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The “H” Word | Bathsheva Gladstone
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The “H” Word. On April 9, 2016. 8220;Happiness depends upon ourselves” Aristotle. 8220;If you want to be happy, be” Leo Tolstoy. The ability to transcend is essential. The ability to create, to do, to be comfortable within one’s own skin and thoughts, is essential. Singing, dancing, drawing, writing, exercising, getting outside with nature–essential. Sun and light–essential…. With all my heart, in truth, and passion strong,. I love Thee; both in solitude and throng. And sing Thy praises, O my song, alway!
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Flying Blind | Bathsheva Gladstone
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On May 19, 2016. 8220;It’s your thing, do what you wanna do. I can’t tell you, who to sock it to.” Isley Brothers. Earlier this evening, I was looking for math and science stuff, for my 7th grader granddaughter. I found two great math sites and a number of science sites as well. I thought beside Bill Nye the science guy, who else can I get? So, I come across this article from Wired Magazine. The headline screams, NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON IS A BLACK HOLE, SUCKING THE FUN OUT OF THE UNIVERSE! Have I found you?
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Savaging Montaigne | Bathsheva Gladstone
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On May 14, 2016. The assignment was to translate a paragraph of Montaigne into today’s language and then free write. I particularly liked the outcome, as did others who read it. So, here it is. CHAPTER X OF BOOKS. The Complete Essays of Montaigne Michel De Montaigne, translation- Charles Cotton pg 303. Reading Montaigne, I enjoyed his approach. He employs/enjoys a rather Socratic (gadfly)? Approach to his dispensing of knowledge. World weary? A false humility, possibly? The idea is you can get away with ...
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Bathsheva Gladstone | Because writing… | Page 2
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No, No, A Zillion Times, No! On April 16, 2016. No, No, A Zillion Times, No! No, I won’t work for you. No, I won’t taste that. No, I won’t touch that. No, I won’t smile. No, I wont shed a tear. No, I won’t do that. No, I won’t sit down, shut up, and look pretty. No, I won’t wear a spandex girdle, spanx it, suck in my gut, or suck wind. No, I won’t walk behind you. No, I won’t coddle you. No, I won’t whisper sweet nothings in your ear. No, I won’t be demure. No, I won’t vote your way. No, I won’t look away.
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A Journal Entry | Bathsheva Gladstone
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On July 24, 2016. I have about 2 rows of journals, on one of my bookshelves–primarily skipped through, written in haphazardly at best, printouts of poems, and other other unfinished bits of writing… They make for some possibly interesting if disparate writing. I’m planning to get my sh* together…. Here from last night…. I was sorting through some papers on my okay a bunch, and by a bunch, I mean a mountain of papers on my much beleaguered and usually invisible desk. And I picked up this AARP. At a deep y...
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From the Cheap Seats, Writing Advice | Bathsheva Gladstone
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From the Cheap Seats, Writing Advice. On April 28, 2016. Join a group, or a class, or join WritersVillage.com. Highly recommended) pay yearly, or break down and pay for a 3 year membership or a lifetime membership. Best bang for your buck! If you wait for inspiration to hit, you will never write. Just write and read and write some more every day! Understand the story arc Everything must have a beginning, middle and an end. Two essential books by Joseph Campbell. The Power of Myth. 6) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Gorillas, Hyenas and…Oh My! | Bathsheva Gladstone
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Gorillas, Hyenas and…Oh My! On May 31, 2016. 8220;When masturbation’s lost its fun” Greenday. I make excuses for anything if I’m supposed to do something and don’t feel like it. I can’t have a conversation without turning it into something about Jews I’m a jewversationist Aviva. If I were argumentative, I would take the time to point out all the facts, and the flaws to any given discussion and the perpetrator of said discussion, attack from all angles, not because it’s fun, but because just because.
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Bathsheva | Bathsheva Gladstone
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On July 24, 2016. I have about 2 rows of journals, on one of my bookshelves–primarily skipped through, written in haphazardly at best, printouts of poems, and other other unfinished bits of writing… They make for some possibly interesting if disparate writing. I’m planning to get my sh* together…. Here from last night…. I was sorting through some papers on my okay a bunch, and by a bunch, I mean a mountain of papers on my much beleaguered and usually invisible desk. And I picked up this AARP. At a deep y...
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Old | Bathsheva Gladstone
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On April 18, 2016. Youth the state of being young. Just when you think you’ve got it down pat, you aren’t. There’s something wonderful about youth, in all it’s terribleness. You know everything. You’re better than your parents were kinder, more accepting, more understanding, freer and way more worthy. You jump right in, oft-times without foresight. You don’t just get sad or lose at love, you get heartbroken heart smashed to bits. You don’t just feel, you Feel. And the jump from understanding that a feedi...
