Month: January 2022
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Machine Learning for Creative Writing
I think that most of us like certainty. We prefer to know what we will do today, tomorrow, and the days after. We like novelty too, but only when we are mentally prepared for it, which is a form of certainty in itself. Uncertainty begets anxiety, a state of mind so disdained that it is…
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On Writing
I started writing while traveling. It was useful to thwart boredom during times without much to distract my eyes or my ears, and there were a lot of those times. Then it was an effective way to tie down my thoughts, capturing what I saw and felt at the moment. For an introvert, writing is…
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When Life Gives You Lemons
When live gives you lemons, make lemonade;better yet, make marmalade. A common analogy is to make the best of a situation, but I’d rather interpret it as to look for the sweet and fabulous outcomes of all things. Because if you were going to be a fruit, to be a lemon is among the best…
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Sweet Potatoes
The sweet potato is not a pantry staple like the potato, yet not sufficiently exotic to catch the culinary trendy train like kale or quinoa. Baked into a sweet casserole during the holidays, snubbed by the pumpkin pie like a wallflower, it fills the void in between brown sugar studded ham and stuffed turkey, gravy…
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