Blogging Insights # 54 — Evergreen vs Topical Evergreen or topical content, which do you prefer writing? Until the advent of Trumpty Dumpty, I probably wrote an equal amount of both, depending on my mood and the state of my… Read More ›
Writing
THE GREAT WAR IN QUOTES AND MUSIC FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS
Happy Birthday, to the Greatest of All Wars. It’s 102 years since the day it finally ended. It was an ugly, devastating war. Four years of slaughter that officially concluded on November 11, 1918. World War One, AKA the First… Read More ›
TOUCHY TOPICS FROM BLOGGING INSIGHTS
Blogging Insights # 52 — Touchy Topics I thought this was interesting, so I figured I’d chime in. I’m always good for an opinion when asked and often, even when unasked. Do you post about touchy or sensitive topics on… Read More ›
ONE MILLION ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY SIX HITS
I promise not to do this every day, but I’m enjoying watching the numbers get bigger. I’m at 1,001,426 Hits and I think I should get a few days to enjoy it. That’s a lot of hits. It was also… Read More ›
YOU CAN’T EXTRACT XML FILES OF YOUR OWN POSTS EVEN THOUGH YOU “OWN” THEM
After we got through my explaining that it wasn’t because I was trying to export all my files, but actually 10 months — from January 2020 to today — they wanted me to take a picture of it. But you… Read More ›
A NOTE TO WORDPRESS AND THE ANSWER
October 17, 2020 I have more than 11,000 posts and just under a million views. Since you have made working on WordPress increasing unpleasant and difficult, I find it highly likely I will have to end our relationship in February…. Read More ›
BETRAYED AND SEEKING NEW HOME
Like many others, I’ve found the “new” WordPress block editor to be clunky and awkward to use. It doesn’t matter where I use it. It’s equally difficult on my 15.6 inch PC laptop as it is on my 14-inch Mac…. Read More ›
ONE MILLION VIEWS
Looking at my stats, I realized before this month is over, I will pass a million views. When I started blogging, I remember discovering I’d made it to a thousand views. I was thrilled. A thousand was a lot! Those… Read More ›
THE BEST CAREER ADVICE
I was a music major for my first two years of college. I finished the major except for 1 credit of choir. I didn’t take that credit because by then, I knew I wasn’t a good enough pianist to play… Read More ›
THE CONSTANT RABBIT: A NOVEL BY JASPER FFORDE
The Constant Rabbit: A Novel By: Jasper Fforde Narrated by: Andrew Wincott England, 2022. There are 1.2 million human-size rabbits living in the UK. They wear clothes and can walk, talk, and drive cars, and do pretty much anything most human beings… Read More ›
TZU HSI: THE LAST EMPRESS AND THE RAPE OF CHINA By PEARL BUCK
Tzu Hsi – The Last Empress and the Rape of China, by Pearl Buck This is the story of Tzu Hsi, a woman who rose from obscurity to rule first as regent to her son, the boy emperor, then ultimately as… Read More ›
EVERYTHING IS GONNA’ WORK OUT FINE
Still Making Music, Rich Paschall There are not too many bands from the 1960s still going strong. Those that are, live on the hits they made in the past. Chicago, the band, however, still finds time to write new songs… Read More ›
