Ten Lessons from the FTSF Blogging Community
Ten Lessons from the FTSF Blogging Community

Ten Lessons from the FTSF Blogging Community

Sundays are my most guarded day. It’s the morning that I get to write. Then, throughout the day I do the prep and caring duties of laundry and cooking and bills and other what-nots necessary to be ready for the coming week. Also, Sundays I take time to read other blogs.

Several Sundays ago, while reading the variety of words that my friends at the Finish the Sentence Friday blog hop gang created, I thought, I learn so much from this scattered group of writers. So, I popped an email to the fearless co-leader, Kristi and said, let’s talk

Mardra2018-06-08T10:23:50-05:00Categories: Grown Ups & Downs, The Innocent Prince|Tags: #bloghop, Blogging, Finish the Sentence Friday, learning is fun|8 Comments

5 Things I’ve Learned About Blogging
5 Things I’ve Learned About Blogging

5 Things I’ve Learned About Blogging

Here we are at the end of year TWO. Two years of blogging and generally being part of the on-line community. I’ve learned so much about people, about the internet, about social networking, about Google, about blogging tricks and tips and, as is the custom, a little bit about myself, too.

Here are 5 things I’ve Learned About and From Blogging

5) Some people suck. Many people don’t.

How old will I be when people stop surprising me, I wonder. I read the news

Mardra2015-03-10T14:46:14-05:00Categories: Grown Ups & Downs|Tags: #BlogOmaha, Blog Lovin, Blogging, now, writing|9 Comments

Blogging and Mini-Fame for Free Write Friday
Blogging and Mini-Fame for Free Write Friday

Blogging and Mini-Fame for Free Write Friday

Blogs are weird. Am I right? I mean we, I in this case, sit down and possibly pour out my soul, or attempt to teach you something new, or maybe just think “out-loud;” and then you come along (we/I hope) and read it. In 99.9% of the cases, I don’t even know you read it.*** Thus starts the Free Write Friday for June 20th. When I brave the elements and instead of worrying about all that I said above, I write to a 15 minute timer and then,