Blogging Insights NF # 61 – Distraction So. Here’s the quote: I have never been distracted by the internet. I’ve been distracted by life. Illness. Moving. Remodeling. Major life changes that fall out of the sky. Reading a book too… Read More ›
Challenges
NEW ENGLAND’S AUTUMN
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Autumn Autumn began more or less overnight exactly one week ago. We’ve had a week of wild, flaming, extraordinary color. But the festival is probably going to end tomorrow because we are expecting the first day… Read More ›
CIRCLE, CURVES AND BENDS IN THE ROAD
CFFC: Circles and Curves Lots of curves, circles, and bends in the road. Life and the world are like that.
ONE TO THREE: TEXTURES AND VARIATIONS OF MORNING LIGHT
One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge – September 2022 All of these were taken on my Olympus Pen F using a 12-200mm Olympus Telephoto lens. Time? Just about 6 am. When? August 28, 2022. This is the best standard original plus its… Read More ›
GET TO THE POINT
Blogging Insights NF # 51 — “Good value for money” TODAY’S QUOTE: First, I never believe any blogger who says he or she is “only writing for him/herself.” If you are writing for yourself, why do you have a blog?… Read More ›
WHEN DID “TIME” BEGIN?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #178 When did time actually begin? I have a secondary question: are you asking when “keeping time” began or when “dealing with time” began? Long before we had sundials or clocks, time was always part of our world…. Read More ›
WHAT DOES “SEO” MEAN?
Blogging Insights NF #50 “Conversation is King” TODAY’S QUOTE: Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about. ~ Cory Doctorow So there I was at the start of this post and realized — I don’t know what SEO… Read More ›
ONE, TWO, THREE – ALL THE SAME YET DIFFERENT
One-to-three Photo Processing Challenge I’ve been working on a batch of pictures I took yesterday and this morning of the birds and baby squirrels. So, I picked two good photos of a Red-Bellied Woodpecker and tried it in other formats…. Read More ›
WRITING IS…
Blogging Insights — # 45: What writing is Writing is all the things we’ve talked about, including: “Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.” – Isaac Asimov Yes, it’s definitely thinking through your fingers. All the initial ideas… Read More ›
WRITING WELL, WRITING HARD?
Blogging Insights # 43 — Hard work Does working hard make your writing better? First and foremost, some people will never write well because they lack talent. There is a bottom line to writing as there is to painting, sculpture,… Read More ›
TO WRITE FOR ONESELF
UNOFFICIAL BLOGGING INSIGHTS Dr. Tanya usually appears with her weekly Blogging Insights prompt. However she let us know she won’t be doing one this week. We hope Dr. Tanya will be back again next week. Fandango has stepped into the… Read More ›
BLOGGING VERSUS WRITING
Blogging Insights # 40 – Blogging vs. Writing I agree that sports are not a good analogy to blogging, especially for those of us that have never been involved in sports. I don’t think watching baseball counts as involvement. Blogging… Read More ›
WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT YOUR OWN WRITING?
Sunday Poser # 76 – From host Sadje: I like that I can write. I like that my writing never fails me. I love that I can keep tweaking what I’ve written until it’s perfect and says precisely what I intend… Read More ›
WHO DID THESE SONGS?
FIBBING FRIDAY – April 15, 2022 I don’t usually do these because I can’t think of anything clever or funny to say. Everyone else seems to find amusing stuff, but I go blank. BUT this time, I thought maybe I… Read More ›
BOKEH & THE INDOOR GARDEN
BOKEH – THE SHARP & THE SOFT OF PHOTOGRAPHY My son brought home another orchid. I think that is it for room on my indoor garden table. I wish I could find another window, but this house isn’t set up… Read More ›
LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #159 So, Jefferson, among many others said: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 