Anna B
@annabwriting
Anna B
The questions of apostrophe placement regarding Harris and Walz are far from the most debated use of the punctuation mark, Mr. McCalden said. (That would be using orange’s instead of oranges.) But the discourse comes at a pivotal time for apostrophes: Thursday, Aug. 15, is International Apostrophe Day.
Ben Hickey • Is It Harris’ or Harris’s? Add a Walz, and It’s Even Trickier.
When Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was read to me and Alice sighs, “Oh, how I long to run away from normal days! I want to run wild with my imagination,” I remember rising up from my pillow and thinking, yes, yes, that’s it exactly.
Maggie O'Farrell • I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
The dearth of optimistic visions of the future, at least in the United States, is central to the psychic atmosphere of this bleak era. Pessimism is everywhere: in opinion polls, in rising suicide rates and falling birthrates, and in the downwardly mobile trajectory of millennials.
New York Times • The Darkness Where the Future Should Be
I lend you a copy of the novel I loved, you read it, and now its beauty resides in both of our hearts
Nick Riggle • Beauty Is Not an Ornament to the Good Life, It Is at Its Heart
Our initial findings suggest that open goals can lead to performance at least as good as (and in some cases better than) SMART goals
Christian Swann • So-Called ‘SMART Goals’ Are a Case of Style Over Substance
The Eightfold Path, however, is holistic. Each branch is intrinsically linked, and intended to be followed concurrently. Without understanding the seven other forms of guidance, let alone practising them, mindfulness becomes stripped of its essential meaning