Today’s Pictures: 21 Jan 21

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‘Every day I walk Myself into a State of Wellbeing and walk away from every illness.’ Soren Kierkegaard This project shares our world’s natural beauty with everyone confined indoors due to Covid-19. The more people who share these posts on social media with their friends and followers, the more people we’ll reach. It’ll also show …

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Today’s Pictures: 20 Jan 21

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‘I love walking because it clears your mind, enriches the soul, takes away stress, and opens up your eyes to a whole new world.’     Claudette Dudley This project shares our world’s natural beauty with everyone confined indoors due to Covid-19. The more people who share these posts on social media with their friends and followers, …

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Futuristic Fiction: #Research for #Writers, Part 2, Activism.

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Photo by Vanessa on Unsplash This is a series on writing futuristic fiction, research in pursuit of facts, and questions asked to make ‘predictions’ as accurate as possible. A novelist and short story writer, I always start tales with characters, since character-driven stories best present the narrative. Most stories also have one or more themes under exploration. It’s …

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Today’s Pictures: 19 Jan 21

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This project shares our world’s natural beauty with everyone confined indoors due to Covid-19. The more people who share these posts on social media with their friends and followers, the more people we’ll reach. It’ll also show them our wonderful world. Maybe, between us, we can restore some love and respect for nature and slow …

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Today’s Pictures: 18 Jan 21

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This project is here to share our world’s natural beauty with everyone confined indoors due to Covid-19. The more people who share these posts on social media with their friends and followers, the more people we’ll reach. It’ll also show them our wonderful world. Maybe, between us, we can restore some love and respect for …

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Today’s Pictures: 17 Jan 21

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This project is developed to share our world’s natural beauty with everyone confined indoors due to Covid-19. The more people who share these posts on social media with their friends and followers, the more people we’ll reach. It’ll also show them our wonderful world. Maybe, between us, we can restore some love and respect for …

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Futuristic Fiction: #Research for #Writers, Part 1

On By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Mars9 Comments

https://www.dreamstime.com/creativecommonsstockphotos_info This is the first of an intended series on writing futuristic fiction, and the research performed in pursuit of the facts, to make any ‘predictions’ as accurate as possible. A novelist and short story writer, I always start with characters, since character-driven stories best present any narrative. Most also have one or more themes …

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Today’s Pictures: 16 Jan 21

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Now back to the original project to share natural beauty with everyone who is confined indoors due to Covid-19. The more people who share these posts on social media with their friends and followers, the more people we’ll reach. And it’ll also show more of them our wonderful world. Maybe, between us, we can restore …

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Today’s Pictures: 15 Jan 21

On By stuartakenIn Nature, Photography17 Comments

Back to the original project to share natural beauty with everyone who is confined indoors due to Covid-19. The more people who share these posts on social media with their friends and followers, the more people we’ll reach. And it’ll also show more of them our wonderful world. Maybe, between us, we can restore some …

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Today’s Pictures: 14 Jan 21

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We’re now back to the original project to share natural beauty with everyone who is confined indoors due to Covid-19. The more people who share these posts on social media with their friends and followers, the more people we’ll reach. And it’ll also show more of them our wonderful world. Maybe, between us, we can …

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Today’s Pictures: 13 Jan 21

On By stuartakenIn Nature, Photography8 Comments

Today, we return to the original project to share natural beauty with everyone who is confined indoors due to Covid-19. The more people who share these posts on social media with their friends and followers, the more people we’ll reach. And it’ll also show more of them our wonderful world. Maybe, between us, we can …

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Why read??

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I hope my visitors here are readers. I am, after all, primarily a writer. But, just in case you’re not, please consider this blog post that I found on the website of one of my followers.

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Any avid book reader (such as myself) will tell you that immersing yourself in a great novel brings your imagination to life and transports you to another world where all the troubles you face in reality don’t exist- it’s just you and the characters. When we read we’re improving lots of aspects of our well-being, such as growing more empathy, improving memory, cutting stress, and even just making us more positive overall. And isn’t that the most important thing in life?

Over and over again I hear people complain that reading isn’t for them because they can’t find a good book, or it’s BORING! There are millions upon millions of fantastic books out there of all genres to get lost in, and I truly believe that there is a genre out there for everyone. And by no means is reading boring! I’m going to put it out there and say…

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Ten Day #Travel Challenge: Day 10.

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My friend, Joni Caggiano, poet, writer and photographer, nominated me to participate in the “Ten Day Travel Challenge.” The ‘rules’ are that participants post a photograph each day for ten days without disclosing the location, and nominate 10 others to engage with this challenge if they so desire. I’m a rule breaker by nature and …

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Ten Day #Travel Challenge: Day 9.

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My friend, Joni Caggiano, poet, writer and photographer, nominated me to participate in the “Ten Day Travel Challenge.” The ‘rules’ are that participants post a photograph each day for ten days without disclosing the location, and nominate 10 others to engage with this challenge if they so desire. I’m a rule breaker by nature and …

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Ten Day #Travel Challenge: Day 8.

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My friend, Joni Caggiano, poet, writer and photographer, nominated me to participate in the “Ten Day Travel Challenge.” The ‘rules’ are that participants post a photograph each day for ten days without disclosing the location, and nominate 10 others to engage with this challenge if they so desire. I’m a rule breaker by nature and …

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