I've felt the urge to nest lately and, because of that urge, I've stayed close to home this week. Nothing special, just, you know, pottering about. Waging war on the gazillion leaves that land on our drive throughout Autumn. Working on improving, moving platforms and re-branding my blog. {If you've made the switch over from Blogger, thank … Continue reading This and That
Dear friends,Summer holidays are here and we'll be off on adventures, near and far.Making memories for me to share with youand to scrapbook, obviously.I'll be posting occasionally during August and will be back with more of my usual schedule early in September.***As well as making those memories,I'm going to use this time to work out how … Continue reading Summer Break
The Brainy One and I have been subjected to protracted anonymous attemptsto gain access to our varied and numerous online accountsI won't bore you with the details, but suffice to say, we are actively taking steps to reduce our online footprint.I have deactivated my Facebook accounts (personal and the blog's).I have never been on LinkedIn.I have … Continue reading Reducing My Online Footprint
It appears that I still don't have very much to say just now,so I'm shutting down the blog for a week.See you on March 6th.
And still I keep churning them out: 241 posts in 2016. And still some of you are reading and commenting: 280,792 page views in the life of this blog, approximately. {You won't be surprised when I tell you that this post garnered the most comments in 2016} {selfie attempt hijacked by The Boy Child} I … Continue reading Blog Review | 2016
You might think that I choose what to post on an ad hoc basis.{ahem ...}That used to be the case, but I've made more of an effort with blogging in 2016,and have a monthly plan {of sorts}.That's not to say that things aren't moved around or changed.Some months the plan looks likes the above.Some of … Continue reading Editorial Content
Yesterday, after around an hour in front of my PC, I gave up.The number of unread blog posts in my reader had reached four figures and was rising.There was no way I'd be able to read them all and stay sane. I did what any sensible person did and marked the lot as read.It was such … Continue reading On Blogging, Commenting and the General Lack of the Latter
The thing with blogging about the every day is knowing when not to over share.The Brainy One doesn't really like being written about.The Boy Child doesn't really have an opinion either way, but that will come. There's something happening where I am a helpless onlooker.Where a request has been made for that story not to be … Continue reading A Short Intermission
Starting as always with the Manifesto.Short and straight to the point. The 1st is about my day in town with a friend and the return of Elvis the Elf. I added an insert to accommodate more photos{which Blogger won't display properly}.The 2nd was all about the tree.More baubles, an extra set of lights and a new tree … Continue reading December Daily | Manifesto and Days 1-2
1) Stepping away from the PC and mobile phone to spend less time on Facebook and texting and more time on putting pen to paper.A few well chosen words + a photo or two = Happy Mail for both sender and recipient.If I haven't left a comment on your blog of late, this is the … Continue reading Five on Friday
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