Tuesday 07 Sep 2010
Crab Fishing
Slow Food A kama'aina family fished for the evening's dinner of crabs.
Hanalei Pier.Kauai.HI.USA | August 2009
Submarines
(S)old Souls Retired submarines with their innards on display.
Pearl Harbor.HI.USA | August 2009
Retail Strategy Creative marketing techniques around town - some more inspiring than others.
Houston.TX.USA | Summer 2009
Daunting to Delicious Challenged myself to figure out what one does with an acorn squash.
My experiment: Cut|Scrape|Bake|Scoop|Mash|Toss with caramelized shallots.
Houston.TX.USA | September 2009
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What your words really said PDF Print E-mail

Want a visual representation of the main themes in your piece of writing? Stick it into Wordle and see what you really said. You might surprise yourself with the subconscious themes that pop up in your work. Wordle churns out a unique piece of word art by parsing your piece and sifting out the high frequency words. The more often you used a word, the larger it shows up in the Wordle. And if you're in it for more than just navel gazing, and actually want something that looks pretty, it lets you play with the fonts and colors. Sweeeeeet! Check it out on wordle.net

Here's a wordle of a children's essay I wrote for Houston's Public Radio.

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Death as protagonist PDF Print E-mail

It occurred to me today that Death as a protagonist would not be too flippant an idea for a story. Really, think about it. Free your mind of the usual associations, give her another name. Call her Katya, if you will.

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