https://growingrings.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-11-05 https://growingrings.com/blog/storymath-how-the-familiar-patterns-of-folktales-are-built monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684cb878d859c47d59c957db/d5fe5597-1935-41ef-a2a8-251f8af375df/Mr.+Brown+encounters+Paddington%27s+flood.png Blog - Storymath: how the familiar patterns of folktales are built - Make it stand out Mr. Brown, Hugh Bonneville’s character in the first Paddington movie, opens his bathroom door to a flood of Paddington’s making https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684cb878d859c47d59c957db/d4ef6c95-f4c1-45b8-a416-dfcb9dd12c44/Witch+scene%2C+Monty+Python+and+the+Holy+Grail.webp Blog - Storymath: how the familiar patterns of folktales are built - Make it stand out Sir Vladimir and the peasants confront the supposed witch, wearing a fake nose they forced on her, in Monty Python and the Holy Grail https://growingrings.com/blog/fragments-on-the-default-mode-network-dmn-and-daydreaming-your-way-into-ideas monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/684cb878d859c47d59c957db/6bfc129e-018a-4dcc-a046-ffb531385888/Magic+Moon+Garden+Lena+Hunsicker.JPG Blog - Fragments: the neuroscience behind daydreaming your way into ideas - Make it stand out A piece of my art from a collection I call “Magic Moon Garden,” which is a sort of deconstructed garden with flowers alongside instead of on top of each other. 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