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Some Recent Modern, Elegant We’ve Moved Photo Announcement Cards
I love experimenting with colors and creating photo collages. The result this month is a series of photo moving announcements featuring multiple photos, accompanied by the text “We’ve Moved! Come visit us soon!” along with the new address, phone number, and names of family members. The colors I have chosen are wine red, two shades of turquoise blue, ocean blue, aquamarine teal, plum pink, and others. Here are some of the designs, some more minimalist…
How My Weakness for Chocolate Led Me to Better Health Choices
Originally posted in Middle-Pause on Medium on June 1, 2025 I have only a few weaknesses when it comes to food, but one reigns supreme: chocolate. I don’t have to have it all the time, at least not daily, but if I buy chocolate, I will eat it rather quickly. If it’s not dark chocolate, I may eat the whole 100-gram tablet in one day. If it’s dark chocolate, then I’ll eat one, two, three,…
OpenAI Model Writes Literary Metafiction on Grief and AI. An Analysis
Sam Altman said he was “really struck” by it. I was more confused than struck, which is why I was driven to unpick it. Originally published in Counter Arts on Medium on March 20, 2025 I admit I was mesmerized as I started reading “A Machine-Shaped Hand,” because the machine dove in with a powerful voice. And it wasn’t that of a robot either — at least not the way Ishiguro imagined it in Klara and the Sun.…
Microplastics Now up to One 200th of Our Brains. What We Can Do
How to fight plastic pollution in ourselves and our environment Originally posted in Middle-Pause on Medium on March 5, 2025 I read a highly distressing article a few days ago, spurred by nothing other than a poem: “Your Brain May Have a Spoon’s Worth of Microplastics.” The poem is about a man who struggles with dementia and about how little control we have on what we remember — and, ultimately, on what happens in the brain. The…
My Dance with Blood Pressure and How to Take Your Blood Pressure Correctly
Both lowering and monitoring BP involve more than just a few elements. A version of this article was originally posted in Middle-Pause on Medium on February 19, 2025 I’ve been taking my blood pressure for a while now, but I wasn’t taking into account everything that such a reading involves. Also, my position, on a couch with the arm in my lap, wasn’t right. My situation does not surprise me, because I did learn how…
‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’ (1981): A Few Thoughts on a Postmodernist Movie
I’ve wanted to see this movie for a long time now. Here are my thoughts on Meryl Streep’s and Jeremy Irons’ performances, and more. Spoilers included. Originally posted in Counter Arts on Medium on February 11, 2025 I just watched The French Lieutenant’s Woman, and while I was impressed with the acting, the movie didn’t bowl me over. I loved the way it started, with Sarah on the jetty in her cape, turning her head…
‘Fun Fact: I’m Retired’ Funny Retirement Tees and Mugs for Various Professions
Zazzle is a great playground, let me say that. It’s nice to be able to imagine designs and to see then that some people like them well enough to buy them for themselves and to gift them to other people. I’m encouraged every time I make a sale, and the kind of things that sell give me ideas for future products. So really, I can’t stop. It’s great to know that even in a small…
Funny Gag Gift Retirement Watches for Various Professions with Personalized Name or Initials
I created some retirement watches a while ago and sold some, so recently I’ve made a bunch more: for school bus drivers, C.P.A.s, art, biology, other science teachers, dance instructors, pharmacists, medical assistants, and various other professions. As they say, if you’re looking for a fun, amusing retirement party gift, you’ve come to the right place. What I did was first create a clock face for these watches, as the latter came completely blank. Then…
Thinking of you / Missing you / Long-Distance Love and Friendship + Other Fun Products with Tea and Coffee Quotes
Sometimes we think of someone far away, and a postcard helps a lot. I know, because I sent many postcards to a dear friend once upon a time. It’s a beautiful way to say “I’m thinking of you” or “I miss you” to a friend or a lover in a long-distance relationship, much as cute GIFs on WhatsApp also help 😊 I also remember a time when I sent postcards from my travels. Of course,…
Happy March 1st! (And a little bit on the Romanian mărţişor tradition)
March 1st is when we Romanians used to send cards to women in our family and group of friends. The front of the card included images of spring: snowdrops, crocuses, that kind of thing. And inside the card, we sent a token of spring, the so-called mărţişor. The name mărţişor for these amulets is also the diminutive of the Romanian word for March. The spring token is a symbolic object meant to express joy at…
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