Editorial Notes = clarifying information, additional insight, annotations Hiya Reader, A question for you. What do you make of a school teaching students that it's okay to use AI if they #1 disclose that they've done so, and #2 cite it as a source with both in-text citations and an entry on the reference list? Hit reply to give your opinion on this! Extra credit for explaining why you hold the opinion you do. Think a friend would appreciate Editorial Notes? Send them this link to sign up:...
26 days ago • 1 min read
Editorial Notes = clarifying information, additional insight, annotations Hiya Reader, After much paperwork and many months of waiting, my proprietary Butterfly Blueprint® framework now officially carries the federally-registered trademark symbol! Clients who choose to work with me already choose me for a number of important reasons including the trust such a mark conveys, so in that sense, nothing has changed. But crossing this hurdle is nevertheless a big milestone for me and I'm excited,...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Editorial Notes = clarifying information, additional insight, annotations Hiya Reader, I have an inaccessible loft window in my bedroom, and a few years ago I ordered a custom shade with a built-in solar battery, to be installed. It took a scissor lift. The shade worked great until it didn't...the solar battery needed to be plugged in to be charged. Now, I'll be the first to admit that this may have been an eye dee ten tee error* on my part, but on the other hand, if that had been adequately...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Editorial Notes = clarifying information, additional insight, annotations Hiya Reader, I have a confession. I grind my teeth. I don't just grind them — I mash and crush with gusto! I've worn an industrial strength bespoke night guard since 2003 so my TMJ does not result in, over time, my being only able to gum my food. Recently, however, I reached a new high low. After somehow spraining my jaw one night (how??) it turns out my unconscious jaw movements require an even more specialized...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Editorial Notes = clarifying information, additional insight, annotations Hiya Reader, Lately I've been thinking about poet Mary Ruefle's essay "On Beginnings," specifically the idea that if every word we ever speak were to be written down — from our first babblings to our last utterance — we would have a lifelong sentence. (Ralph Angel reportedly responded with "that's a lot of semi-colons"!) I'm a thinker way more than I am a talker, but I'd sure like to read my own lifelong sentence. What...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Editorial Notes = clarifying information, additional insight, annotations Hiya Reader, Before my home is tented for termites, I get to move everything I own into storage. Everything means everything: the art on the wall, the mugs in the cabinet, the books (the books!!!!!!!) on the shelves (and the shelves, natch). Then, I get to move everything I own out of storage and back into my home. 🥳 Anyone wanna recreate the 300-strong human chain formed in Chelsea, Michigan, to assist Serendipity...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Editorial Notes = clarifying information, additional insight, annotations Hiya Reader, Like many of you, I have so many passwords to keep track of, almost all of which are force-changed regularly. This is a good thing for the safety and security of my accounts, I suppose. But is it a good thing for my brain? Better for my brain is the Password Game, forwarded to me by Michael. It's a gem: true to life, difficult, and funny to boot. Please, if you play and win, email me your password (wink...
4 months ago • 2 min read
Editorial Notes = clarifying information, additional insight, annotations Hiya Reader, I walk. A LOT. It's not only my primary form of exercise, it's how I work to detangle the constant twist of ideas in my head. Being in physical motion helps to shake loose the clarity and vocabulary I need. A dear friend passed this information along to me. The walk would be way more than I could manage, but I like imagining the process vicariously. The longest road in the world to walk, is from Cape Town,...
4 months ago • 4 min read
Editorial Notes = clarifying information, additional insight, annotations Hiya Reader, *Technicial difficulties beyond my control delayed the delivery of this edition by a few hours. Apologies.* I'll be honest: I'm existentially exhausted by life right now. Can you relate? Helene versus the giant My creative writing, always a process as slow as molasses down an iceberg, has reached a slowness of comic proportions. Thankfully, I have my wonderful clients and lots of editing! When everything...
5 months ago • 2 min read