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Image by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels. Welcome to my 3rd year of participating in the Calm Scribe Reading Challenge. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s a list of 26 types of books, and participants get to pick which specific books to read. I love this because: 26 books is a fairly realistic goal (I

Featured image by Sincerely Media from Unsplash. Edited in Affinity Designer. I participated in The Calm Scribe’s Reading Challenge for 2022. Today I’m looking back to see how I did. From the List I read 16 of my 26 originally planned books. I read two more that were substitutions: Instead of This Life or the Next by Demian

Featured Image: Photo by cottonbro. Edited in Affinity Designer.   Double click or tap any English word in this post to open its definition in a new window (external).   4 for Now With all the media coverage, you’d think England’s queen dying is the event of a lifetime. But if you look past those

Featured Image: Photo by Jeswin Thomas on Pexels.   Double click or tap any English word in this post to open its definition in a new window (external).   4 for Now One of my early 4 for Now posts was about false dichotomies. To refresh, a true dichotomy is when there are only two

Featured Image: Frame by Pixaline on Pixabay. Lightbulb by Clker-Free-Vector-Images on Pixabay. Edited in Affinity Designer.   Double click or tap any English word in this post to open its definition in a new window (external).   4 for Now My introduction to framing explained what framing is, two major worldviews, and why framing is

Featured Image: Original art by Gonzo, a homeless artist. If you’re able to donate to him, his CashApp is $PeaceLoveSprayPaint and his Paypal is PayPal.me/plspraypaint.   Double click or tap any English word in this post to open its definition in a new window (external).   4 for Now News about homelessness often comes from

Featured Image: “Galaxy Brain” meme images by Jon Manning includes Brain by mahesh, Realistic Human Basemesh by Ozne000, and Stellar nursery in the arms of NGC 1672 by NASA & ESA. Bahnschrift font by Aaron Bell. Edited in Affinity Designer.   Double click or tap any English word in this post to open its definition

Featured Image: Elephant by Kelechukwu Nwanne on Vecteezy. Frame by Pixaline on Pixabay. Picture background by 愚木混株 Cdd20 on Pixabay. Edited in Affinity Designer.   Double click or tap any English word in this post to open its definition in a new window (external).   4 for Now It’s hard not to get mad at

Featured Image: Photo by DS stories on Pexels. Comic Zine font by Jess Latham. Amatic SC font by Vernon Adams. Edited in Affinity Designer.   Double click or tap any English word in this post to open its definition in a new window (external).   4 for Now When I was 20, I felt pressured

Featured Image: Text is from General Order Number 3, given on June 19, 1865 by General Gordon Granger. The pattern is the Juneteenth flag, designed by Ben Haith et al. Money Penny Script font by Ian Barnard. Edited in Affinity Designer.   Double click or tap any English word in this post to open its

Featured Image: Photos by Milad Fakurian and Thiébaud Faix on Unsplash. Edited in Affinity Designer and Image Glitch Tool. Hacked font by David Libeau.   Double click or tap any English word in this post to open its definition in a new window (external).   Content Warning: The post and links within all contain ableist—and

Featured Image: Photo by Christian Joudrey from Unsplash.   Double click or tap any English word in this post to open its definition in a new window (external).   This post continues my profile of Hawai’i, which started with a look at the first inhabitants and the Kingdom of Hawai’i. 4 for Now Britain, France,