Thursday, April 5, 2018

Write On! - Taking Note with Apple Mémoires


Taking Note

May 17, 2011 marks the first time I used Scoop-it to share articles and blog posts on writing.
Seven years later I've shared a good 900 posts. Along the way "Write On!" received a silver badge. 

The times they are a changing, I need to make room or won't be able to keep adding new material to my Write On! Scoop-it. So I'll attempt to republish many, if not all of my previous shares. 

When relevant, I'll add a note to the previously published one.
I'm starting with the very first one, about Mémoires, an Apple note-taking-App I used at the time. 


May 17, 2011While the water for my morning tea is heating I note my first thoughts and write them down on a pad I keep on the kitchen counter. After that, while my jasmine pearl green tea is steeping I look at messages on my iPhone. Sometimes I allow myself to look at email as well. That usually is a big mistake, because my mind starts to drift. If I want to start on my Work in Process (script or book) I better not get sidetracked. I get sidetracked easily, this note is proof. Finding this program to help keep my notes together, a reward for first doing some work.
In the beginning I really liked the App, but later keeping track turned out to be a bit of a pain. The best way was to "save as" or export your journal to RTF, plain text or PDF. 
Then a friend turned me on to Evernote and I made the switch, using the Evernote clipper App happily ever since. Going by the 5* reviews of the Mémoires App on the coding robots blog others swear by it.

Doesn't matter how you do it, take note!



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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

August Poetry Postcard Fest 2017 - Dallas/ Hum

APPF 2017 #19

Dallas Cowboys Cheer 
Large TV screen in L.A. 
Leaders kick so high






*******


 APPF 2017 #20

Mechanical keyboard's
soft sound early a.m.
Hummingbirds
write stories on air
Perched stillness prevails
poetic silence



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August Poetry Postcard Fest 2017 - Off Leash/ Nano

APPF 2017 #17





Off leash, undone, free
Balmy wind cooling warm feet
Dog tip toes water
*******

APPF 2017 #18



Haiku for 93-year-old friend



Open drapes to view 
Sunset Blvd car chase
Old gal's boobs still young








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August Poetry Postcard Fest 2017 - Eclipse/ Blank


APPF 2017 #15



Eclipse & Estring
Allowing things to happen
Sun & Moon will join
*******

 APPF #16


At times there's nothing
like a cold drink of water
drawing a blank mind





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August Poetry Postcard Fest 2017 - Heather Hyer

APPF #13

Please remember her
I'm looking at the girl's face
Here for a short time

Heather Heyer I.M.
*******

APPF #14

For Heather Heyer

Chagall's cacophony in vivid colors
Heather's life in pink, purple, green
The road ahead all shades of the rainbow
Bridging worlds spread apart
Heather's portrait lit by golden rays
Her silhouette darkened by the sun
Aura sparkling, sparkling sparks
Life going by in a flash




















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August Poetry Postcard Fest 2017 - Star/Chase

 APPF 2017 #11
When you wish upon
Every thing is possible
Love ignites the star
*******

APPF #12 


Overkill he said
Be here now in Hollywood
Let's cut to the chase











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August Poetry Postcard Fest 2017 - Airbnb Train

APPF 2017 #9
Airbnb

Washed bedspread five times
My mom on my mind always
Vinegar rinse rocks!
*****


APPF 2017 #10 




Poem mail like a train
Connects sender and sendee
Tying thoughts unseen











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