Bits and Clips for September 2026
I hope you find something among all this artwork, photography, memes, links, and quotes that spurs you on, informs, inspires, supports, educates, encourages or motivates you.
Ideas
Every Generation Thinks More Abstractly
The “Flynn effect” shows a pervasive increase of correct IQ test answers in each generation, and these gains occur everywhere, across various cultures and educational or economic opportunities. This has been tracked since World War I and has been documented in 30 countries. IQ gains are three points every ten years.
Don’t Do Only One Thing (Quote with Commentary)
The most successful experts also belong to the wider world. … it appears as though they are scattering and dissipating their energies, while in reality they are channeling and strengthening them
Grace Notes (#64 with Photos)
I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
Bits and Clips for August 2026
I hope you find something among all this artwork, photography, memes, links, and quotes that spurs you on, informs, inspires, supports, educates, encourages or motivates you.
The Arts are not for the Privileged Few (quote by John D Rockefeller II)
Their place is not on the periphery of daily life, but at its center.
Blog Resources for Self Care
I hope you prioritize meeting your own needs. There is only one you and this is first and foremost, your job. You are worth it and deserve it.
Writing is the Superpower of Mankind (James Clear Quote)
The world is richer because we write and nobody is made poorer in the process.
Bits and Clips for July 2026
I hope you find something among all this artwork, photography, memes, links, and quotes that spurs you on, informs, inspires, supports, educates, encourages or motivates you.
Creation Counteracts Entropy (Quote by Annie Dillard)
We are here to witness the creation and abet it. We are here to notice each thing so each thing gets noticed.
Four Questions to Ask Each Sunday
Four questions. One page. Fifteen minutes. You will start Monday knowing something most people spend the whole week avoiding.
Bits and Clips for June 2026
I hope you find something among all this artwork, photography, memes, links, and quotes that spurs you on, informs, inspires, supports, educates, encourages or motivates you.
Grace Notes #63 (with Photos)
I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
Invent Your Own Life (Quote by Bill Watterson)
Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive
Seizure of Happiness (Quote by Mary Oliver)
As I stepped from under the trees into the mild, pouring-down sunlight I experienced a sudden impact, a seizure of happiness. It was not the drowning sort of happiness, rather the floating sort.
Out on a Limb into the Next Fifteen Feet
This all feels miracle to me, and I’m so very grateful for the shepherding and care I’ve the whole way.
Dress Ourselves in Gentleness (Quote by Henri Nouwen)
Once in a while we meet a gentle person. Gentleness is a virtue hard to find in a society that admires toughness and roughness. We are encouraged to get things done and to get them done fast, even when people get hurt in the process. Success, accomplishment, and productivity count. But the cost is high. There is no place for gentleness in such a milieu