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By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

I don’t know if y’all operate the same way, but I will allow large projects that I know will be time-sucks slide for a while…years, usually…until I finally end up squaring my shoulders and attacking them with gusto.

So…I decided to start out my summer (it’s summer here in North Carolina, anyway) with a photo and scrapbook organizing project.  This is the sort of project where there are drawers of loose photos from the 1960s, 1970s, and even unarchived family pictures from the early part of the 20^th century.  There are tremendous stacks of still-framed photos from many decades ago and from various branches of the family tree.  And many, many pre-digital photos of my children in no order.  Oh, and school papers of varying degrees of appeal and sentimental importance dating back to preschool (and my elder child is entering his senior year of high school this August).Continue reading

By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

I’ve never been a fan of exercising, although I’m trying to do better.  I’ve read a slew of articles lately about the connection between exercise and creative thought.

One of these articles is this one by Fiona Macrae, a science correspondent at the Daily Mail.  The article is:  “If you’re looking for that big idea, just go for a walk: Study reveals people are up to twice as creative when on their feet.”
The article states:  Dr. Oppezzo, of Santa Clara University in California, did a series of experiments in which people undertook tests of creativity, such as playing word association games, while walking or while sitting at a desk.

In one experiment, the volunteers came up with twice as many clever ideas when walking.Continue reading