Category Archives: writing

FND Launched!

Posted on September 15, 2009 by lynsey gedye

Yay! We went live with Fresh New Day this morning – not exactly countless hours, but uncounted hours of concentrated effort to get what is perhaps our most ambitious project off the ground. It doesn’t look like there’s much going … Continue reading →

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fresh new day

Posted on September 12, 2009 by lynsey gedye

There’s been a flurry of working going on over at our new initiative, Fresh New Day. Marica and I have begun creating a document of our everyday world – using photography and writing to learn more, notice more, to explore … Continue reading →

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books

Posted on November 3, 2008 by lynsey gedye

Once there was a well known philosopher and scholar who devoted himself to the study of Zen for many years. On the day that he finally attained enlightenment, he took all of his books out into the yard, and burned … Continue reading →

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no writing. reading only.

Posted on September 25, 2008 by lynsey gedye

One of the nervous moments people experience is the thought of their parents – you know – doing it. Not doing it, doing IT. Somehow the thought of our grandparents doing it isn’t so bad, and great grandparents – well, … Continue reading →

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It’s been a long, cold, lonely winter…

Posted on September 5, 2008 by lynsey gedye

Well, long and cold, and while I have known lonely winters, this hasn’t been one of them. I haven’t written here for what seems like forever, but I have been writing like a mad thing over at the two new … Continue reading →

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the people yes

Posted on August 16, 2008 by lynsey gedye

A word cloud based on lines from Carl Sandburg’s ‘The People Yes’, created with help from Wordle. I’ve written about the poem previously, and said how it ‘describes me and most of my days’. Of late that has been more … Continue reading →

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write on

Posted on May 25, 2008 by lynsey gedye

How to take a trip and never have to leave the farm. Dates me – and possibly you too, if you remember the Jim Stafford song about the Wildwood Weed. No, I haven’t been exploring the apparent joys of having … Continue reading →

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the road to monkey heaven

Posted on May 4, 2008 by lynsey gedye

Tidying up some of my papers, decluttering the past, I found a handwritten note (in my hand writing)… The road to monkey heaven is a) paved b) littered c) barricaded with good intentions While I’ve really liked finding the various … Continue reading →

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tiddle me

Posted on October 17, 2007 by lynsey gedye

I was talking about my new online Japanese haiku tiddlywiki with one of my workmates. He was saying how he’d like a tiddlywiki to create manuals etc, but the whole online hosting drama was just a pain when you’re not … Continue reading →

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updates done

Posted on October 10, 2007 by lynsey gedye

Right, that’s that done then – I’ve finally got the AkoNet web site sorted. It hasn’t been a huge upgrade, more of the annual tidy up that should’ve (ahem) happened back in January/February (when, instead, we were packing ready to … Continue reading →

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