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Tag: relaxation
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Relax Hard
I’ve been working hard at relaxing today. It’s not a skill I’ve used a lot in the recent years, and I’m out of practice. Just like exercise, you may find that if you don’t make an effort to laze around, it gets really difficult to do. I know this may sound odd, but I’m not…
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Sunday Beautiful
It’s supposed to be a day of rest. I’d like to say I’m spending it thusly, but my son has the house turned upside-down to get his bedroom reorganized, and since this involved moving a part of the family library… But yesterday I did stop and spend some chilly moments in contemplation of beauty. …
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Weekend Report
I took a couple of days away from the blog – although I did put up a post at the Mad Genius Club – because there just isn’t enough time in the two days off of my work schedule to complete all the work I need to do. I darn well tried, though! The…
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Pace Yourself
I’m possibly the worst person conceivable to talk about pacing. No, no, not in my writing – although that is a matter of personal taste and mood. Sometimes I’m in the mood for a slowly unfurling work of great linguistic beauty and deeply evolved characters. Other times I want it full of action or I…
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Stolen Time
This weekend I managed some reading time. Yesterday, I managed some nature time. Feeding my soul tidbits to keep me going through this season in life where there is so much to be done, and so little time to do it in. Deadlines rushing up at you like a bull charging do tend to concentrate…
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A Brain for Art and Science
I think some of you know that I’m taking an intensive Chemistry class this summer, to finish up General Chem and prepare to take Organic Chemistry this fall. It’s nothing super complicated, the last chapter was boiling point elevation, freezing point depression, vapor pressure… this chapter we will finish tomorrow and then an exam for…
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Stolen Moments
I took some time to read, just a little. What have you been reading lately? My guilty pleasure read of the week was Dave Freer’s short story, Bolg, P.I. Away with the Fairies. Had me giggling during a lunch hour spent sitting in a classroom. I stole the hour to read instead of working on…