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The Power of Writing Things Down

Photo by Maksym Kaharlytskyi on Unsplash Sometime in the blur that was my high school life in the late 1900s, I sat in my Junior English class and listened to Sylvia Daugherty, the Great and Powerful, ramble on about something or other. None of us minded her ramblings...

Rethinking the Public Commonplace Book

A bit of commonplace memories from Austin, TX The great Cory Doctorow celebrated four years of his Pluralistic blog last week. As such, I felt it a good time to rethink my own attempts at creating a public commonplace book. I’m unsure how effective my work at creating...

Changing Plans and The Future of This Site

Photo by Clem Onojeghuo on Pexels.com As I’ve mentioned previously, this site in one form or another has existed since 2006. Through multiple platform changes and changes in focus, I’ve shared thoughts and insights here for the past decade and a half. As...

Crafting a Digital Commonplace Book

Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash One of the most fulfilling tasks I do on a regular basis is updating my commonplace book. What’s a commonplace book? Simple: it’s a place to store all those quotes, lyrics, poems, passages, etc. that mean something to you....