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2025 Habit Tracker
I started a habit tracker spreadsheet (in Excel) at the 1st of December 2024, just to get in the habit of keeping up with how I spend my time. Perhaps I should have one which shows how I waste time also (?), let me know in the comments. If anyone would like this just ask,…
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Koi in Procreate PT-001
Updated 2025-01-15 I played with the settings, color, learning more about Procreate! I used this painting (copies of it) as my guinea pig. I also learned to create a signature stamp in Procreate, shown in painting First lessons in Procreate, Koi fish from a YouTube video. Learning to use brushes.. I can see it is…
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Cloud Atlas: Book Review
I hated to leave the world of Cloud Atlas. 6 stories spanning from the mid 19th century to the 24th (?), 5 of which are tied together by one soul (Cavendish is the odd one out, I think *, but his story does connect with Louisa Rey before him, and then Somni-451). That soul is…
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Part 2 Questions – Adulthood, Identity, The Present, Aging, Life Lessons, Legacies
Did you go to university or college? How did you decide what you wanted to study? Did you serve in the military? What did you do and what kind of experience was it? How did you decide what you wanted to do with your life? How do you feel about that choice? What was your…
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Part 1: Life Events – Childhood
What year were you born? On what date? What day of the week was it? Did your parents tell you anything about the day you were born? Where were you born? Why were you given the first (and middle) name(s) that you have? What’s your first, most vivid memory? I was born February 2nd,…
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I’m Your Man: Book Review
On Cohen, what an amazing life Cohen led. The book reads like a novel, building to a climax (“It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor falls, the major lifts”. Was this intentional? I am guessing it was.). As I read, I would stop to watch interviews and performances by him on YouTube,…
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Poemcrazy: Book Review
What a delightful book! A collection of essays on poems and writing in general. On my birthday I visited a bookstore in Columbia SC (2nd and Charles, a used and new book store) and browsed their bargain section. I picked up an assortment of books on poetry, including this one. 2$. A steal. I am…
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History Buff Horoscope
First published 2007-06-08 on my MySpace blog Today’s Horoscope is brought to you by Flying High Kites, with its every increasing line of Horizontally Challenged Balloons, thanks to an over abundance of hot air. -martinlt Aries– After April 1, 1970 no one could watch cigarette ads on television, nor hear them on radio. An out-of-work…
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Rituals of Solitude I
FIrst published 2007-05-24 on my MySpace blog Current mood: @ melancholy Your picture intrigues I will follow your progress To see where it leads Your faultless plan The memories grew in intensity.The path is long as I did not work much on clearing it. Nor reviewed as often as I should have. At times, years…
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I Felt the Pain Within The Words: A Poem
I Felt the Pain Withing Her Words- by Martinlt, 1989 I felt the pain within the words They touched something Long dormant I saw her She wasn’t there She rode beside me Though miles away She told me she couldn’t. Later she stood in the yard I watched, from upstairs Her white dress, barefoot With…