Konfetti Explorations
Konfetti Explorations
Marisabel
Hi! I'm Marisabel! Puertorican living the Dutch life. This is my personal web garden to make things grow.
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Sometimes I feel I need to simplify my website... so many areas I do not use and yet they feel part of me, so it is hard to let go... maybe I will redesign the blog again on it's own theme to allow me freedom of design; which is part of...
βA writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they...
a tour of creating a family reading culture In the Netherlands, many families are in possession of magnificent ceiling-tall bookshelves β a practice I always envied. A shelf seems like an integral part of any well-doted intellectual...
Another week, another reflection. Though I ponder about the format of this text, as the weeks go by, as I figure out the ways to access my thoughts and write in ways which only I wish to write; minimalistic or not. I do not pretend to...
I am pausing for this. But OMG this book is so good!!! If you like time travel and far away future, this is great! Feels a lot like The Time Machine. I cannot put it down.
I'm currently reading βThe Notebook: a history of thinking on paperβ by Roland Allen. Here I am, urged to think on paper. I grow increasingly jealous of those in ownership of discipline and solitude for thoughts. My motherhood years have...
[!NOTE](As I minimise screen time during my holidays, I must admit I still scanned my RSS feed every couple of days β only the favourites tab β and saved anything interesting on Instapaper to read on my Kobo; with the intention of...
With some delays, this weekβs reflections will be brief. offline Offline week concluded prematurely, due to feelings of defeat as I watched screen-time going up β due to children using my phone for music and evening TV time (they are...
On readingMy latest obsession. #reading #booksThank you for following my feed! β₯ Leave a reply here.
[!NOTE](As I minimise screen time during my holidays, I must admit I still scanned my RSS feed every couple of days β only the favourites tab β and saved anything interesting on Instapaper to read on my Kobo; with the intention of...
This is my entry for the IndieWeb Carnival of August 2026, hosted by Chris . I wanted to try a different angel, and I also wrote this originally on paper. I could write on the purpose of life, as we call it. But I believe in a...
[!NOTE](This post was handwritten on Monday 10th of august and corresponds to week 32 but to reasons mentioned bellow, posted today.) Officially on holidays for about a week now. It was a fun week at the holiday park. And while my aim...
I am officially on vacations. Vacations will last until the day before my birthday β three weeks. On my birthday I go back to work. I look forward to going next week to our vakantiepark, letting children roam free. We go to the same one...
Going on digital detox and analogue for the next 3 weeks on Holidays. See you all in 3 weeks and hopefully many handwritten posts!Thank you for following my feed! β₯ Leave a reply here.
RollerdamI did it!I might, maybe, perhaps, most likely, do it again. #rollerskating #rollerdam #urbanskating #challenge #happyThank you for following my feed! β₯ Leave a reply here.