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BE INSPIRED BY SEEKING INSPIRATION

February 11, 2026 by

To be inspired you have to seek it? What about seeing something accidentally, or unexpected, that hits just right? For some it’s a sunset, a beautiful sunset, the most incredible sunset since the night before. Call it inspirational, and you like it because it makes you feel inspired. Then what? Drinks? Take me for example:

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LOVE MAP FOR MEN AND WOMEN

November 10, 2025 by

Is there such a thing as a ‘love map?’ Let’s find out together, starting with, “Yes, there is such a thing, and it’s purely scientific.” Now that all of you nerds are on board with science, let’s go. This could be a picture of Anywhere, USA.

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INSPIRING KIDS TO ACHIEVE? THAT’S THE JOB

August 26, 2025 by

Who is inspiring kids to achieve? Who inspired you? I’ll start. It’s the parents, mom and dad, the home unit. What else would you expect from a baby boomer blogger? My parents inspired me.

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RECOMMENDED READING: T.C. BOYLE’S ‘GOING DOWN’

October 29, 2022 by

Recommended reading for writers? Common advice is to read everything, whatever that means. Do I read everything? Everything in a bookstore, or library? No, I read for inspiration, I read for cause, and my cause is writing.

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INSPIRE CHANGE WITH DEEDS AND WORDS

October 28, 2022 by

“Inspire change” are not just pretty words to say. You can say it, write it, but there’s more: Show it. Remember the writer’s trope of, ‘Show, don’t tell?’ Do both to inspire change.

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BETTER DAYS AND THE RANDOM MOMENTS THAT INSPIRE THEM

March 23, 2021 by

We had a table discussion about historic moments that led to better days. Four adults, three of whom don’t like things called table discussion. Me: But we’re at the table. One in the group gave their version of a history and moved on. But another in the group made a correction. The rest of group […]

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