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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I use a notebook for almost everything I might want to write by hand, the only thing I don't keep in it are long-term lists for projects and such, those live in my notepad. The daily lists are all in my journal, and are processed at the...
I only have ever seen my grandfather in this one portrait picture on my grandmothers wall, and on my mom's nightstand when I grew up. In this picture you see a man in his thirties. He has a tall face, framed with dark wavy hair. He has a...
I always love to take pictures on the road (from the comfort of the passenger seat), preferably with my Campsnap camera's, hence the title of this series: Campsnap Adventures. I have another Campsnap adventure post coming up later this...
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...
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...
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 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,...
My heart just shattered into minute pieces, each crafted in a perfectly similar shape.The shape of his face.He smiled at me just now, passing through the engine room as he inspected the ship. A fleeting smile of a man in a hurry, and it...
This is a repost of something I wrote on Tumblr in 2011 :)---I have always been an avid reader, even more so as a child. I became a member of the library in our village when I just learned how to read. It was magical.When I was 10/11...
This is a letter I wrote years ago in response to a challenge. For it you had to write something to a quality you wished you had more of.I've rewritten it to reflect who I am today.What would your letter be to?Dear courage,I thought I’d...
I'm editing blog posts to add to my digital garden, and just found these doodles in a post from 2014. Why did I ever stop making them? They are so joyful!Here is the story about them: back then, I was on bed rest for a while because I...