{"id":586,"date":"2011-11-21T13:28:54","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T12:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gydlepublishing.com\/blog\/?p=586"},"modified":"2019-05-01T17:01:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T07:01:56","slug":"moment-of-beauty-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gydlepublishing.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/moment-of-beauty-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment of beauty II"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"footprints\"<\/a><\/p>\n

On a walk along the lake the other day, I came across this set of footprints. Evidence that I am not alone.<\/p>\n

I am madly writing about Swiss postdocs, stem cells and Halloween parties. Let me just say this: all those authors who say that the characters in their books take on lives of their own and then proceed to take over your life? They’re not making it up. I sit down, prepared to write one thing, and two thousand words later, something completely different has happened. Most of the time it’s a big improvement over what I had planned. Sometimes, I just stare at the screen and think, how did that happen<\/em>? WTF?<\/em><\/p>\n

The good news is that I may actually reach my NaNoWriMo goal <\/a>of 50,000 words by the end of the month.<\/p>\n

The bad news is that this means I cannot devote much (if any) time to writing on the blog.<\/p>\n

What do other bloggers do when they run out of time?\u00a0 Well, judging from what I’ve seen out there, they do one of three things:<\/p>\n

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  1. post garbage<\/li>\n
  2. open the blog up to guest posters<\/li>\n
  3. post pictures<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I don’t believe in polluting cyberspace. So #1 is out.<\/p>\n

    I had the opportunity to guest post on Running and Rambling <\/a>not too long ago. It was great. So here goes: You are all hereby invited to contribute a guest post. I can’t guarantee I’ll post it (see #1 above), and I can’t guarantee if I do post it I won’t edit it a little, but if you can live with those possibilities, send me something (here’s the e-mail address<\/a>).<\/p>\n

    (I’d ask Dave, but if past experience<\/a> is any indication, I’ll get his contribution sometime in mid-2012, and that doesn’t really help me right now. But Dave, if you’re reading this, feel free to post something.)<\/p>\n

    Until I receive your masterpieces, then, I’m stuck with #3. As it happens, I often take a walk in the afternoon to clear my brain, so one day last week I took a camera along. The footprints were obvious. The rest – well, think elements. Ground. Water. Air.<\/p>\n

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    \"mushrooms\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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    \"leaves\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    The water in the lake is so clear this time of year – if it weren’t so cold I’d jump in. Maybe I will anyway.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    To all my American friends, I wish you a very happy Thanksgiving.\u00a0 This year, I’m celebrating Thanksgiving no less than three times – Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. That’s one advantage of being an expat … improvisation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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