Sylvia's Noodling Nook
Sylvia's Noodling Nook
Sylvia
Hello! I'm Sylvia, a blogger, doodler, poet, avid reader and chronic website tinkerer. Welcome to my noodling nook, my little corner of the indieweb where I share things that I noodle around with.
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In my twenties I desperately wanted to go to London, but it was so ridiculously expensive to travel there. Eventually I figured out l the cheapest way possible: travel to Dunkirk (or was it Calais?) with a bus company and then take a...
In my twenties I desperately wanted to go to London, but it was so ridiculously expensive to travel there. Eventually I figured out l the cheapest way possible: travel to Dunkirk (or was it Calais?) with a bus company and then take a...
This is the second installment of my series called Hitting the Digital Brakes. The first post was On the Joys of ImperfectionI didn't grow up with computers, phones, tablets and such. The tech I grew up with record players and my...
This is the second installment of my series called Hitting the Digital Brakes. The first post was On the Joys of Imperfection I didn’t grow up with computers, phones, tablets and such. The tech I grew up with record players and my...
Dear Creative Soul,This has been floating in my mind for a very long time (inspired by something someone else said, I think?)Those who can create art, create art, those who don’t create art, try to put it into convenient boxes.I think...
Dear Creative Soul, This has been floating in my mind for a very long time (inspired by something someone else said, I think?) Those who can create art, create art, those who don’t create art, try to put it into convenient boxes. I think...
Hey you. Yes, you.You're a writer, right? Bet your hard disk is filled with awesome stories you've written. I also bet you've got some skeletons hidden in a dusty closeted corner of your hard disk. Files that contain bad writing!You...
Hey you. Yes, you. You’re a writer, right? Bet your hard disk is filled with awesome stories you’ve written. I also bet you’ve got some skeletons hidden in a dusty closeted corner of your hard disk. Files that contain bad writing! You...
I first posted this in 2020. Nothing has changed, really. My spirituality has been a meandering path, from growing up in a Christian household and leaving the church at 12 to where I’m now. I did a lot of searching to find what I already...
I first posted this in 2020. Nothing has changed, really.---My spirituality has been a meandering path, from growing up in a Christian household and leaving the church at 12 to where I'm now.I did a lot of searching to find what I...
I found an old blog post about my reading habits, and decided to update it for my current habits plus some funny things related to me and reading. What are yours? I mix up physical books, audiobooks and e-books and I always have several...
I found an old blog post about my reading habits, and decided to update it for my current habits plus some funny things related to me and reading.What are yours? I mix up physical books, audiobooks and e-books and I always have several...
I wrote this twelve years ago. I was looking for something to repost today, my birthday, to reflect my overwhelming gratitude for being alive. This fits. I needed this, and maybe you did too. I have adjusted my examples to reflect my...
I wrote this twelve years ago. I was looking for something to repost today, my birthday, to reflect my overwhelming gratitude for being alive. This fits. I needed this, and maybe you did too. I have adjusted my examples to reflect my...
Years ago, I started using Duolingo to learn French. I made it two or three years daily, until they completely changed the app and I left because I hated the changes. I downloaded it a couple months ago because I wanted to learn again,...