Blogging & Social Media for the Advanced Beginner
I’m back from a week in Italy, yes, it was lovely. I met some great people, including an amazing woman in my age range. Another woman with a remarkable past, stellar skills and jaw-dropping experience–and, like so many of us, under-employed, in a toxic environment, having to figure out whether or not we can make… Read More
Some people are world transformers. We choose to go headlong into the breach, to try something, to build something, to create something that didn’t exist before. People are not born risk-takers or leaders, or innovators, or founders. We acquire the ambition, the skills, the experience and the know-how along the way, often at difficult cost. … Read More
When I lived in Thailand, I participated in yi peng, the tradition of creating and sending up these homemade balloons (khom loy). People often have contests–they write their addresses on it and when people find the remains, hopefully someone will contact them. A successfully balloon goes high and far until the flame snuffs itself out,… Read More
It’s interesting, sad, and ridiculous how we age. For many of us, it seems to come on suddenly after years of denial, face creams, and mirror avoidance. For me, it came early, with a shocking amount of white in my long tresses–oh, and facial hair that sprouted, starting out as tiny white filaments, hard to… Read More
I was sitting in a meeting at a days-long confab and I happened to raise my hand and offer some training possibilities to the speaker for a problem she was describing. The speaker thanked me for the offer and turned to talk to someone else, when this grey haired man behind me, leaned in to… Read More
Today, as I was going through the WordPress Reader, I stumbled on a post from a travel/lifestyle blogger that asked the question: would you rather live abroad all the time and come home (to your home country) each year for a two-week vacation or in your home country with a two week vacation abroad each… Read More
Change happens. We have to create our new selves from the threads of our past. Writing (even blogging) can help us reclaim our lives as we move forward into the new. Here’s a bit of my journey. Read More
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t… Read More
Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud — Andrew Sullivan
Developing a daily writing habit is a constant challenge in becoming a writer. Blogging can be a great assist to this process, but it’s also hard to retain a consistent focus. I used to try for twice a week –considered by all sage wags to be ideal. I find a different rhythm of daily blogging… Read More
