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The Best, Etc., of 2024

12.31.2024 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

I missed 2021’s “Best, Etc.” post without realizing it. I almost skipped this one on purpose, thinking that (aside from a wildly disappointing election) it had been a relatively uneventful year.

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The best, etc., of 2023

12.31.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Graphic showing 2023 changing to 2024

Well, it was a year.

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The best, etc., of 2022

12.29.2022 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

2022
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Somehow I missed my “best, etc. of” post for 2021.

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Notes and Thoughts on Austin Kleon’s Show Your Work

12.26.2022 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Blackout poem: "I write what I want to read."
Newspaper blackout poem from Austin Kleon’s website: https://austinkleon.com/2014/06/11/mission-statement/

I’m afraid that all I really needed from this book was the title: Show Your Work.

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Greg in front of a wall sculpture at SFO
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