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Category: An Artificial Summer’s Day

Posts that are part of the ongoing An Artificial Summer’s Day project.

dogs; writing sonnets

Posted on 2024-04-282026-01-26 by beagley

Can you force yourself to sit and write creatively? You can make space for it. But can you dig something out, remove a splinter from your own thumb? And if you decide to dig, ignoring the urge to wander away, will the result be worth anything? I think structure helps.

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crossed words on crosswords; the freedom to dislike things

Posted on 2024-04-112026-01-26 by beagley

I used to feel obligated to like everything. It’s a side-effect of people-pleaser anxiety. I had to like incense. Flip-flops. Gilbert and Sullivan. I got over it.

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Break my heart; my toaster oven

Posted on 2024-04-022026-01-26 by beagley

Today we need to talk about my toaster oven and Dua Lipa’s Break My Heart.

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Murder by Algorithm

a science-fiction murder mystery

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A book cover of "Murder by Algorithm", a science fiction murder mystery by Douglas Beagley

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