Writing
Numbers and friends
The helpful people at WordPress.com put together an annual report for my blog. Nifty-neato . A few highlights: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 38,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 14 sold-out performances for [...]
I nearly missed it!
I almost let a milestone slip past me … turns out, I’ve been blogging one whole year! The actual 365 day mark was last Tuesday; my first post on 10/18/10 can be found here. Oh what an adventure it’s been! I’ve written a lot, deleted more, shared too much and cried. I’ve laughed, I’ve learned [...]
It’s an honor just to be nominated!
But .. turns out, I won an award – How fun!! I was presented with the “Versatile Blogger Award” (pictured above) by Georgette at http://georgettesullins.wordpress.com/ From what I can tell, this award is a way to give some virtual “shout-outs” to other bloggers you follow and whom others might not yet have discovered. I’m flattered [...]
Write what you know
Asked about blogging, it hit me what I’ve learned from the experience: 1. Write as often as you want to but resist the pressure to publish every day. Remember that you do this because you enjoy writing. Example: At first, I obediently followed the mandate set by my instructor – to write and publish daily. I know [...]
Wherever I find myself
“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. ” – Maya Angelou Growing up on a farm, when I wasn’t outside riding, playing or doing chores, I was in the kitchen. Looking back, I spent a lot of time in our farmhouse kitchen: cooking with Mom, reading the paper [...]
Slow down, you move too fast
Have you ever spoken out and realized later that what you’d said didn’t match what you meant? Did you feel like an idiot? I have .. and more times than I care to admit. Ugh! “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” – Abraham Lincoln [...]
Ninja Commentary
In addition to being a creative outlet, there’s something else I love about having a blog profile on WordPress: The ability to perform Ninja-like stealth-mode commentary. I don’t mean just commenting on Freshly Pressed posts, which I do sometimes. But not always. And I’m not that timely; my comments are rarely made seconds after the FP [...]
How we really feel…
A new survey reports that female Facebook users are annoyed by posts made by other women – more than 80% annoyed. That’s a lot of annoyance. What ticked the survey responders off? TMI — sharing too.much.information and TOO often Liking too many posts. If you like EVERYTHING do you really like Anything? Promoting causes or [...]
X’s and O’s ….and a letter from home
Yesterday, mixed in with junk mail and bills, I rec’d a letter from Mom; there’s a laundry list of wonderful attributes that my mother possesses, but one that I have always appreciated is that she writes – letters, notes, cards, and lots of them. There’s something about receiving an envelope with her tidy teacher’s handwriting that gives me [...]
Safety first!
“Let’s eat Grandma” or “Let’s eat, Grandma.” – think about it. Punctuation saves lives.
