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TILT! (An original poem)

May 4, 2024May 4, 2024 Allen

What if our LifeWas like a pinball machine?Would we bouncefrom bumper to bumper?Would we score pointshere and there?Would we use our flippersTo return the ball

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Books Writings

Book Notes: Several Short Sentences About Writing

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 Allen

There is lots of wisdom in this book about improving our writing (and thinking). But for me, the free verse or sing-song style made it

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Books Journaling Writings

Putting Pen to Paper, but Not Just Any Pen to Any Paper

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 Allen

In my post about the book Writers on Writing, I didn’t mention my favorite essay in the book because I thought it deserved it’s own

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Books Learning Writings

Book Notes: Writers on Writing

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 Allen

I’m actually tempted to call this post “The Streetcar Chronicles” since I read this book over a multi week period, using stolen moments while riding

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Journaling Learning Thinking Visuals Writings

California Typewriter: Review and Commentary

April 12, 2024April 12, 2024 Allen

The film California typewriter ostensibly concerns a Berkeley, California typewriter shop as it struggles to stay afloat in the digital world of computers and tablets.

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Books Thinking Writings

Book Notes: “Knowledge, Reality, and Value”

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 Allen

Yeah, it’s a philosophy book. Why read philosophy? Every philosophy reader has their own reasons, but to me it’s a way to consider Big Ideas,

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Journaling Thinking Writings

Writing Exercise: Less Than 10 Minutes!

February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 Allen

This is really Part 2 of the journaling exercise that I described here. The Part 2 exercise is designed to create the raw material for

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Writings

What Are City Development Services?

February 21, 2024February 21, 2024 Allen

I saw a vehicle the other day with a “Development Services” placard on the side. This generated the following imaginary conversation. “What do you do?”

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Journaling Writings

A 7 Minute Daily Journal? Really?

February 19, 2024February 19, 2024 Allen

Do you want to start journaling but really don’t know where to start? Are you afraid it will take too much time, or you don’t

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Books Writings

Book Notes: Dune

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 Allen
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