I heard through the blogging grape-vine that shorter posts are more welcome by readers. Hmmm. My posts are definitely not short. However, due to the upcoming Slice of Live Challenge in March, one of my goals was to write shorter posts. In fact one of the other blogger/author/educators that participated in the Slice of Life…
This morning I feel like I am just spinning my wheels. Flitting from project to project and not focusing or getting much done. I do have things to do, too. February brings participation in a local “maker” show with my handcrafted jewelry. March brings two presentations on gardening for a local conference of the same…
So, there is this thing going around called your One Little Word. I do not know much about it, having heard of it just recently. Last year, in March I signed on to TwoWritingTeachers.org daily blogging challenge. Occasionally, I would see a post about what one little word someone had chosen for 2017. Last week,…
Yesterday, we saw a bald eagle feasting on a carcass in the coulee (valley with only one way in or out). Although he stayed most of the afternoon, we knew his visit was temporary. It had been two years since we noticed any bald eagles near the dry creek bed adjacent to our home. It…
This morning I spent an hour working on a post I have had sitting my drafts folder for a couple of weeks. It is a post on untold stories. Already quite lengthy, I was trying to tweak it a bit. Some parts were not as clear as I wanted them, so I was working on…
Blogging, like a lot of things in life, is like a popularity contest. I have never been a “popular” person or run with the “in-crowd”, so why should I expect differently from my blog? I am beginning to accept this. I write because it satisfies me, I have been told I am good at it,…