Blogging… “Just Put One Foot on the Ground” 4 Jan 201230 Dec 2011 About a month ago, Mimi Meredith shared her mother's advice for cold Montana mornings: "Darlin' girl, just put one foot on the ground." I've been smiling over that ever since.…
Blogging… My International Guests 26 Oct 201124 Oct 2011 "If you are writing the clearest, truest words you can find and doing the best you can to understand and communicate, this will shine on paper like its own little…
Blogging… Two Kinds of Writers 24 Oct 2011 There are two kinds of writers: (1) Those who make their own writing their highest (or almost highest) priority. (2) Those who try to finish every other task before they…
Blogging… Most Beautiful Words 5 Jul 20114 Jul 2011 A reposting of a list of 100 Most Beautiful Words in the English Language has me wondering what my own favorites would be. For example, bucolic doesn't make my list. Its meaning, in a…
Blogging… Publishing as Independence 4 Jul 201116 May 2017 "Are you published?" It's the first question an industry outsider will ask, while a fellow writer will get to it eventually, however tactfully. "So tell me about your work!" But…
Blogging… Thanks, I Needed That! 2 Jul 20112 Jul 2011 WordPress showcased "10 Prolific Post a Day/Week Participants," and I'm one of them! Shall I tell you what this meant to me? I realized today how burned out I've become…
Blogging… Inertia 24 May 20117 Jun 2011 You remember inertia: a body in motion tends to remain in motion; a body a rest tends to remain at rest. This blog has been a rest a few weeks,…
Blogging… Time Out 29 Apr 20115 May 2011 My computer has requested a break. It did break. Bad news: my three years of Apple Care have recently expired, and it's a defective logic board. "Sounds expensive," I say. "Very," says…
Blogging… Are You Addicted to Blogging? 23 Apr 201123 Apr 2011 My last post introduced me to bloggers reporting on a poll, "How Addicted to Blogging Are You?" My own results: So what does 55% mean? I thought addiction was like…
Blogging… Blessings of Daily Blogging 22 Apr 2011 Having posted daily almost a third of a year (six times a week with only two misses), I'm amazed that I'm still getting it done, and that it's been so easy. Here…
Blogging… Random Unexpected Blog of Awesomeness 21 Apr 201121 Apr 2011 Younger son's blog idea: "It's time for your random blog of the month." I didn't know I had such a thing. He explained, "Oh, you just write about Pokemon cards…
Blogging… “Show Me Difficult” 20 Apr 201122 Apr 2011 Werner Erhard often talks about things that exist only in language: "Show me Difficult. Whales do not find anything Difficult." And he also says something like, "I don't have 'too…
