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This Blog's Focus, or lack there of

Edith Wharton said "There are two ways of spreading light ...To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it." That's what this blog is about, how the light of other people and the world around me have reflected off and in me. . .or other things when I need to write about other things, like walking, lizards, or fruit. There will be pictures of plants. All pictures are taken by me, unless noted.

I say what's on my mind, when it's there, and try to only upload posts that won't hurt or offend readers. However, readers may feel hurt or offended despite my good intentions. Blog-reading is a matter of free choice, that's what I have come to love about it, so if you are not pleased, surf on and/or leave a comment. I welcome any and all kind-hearted commentary.

It's 2012 and my current obsessions are writing and walking, sometimes at the same time. And books. I'm increasingly fascinated by how ebooks are transforming the physical book, forcing it to do more than provide printed words on a page.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Walking Take Two

After committing to walking daily, and then committing to writing about daily walking, I immediately thought "what a stupid and boring idea!"

Who wants to hear about the blister I got on the ball of my left foot? No one. (Fear not, there will be no macro shots of it either.)

I am still walking, but I can't tap notes into my phone as I walk. It's too distracting. As I walk around the neighborhood, I like to carry on conversations in my head, and I can't do that and write at the same time. Multi-tasking, I am happy to say, is currently being scientifically debunked (note to self: Google a reference for this later). Turns out Gerald Ford was not such a dork for being a crappy multitasker. Walking and chewing gum at the same time is in fact, according to science, hard to do.

Okay, it's World Cup soccer time, and my husband is a soccer fan, so the T.V. is blaring the vuvuzelas like a swarm of killer bees. I think a goal must be eminent. The swarm is mounting. Time to go for a walk.
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