TweetThat weird month. Made worse by me mostly shooting film and having nothing developed. Definitely getting to be winter now. Heating on most days. Warm tops and bottoms on. But still no snow, no ice, few frosts. An odd one so far. Read more →
Tag: PhD
We’re Done Here
TweetA house bought in 2000 when a family finally finished. A son who went to Canada and returned to a box room. An attic full of discarded toys and dead relatives trash. A life that ended, and took three years to remove it’s clutter. The past three years have been frankly annoying. Ignoring the sadness that comes with the passing… Read more →
Hi Dr. Greg
TweetNot much else to say really. Done. A chapter of my life, over. Move on. Read more →
Forcing out the words
TweetWriting for fun. Writing for money. Writing because I have to. All require a different mentality. All require dedication. All require a mindset. This week sees me loaded with each. Fun, money, forced. The writing occurs in that order. Read more →
Photo Pooling
TweetWorking hard at a new job. Little time to do much else. Working on writing for fun, writing for brain, writing for qualifications. I miss the Highland Trail. I miss the people. I miss the riding. Tour Divide has started. One year and counting. Back to the suffering. Read more →
Most Stressful Day of my Life
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A horse! A horse! My Kingdom for a horse.
TweetUsually at this time of year I spend many hours searching the web, looking at the new frames being covered in Sea Otter, scouring for the new bits of Tech for this year. Always I know, I won’t admit, but I know. I can not afford them. The life of a privateer is not a pretty one. But it does have its… Read more →
Thesis Interruptus
TweetIt is done. Submitted. Sent to be judged. I no longer have to look, think, act on it. Move on. Nothing to see here. Read more →
Make good Art
TweetA few months ago I came across a wonderful speech by Neil Gaimen entitled Make Good Art. After watching, listing, thinking and watching again I realised that he is correct. We do just need to make good art. Be it in how we write, draw, compose or influence people. The last week has allowed me time to reflect and finish… Read more →
Brevity in Words and Actions
TweetBrevity is not a skill I was born with. It is however, something I have come to learn and accept that I have to work on. This has become even more evident in the final stages of my Ph.D. as writing gets more succinct, more purposeful, less …. fluid. It annoys me that the manner in which we write academic papers… Read more →