Good morning, Bloggiesta-ers! Who’s ready for some spring cleaning of the bloggy kind? Thanks so much to Danielle and Suey for bringing Bloggiesta back! I’ve got a few posts in draft that I want to get finished up and scheduled for next week…and since I am NOT doing NaBloPoMo for April, I only need a few posts for next week. But my primary task for Bloggiesta weekend falls into the general category of “catching up […]
If you have a smartphone, or a tablet, or both, there’s no need to be chained to your computer for blogging any more. Have you explored some of the ways you can read and write while you’re out and about? For my Bloggiesta Mini-Challenge, I thought we’d look at a few mobile apps that can benefit your blogging. (I was going to discuss reading apps here too, but the post was getting so long that […]
I’m offering a bonus entry in my Blogiversary Giveaway to anyone who asks me a question (and you can still enter until this Saturday, if you haven’t already!). Since several people took me up on that, I thought I’d answer some of the questions today. Others will be addressed next week, so stay tuned. Several of the questions I’ve received specifically addressed blogging, so I’m going to field all of those in their own post. […]
There are so many things to talk about in the Salon today! Let’s hit the books first: The Indie Lit Awards winners were announced last Monday, and I began posting my reviews of the books that were considered in the Biography/Memoir category that same day. So far, I’ve discussed: I Pray Hardest When Being Shot At, by Kyle Garret Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, by Nina Sankovitch Bossypants, by Tina Fey (previously reviewed, but re-posted […]
Welcome to Song Lyric Saturday, a new feature for my NaBloPoMo month of March–and it may make occasional appearances even after that’s over, but we’ll see how it goes. I’m not a big fan of short stories in traditional form, but when they’re set to great melodies and last for under four minutes, sometimes they really work for me. I’m developing a new routine during my drive home on Friday afternoons: listening to the latest edition […]
I can never decide whether the seasons in Southern California don’t exist at all, or are just out of whack with both natural and human calendars. Last weekend, just a few days before the vernal equinox and after a warmer, drier winter than normal, we had chilly rain and hail. Now we’re looking at high temperatures in the mid-60s/low 70s into next week, with maybe some rain on Sunday. But back in February, it seemed […]
My first post on The 3 R’s Blog was on March 16, 2007. The second post went up on March 18–five years ago today. (And then I didn’t post a third time until April.) A few days ago, I reflected on some of the developments I’ve seen on the way to this milestone. On my blogiversary itself, I shared a snapshot of my very first post. But celebrations are best suited for weekends…welcome to my fifth […]
Welcome to Song Lyric Saturday, a new feature for my NaBloPoMo month of March–and it may make occasional appearances even after that’s over, but we’ll see how it goes. I’m not a big fan of short stories in traditional form, but when they’re set to great melodies and last for under four minutes, sometimes they really work for me. In addition to one of my favorite book blogs (hi, Gayle!), I associate “Everyday I Write the […]
I can’t actually re-create my very first blog post. The original URL no longer exists, since I switched to a custom domain in 2008. I’ve changed templates a couple of times during the last five years, and Blogger doesn’t even seem to have my original “Minima” template available any more. However, using my stripped-down “test blog,” I’ve come up with a decent facsimile of what went up in this space five years ago today. Clearly, […]
…and a linkish placeholder post today. Blame NaBloPoMo for my not taking the day off entirely, since I was sick yesterday. i’m feeling a little better and will be back at work today, but I haven’t felt up to much in the way of thinking and writing for the last few days. But I need to get up to speed soon, because I’ve got a five-year Blogiversary party to plan! The actual Big Day is […]
Welcome to Song Lyric Saturday, a new feature for my NaBloPoMo month of March–and it may make occasional appearances even after that’s over, but we’ll see how it goes. I’m not a big fan of short stories in traditional form, but when they’re set to great melodies and last for under four minutes, sometimes they really work for me. In a week when we observed International Women’s Day, ten days into Women’s History Month, it shouldn’t […]
(I did a little horsing around with this photo, too, as if you couldn’t tell by the funky colors… Have you tried the editing tricks on Photoshop Express?) I didn’t realize that the LAPD had its own Mounties until I saw a couple of them on Franklin Avenue one afternoon last week. I snapped this photo with my phone when they were facing in the opposite direction. (Yes, I was in my car, having just […]
