Tag: dailyprompt
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Ferns and Fears
What fears have you overcome and how? Daily Prompt The irredeemable dyslexic that I am, I read this prompt very wrong. “What ferns have you overcome and how?” It made me think of the following ferns I came across a couple of days ago, at the Garfield Park Conservatory: But since we’re on the topic…
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Who Wouldn’t?
I would read all day and never work again! First on my list to read is Amanda Montell’s “The Age of Magical Overthinking.” The phrase “magical thinking” is coined by the author and describes the psychological phenomenon of thinking that your feelings change facts. Montell is a linguist and writes with a healthy dose of…
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Daily Writing Prompt: Past and Future
I’m noticing that many in the WordPress community answer that they think about the future more than the past. And what a beautiful idea, living for all the exciting things to come! Recently, a young woman on Instagram shared a different perspective. She described an alternative to the Western conception of the future. Some cultures…