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We should have seen it coming, but we were all so caught up in the work, so distracted by each breakthrough and invention, that we’d barely had time to breath, eat, or sleep, let alone consider the logical and ethical ramifications of what we’d accomplished.
I felt as though I had willed it into being. It couldn’t not be there, and so, there it was.
Six months into 2019 and I…
It’s a little dysfunctional, this business of killing off my blog once or twice a year, just so I can revive it.
I love a challenge.
Thank you, Dad… …for demonstrating the importance of education, and setting a good example; …for letting me play with your monstrosity of a calculator – I would never understand the math (no doubt, to your everlasting frustration), but its resemblance to a typewriter surely had some influence on me; …for your even temper; …for taking me nice […]
Blogging & Social Media Tips, Technical & How-to
Do you know how powerful your favorite search engine really is, or how to take advantage of its full capabilities?
advanced search, atozchallenge2019; a2zchallenge, search, search engines, search operators, search syntax
Perilous storms on the horizon portend tragedy. And help to illustrate a couple of literary terms as they tug at your heartstrings. Plenty of pathos.
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, flash fiction, pathos, periodic sentence
O-fficially O-ver The #AtoZChallenge2019 is officially over. Do I throw in the towel, admit “failure”? Oh, no. Nope. I’m going to finish this thing if it takes the next six months. Ominous Clouds In the last week and a half I’ve put over 1600 miles on my car. It’s a 2014 Honda with less than […]
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, storm, storm chaser, tornado, tornadoes
Morning brought shock, sadness, but a glimmer of hope. The two bell towers still stood.
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, bees, catholic, easter, faith, holy week, notre dame, watwb
Generosity and Thankfulness, Op-Ed
Let’s light our own inner light of kindness by opening our eyes to the “fuel” for our lamps – the blessings we receive, the kindnesses of others – and promise to help keep each other’s torches lit when it seems we’re surrounded by the creeping darkness of hate and negativity.”
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, aware, grace, kind, mindful, oath, promise, thankful
Here’s how one Texas art teacher encouraged her young students, ages 3 to 11, to express their creativity.
The (hap)hazards of modern time management, and little known lexicographical news!
If you’re confused over why J sometimes sounds like “y” and sometimes like the “j” in “jam,” read on!
Of course it’s a rhetorical question – isn’t that the nature of a lighthouse?
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, inopinatum, poem, rhetoric
hendiadys Fluff and clouds, drifting, cross the sky. Birds play hide-and-seek in cotton-candy and whisps of fog, Their mothers call them home to feathers and nests, As sunshine and day retreat – and mine calls me to feathers and bed. homiologia and homoeoprophoron He is a little so-and-so, and so Will not amount to much, […]
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, hendiadys, homeoprophoron, homologia, rhetoric
If you know me at all, you might think my answer to, “What was your least favorite subject in school?” was math. It wasn’t. Not even close. It was “gym class.” It still is. But I know, now, that the alternative – “excuse-ridden couch potato” – isn’t good for me. It isn’t serving my overall […]
Growing plants is a “stretch goal” for me. I kill plants. It’s what I do. I can even kill silk plants; all it takes is a good vacuum cleaner. I grew up during the height of the 1970s houseplant fad. Apparently, it’s making a comeback, fueled by Millennials, and people are noticing but struggling to […]
a2zchallenge2019, asparagus, atozchallenge2019, fern, houseplants, plants, purple, spider, zebrina
Two wrongs don’t make a right. But two wrongs don’t make a wrong, either, necessarily. This is where the fallacy fallacy comes in.
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, fallacy-fallacy, kale, logic, logical fallacy
If you haven’t guessed by now (or have failed to follow the breadcrumbs) this month’s poetry has mostly been based on rhetorical figures of the same names, and through these little verses, I attempt to provide examples (along with a little sly wordplay, as in the last verse).
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, eustathia, exergasia, rhetoric
Just poetry and wordplay, in a rhetorical sense.
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, dendrographia, diazeugma, digressio, dilemma, distractio, poems, poetry, rhetoric
When I was little, I discovered crystallized ginger in the spice rack. Crunchy, spicy, hot, and sweet, crystallized ginger became my favorite candy. My mother didn’t seem to mind; I’m not sure she’d ever found a better use for it. Traveling to Alaska, a few years ago, with my husband, son, and daughter, I indulged […]
a2zchallenge2019, atozchallenge2019, candied ginger, candy making, crystallized ginger, ginger, sugar
While most parents do want their children to be outstanding in their talents, their academic skills, their job offers, few parents want their children to stand out as the class clown or the neighborhood oddball. Enter the Bandwagon Fallacy.
bandwagon, logical fallacy, persuasion, propaganda, rhetoric
Many of us use music therapy intuitively, and that it is a very personal thing. Your mood-lifting, anxiety-reducing playlist won’t be the same as mine.
a2zchallenge2019, anxiety, atozchallenge2019, audio, aural, music therapy
And so it begins… the April A to Z Challenge 2019. I was fence sitting, but then realized this is the 10th anniversary of the challenge, so how could I resist joining in?
The reality is finally sinking in: the demise of Google+ is imminent. Google+ will be shut down on April 2, 2019. Not everyone is mourning the loss, but for some, it’s a loss of community and the loss of an alternative or adjunct to Facebook. Though the press pounced on Google’s erasure of its “Don’t […]
Hell's Little Paving Stones, Journal
It’s easy to write “100 Things About Me.” But almost nine years ago, I was challenged to write “100 GOOD Things About Me.” Let this serve as an introduction to newcomers, here, as well as a list of affirmations. If you prefer a visual intro, click here. 100 GOOD Things (in No Particular Order, Plus […]
100 good things, 100 things, about me, featured, introduction, who am i, who is holly jahangiri
Think back to the people who influenced you as a kid, and turned you into the person you are, today. Your parents, your friends, your neighbors, your teachers, and all the people you encountered, every day, in your community. Now, imagine that just a few thousand dollars can make all the difference to hundreds of children […]
children, education, india, new delhi, ohkla centre, project why
There’s a little game I refuse to play. It’s called, “You can’t be friends with me if you’re friends with [fill in the blank]!” My stock answer to that is, “Fine, I’m sorry you feel that way. I guess we can’t be friends.” I don’t care if the person saying it is my best friend […]
childhood, featured, forgiveness, kindness, learning, teachers, teaching
We mothers – we are merely rudders, guiding our children’s ships through the storms and over the turbulent seas of life – we guide them as steadily and as best we can, but we are not the only influence that determines the outcome of the journey… Who am I today? I am a woman, a […]
Blogging & Social Media Tips, On Writing, Op-Ed
My writing is identifiable – it is a redolent of Agatha Christie cookies, with a hint of Stephen King cake, and a healthy side Anne Rice. It is male, with a softer side. European female, maybe. Gender fluid, and ageless as time itself. That’s just a nice way of saying “AI is stupid.” Or maybe I really AM Stephen King…. How would YOU know?
algorithms, data science, featured, text analysis, writing as fingerprint
