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The Social Side of Blogging
Can social media work for promoting you blog?
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Gridlines Frame Life’s Perspectives
Grid Grid-lines frame unique perspectives from our lives: A view from an apartment window overlooking the swimming pool. Looking up into the newly framed bedroom addition excited about the promise of a new living space. A look at the pavilion of the 1974 Spokane Word’s Fair shows the pride of a newly showcased structure. A nostalgic view…
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What’s On My Editorial Calendar?
If you are a blogger with a busy life, you know how important it is to have some sort of calendar. In Blogging 201, we were recently assigned the task to use our blog stats to set up a 30-day editorial calendar. My stats show certain days are better for publishing posts. This may show different…
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End of Summer Monochrome
The theme of the weekly photo challenge is monochromatic. This is a photo of my Chinese Maple with morning September sunshine bringing out the various greens of the leaves. Here is a photo of the same Chinese Maple in all of its Autumnal glory (from last November).
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Under Construction
If we were having coffee today, I would wish you a happy Labor Day weekend and toast the holiday with a nice Colombian medium roast. I can offer you a variety of teas if you prefer. Labor Day, observed as a national holiday on the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor…
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Leisure Connects Us
Connected Participating in leisure connects us like nothing else. To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization. Arnold J. Toynbee A man looks toward the beach as kite-boarders get ready to launch their kites. Behind him are stand-up paddle boards waiting for customers to come out and play. Perhaps he…
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Happiness Is…Being Happy
What makes you happy? I spent an entire weekend at home…during the summer! A rare occurrence for me. After all the traveling I have done this month, a weekend at home made me really happy. Because my slight knee injury is preventing me from taking part in my usual leisure activities, I will share two…
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Angles of Yellow
From Every Angle The Weekly Photo Challenge focuses on the different angles the same subject can be seen and photographed. During the summer, I keep vase of yellow silk flowers near a window. I love how the subdued morning light captures the yellow. The next three photos are the different angles I photographed. I took the…
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Urban Trails
While visiting near Portland, Oregon this week, I made a point to power walk through the urban trails found in the suburbs pf Portland. My cousins live in Tigard and these trails are wonderful to walk through. The City of Tigard is working on a strategic plan to make “Tigard the most walkable city in…
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Aero and the Kennel
Aero looks up at me with his liquid brown eyes as if to say, “Mom, don’t make me go into that kennel.” This was Aero’s kennel when he was a wee pup. I got it out recently to check it out for size to help out a friend who just got a puppy. I placed…
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Weekend Coffee Share: Road Trip North
If we were having coffee this morning, you would have to ride in the passenger seat of my car as we travel north to Oregon, from California. Shall we stop at Starbucks or maybe 7-11 to get you a cup? TravelI love road trips and I love to drive. The drive from Sacramento to Portland,…
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Happy Two Year Wedding Anniversary to Me
Today is my shameless plug to announce my two year wedding anniversary to my wonderful husband. I have been so busy with STUFF that I literally forgot what the date was today. One of my Facebook friends wished me happy anniversary on my timeline this morning! Oh yeah! It’s my anniversary! I cannot express to…
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A Good Day in La Ventana
Today Was a Good Day The theme for the Weekly Photo Challenge is to share a gallery of what a good day looks like. My gallery shows photos of what a typical day looks like in La Ventana, Baja Sur, Mexico. I have been there twice and already have made plans to visit again in…
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Beneath My Feet: Weekly Photo Challenge
Beneath Your Feet While flying to the Pacific Northwest over the weekend, little did I know when I took these photos from the plane, that the weekly photo challenge’s theme was “Beneath Your Feet.” This particular photo is also submitted for Ed’s Sunday Stills: Black and White Clouds. Take a look at some more of…
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Empty Hours Foster Creativity
In our busy lives, we often forget to take some quiet time for ourselves. By the way, sleeping does not count. I love this quote because it speaks to me. Each time I have partaken in a quiet leisure activity, even if it is just sitting and contemplating in a natural setting, creative energy flows…
Second Wind Leisure Perspectives 