Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Whatever Wednesday

Whatever on a Wednesday - hope everyone is having a good week.

Sometimes things just strike me as I'm reading. I'm a paper person and I rip out pages in the newspaper or magazine and put them in a pile to digest again.  Here are two little blips that struck me - enjoy

From Time Magazine 10/30 issue - in regards to a collision of two neutron stars 130 million years ago that just reached Earth signals recently, scientists learned a lot.  Here is one finding that amused me:

The universe is speeding.  We know the universe is expanding and a gravitational signal from a galaxy at a known distance made it possible for the first time to measure how fast: 43 miles per second per megaparsec.  Here's the line that cracked me up - That's astronomy talk for "really fast."

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And here's another comment from the Time Magazine 10/30 issue from author Philip Pullman who wrote the Golden Compass and others in a series. In regards to what he wants folks to take away from his writing, " The meaning of the book is never just what the author thinks it is. It's a great mistake to rely on the author to tell you. We don't know. The meaning is only what emerges when the book and the reader meet."



Ponder that on a Wednesday and carry on.  Happy writing and reading.


19 comments:

  1. Very interesting observations Joanne especially about the "Expanding Earth".
    Have a great Wednesday.

    Yvonne.

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  2. That last one is true. We all take something different away from a book.

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    1. yes. And it's nice when you feel that the author knows you.

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  3. Astronomy Talk...LOL...Really Really Fast! Love it...book and reader meet. True for blog posts as well. I'd like to write that way, but I guess I'm pretty straight forward and what you see is what I meant! Happy Wednesday!

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    1. I agree. I don't try for any major symbolism

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  4. Hi Joanne - certainly really fast ... thankfully we don't really notice! Yes - we read into things what we want to read and thus need to read things twice often ... I too tear things out to read properly ... cheers Hilary

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    1. Indeed, I like passing on my pieces of paper too. I mail clips to my dad and vice versa. It's fun to let him know what catches my eye

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  5. Aliens may have to start handing out speeding tickets. Last is true indeed, we all take something away.

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    1. I like the idea of space speeding tickets. Funny

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  6. The Pullman quote is great. It's definitely my experience when people talk to me about my small literary contributions.

    The most amazing thing about the stars colliding was the tiny pop sound they made!

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  7. I see the word 'parsec' and think of Han Solo boasting that the Falcon did the Kessel run in 12 parsecs. hahaha

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  8. I too tear things out to read properly ... cheers Hilary


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  9. I'm forever ripping out articles, too. You found a couple of really good ones.

    And that second one is true. I've been surprised to hear what some readers tell me they found in my book... stuff I didn't even know was there!

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