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More Street Poetry!

May 16, 2024May 16, 2024 Allen

This is a little faded, it was probably painted onto the sidewalk a few weeks ago but I just noticed it today. Find poetrybyboots on

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Books Fitness

Book Notes: Outlive-The Science and Art of Longevity (Part 1)

May 12, 2024May 18, 2024 Allen

Chapter 11: Exercise-The Most Powerful Longevity Drug According to Dr. Attia, exercise is a key to extending lifespan as well as the quality of that

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Books

What’s a Mandalorian?

May 12, 2024May 12, 2024 Allen

I’ve seen the ads for the show The Mandalorian on Disney+ (which we don’t have) and didn’t really know anything about it, except that it

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Learning Visuals

So, What Is a Zentangle?

May 4, 2024May 12, 2025 Allen

I remember in high school, or maybe junior high, we used to doodle stuff like this in our notebooks when we were supposed to be

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Writings

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 Learning

Book Notes: Ben Franklin-An American Life (Part 2–by the numbers)

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 Allen

Pages-493 Notes harvested from the book: 70. Each note is tagged with several categories. The primary category is shown below, with the number of note

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Visuals

Street Poetry

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 Allen

For those of you that use Instagram, try this link.

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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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