I took them seriously. Grandma told me when I was 18, that I should write a book. Mom suggested many times as I shared my short essays through school, “You have to write.” In high school, my journalism instructor said, “You write great fiction.” (It wasn’t a compliment, I was reporting on an event.)
Yes, it’s a big, big world and we often think of it as a huge place, bigger than we can imagine. But not always. There are times when this world feels like it’s shrinking… Like this morning, for about five minutes of the twenty minute round trip to take my son to school. The skies were soft shaded tones of blue, some cloudy, some clear, open from the broad prairies to the Rocky Mountains and totally visible. I felt as if I could see forever…
It is that time of year again, when I know I’m going to be thinking about finding some baby bunnies to share the day, maybe some chicks, and quite possibly a few jack rabbits (since they’re more likely to be available somewhere near my Highlands Ranch home on the greenbelt). I know, without a doubt that there will be talk of the Easter Bunny at our house. Oh, not because anybody here doesn’t believe the real reason for Easter is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, but …
Many years ago, my family took a trip to California and we ended up visiting a big ship parked in the harbor, “Queen Mary”. We’d spent most of the day sight seeing and arrived at the ship late in the day with less than an hour to tour the ship. Tour guides were out and we decided to take a quick tour ourselves without the benefit of a guide. The tour was amazing. We saw more in the hour than we would have seen if we’d had a guide, but somewhere about midway, we realized we’d started into the ship … Continue…
If in doubt… Keep reading. Three things about today started out frustrating me beyond belief. At first, I thought I was over reacting to the “normal stuff” that just happens and by now I should be used to dealing with, then it hit me (like a sledge hammer) that none of “this” is normal. There hasn’t been anything normal about my life recently.
The concept is fairly simple – you simply keep a journal of whatever topic you’re writing on the Internet, writing often enough to keep someone besides yourself looking back to see what’s new in your world. A blog, unlike a paper journal is written upside down. Your latest entry appears first when a blog is opened, so people don’t have to scroll down to find where they left off. It’s a simple method of keeping family and friends updated on the happenings of your life, or telling your business associates what’s up and coming in your life, or better yet, … Continue…
Doesn’t really feel very social, unless you join groups. That’s what I found out tonight. Nothing new, but the secret is joining groups who do what you do. I figured if other people were saying this, I might need to remind my readers of the same message. Join the groups. I’ve been playing around with LinkedIn as a writer and have a whole load of friends and business associates who are all WRITERS but very few small business links.