying for tax-funded art, or that I don’t want art created that I ‘don’t like.’ And a…
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The Waist of the Hourglass
Life is usually spent buried in the sands. We rarely know which end is up, only the inevitable flow of time inexorably downward through the waist of the hourglass and into the fallen pile of the past. Memories, ideas, plans, dreams, and goals all wind up down there, in the accumulation of a life. But…
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Curmudgeon’s Corner: I Miss Newspapers
Written by Sanford Begley I miss newspapers. Yeah I know, they still exist. In fact it was seeing one the other day that brought this on. There was an article on the drought this summer comparing it with historical norms and detailing local conditions. That type of article is what I miss. Well that and…
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Pavlova: A Sweet Cloud Confection
I had the privilege of attending a friend and fellow author‘s citizenship ceremony this last month, which was an amazing thing to see. Those of us who are born into it don’t think enough about the privileges we take for granted. The individual liberties, freedoms, and responsibilities we bear. It is our solemn duty to…
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Curmudgeon’s Corner: 6 Zillion Dollar Man
Written by Sanford Begley I was at the grocery a few days ago and a number of things ran through my mind and coalesced into a thought that bothers me. When is a disability an advantage? I’m not talking about a living off taxpayer money and claiming victim status advantage. I’m talking about a real…
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I’m Not Feeling It/I’m Feeling It
This is probably the first time that the First Reader and I have done the same post, but different viewpoints. So what you’re reading is first Sanford, then Cedar. Here’s our Fourth of July thoughts. Happy Independence Day! Sanford Today is the fourth day of July in the year 2016. I am normally excited by…
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Curmudgeon’s Corner: You don’t need an AR-15
Cedar here: for the Indie Authors in my readers, I’m over at Mad Genius Club today with a post on covers, making art, and so forth. And having read the First Reader’s post today, I’m warning you! Bring a rag for any excess sarcasm drips. Written by Sanford Begley You don’t need an AR-15. I’ve…
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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Trust Today
Written by Sanford Begley Trust. According to research, our society is considered a high trust society. This means that if your new neighbor comes over and wants to borrow a pair of pruning shears you don’t think twice, you let him. This is made possible because our society is a high trust one. We do…
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Rescuing the Hero
I made a rash comment a while back, and a combination of ‘brainnnzzz’ due to traveling and my usual tendency to write in mental shorthand (which drives my editors crazy too) meant that my thoughts came out garbled. So I decided I’d better unpack what I meant and make it clearer. Hopefully clear enough to…
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A Drive in the Country
I’ve been busy this morning. But as I finished up with the project I was working on, and got ready to dive into writing, I remembered that I needed to blog! I have a really good series planned, in conjunction with the First Reader – we laid it out and talked it through during a…