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Get more readers with your Gravatar — Roberta Pimentel
This was posted shortly after I posted my Blogging Fundamentals post today. It gives more information on generating your own blogging avatar. Enjoy! I have been blogging for 2 month on WordPress and I believe in learning by doing and … Continue reading
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Blogging Fundamentals: Day 12 — Oops!
Yesterday I goofed. It wasn’t what I wrote that was wrong (although I might clean it up a bit today). It’s that I got the tag wrong. Subsequently, although my post showed up here, it did not show up among … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Fundamentals, Writing process
Tagged bloggingfundamentals, daily post
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Blogging Fundamentals: Day 11 – “Nightmare”
What happened to Day 10? Somewhere, I lost my way. Timely prompt, that: Nightmare. Today’s assignment is to use the inspirational prompt posted on WordPress’ Daily Post page, where you can get inspiration for blogging or writing (usually one word … Continue reading
Posted in About Blogging, Blogging Fundamentals
Tagged bloggingfundamentals, Daily Post prompt, nightmare, Writing
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Blogging Fundamentals: Day 9–Old Dog, New Tricks
This piece of enlightenment brought to mind a conversation I had many years ago about how language changes. The conversation was with my husband’s friend, science fiction writer Gregory Benford. … Continue reading
Posted in About Blogging, Blogging Fundamentals, Writing process
Tagged bloggingfundamentals, changing language, Day 9, Language usage
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Rout the Routine!
Every night, before I go to bed, I promise myself that I will change my morning routine. If I don’t start walking again soon, I may never make it a habit again. So, I will walk before I do anything … Continue reading
Last Tangle in Paradise…
All day today I have been waiting for the power to go off again. Last night, we lost power for roughly four hours–third power loss of two or more hours in one day. Candle light does not make for good … Continue reading
Posted in Art, meditation, Zentangle
Tagged Bronx Cherry pattern, drawing, One Zentangle a Day, Sticker pattern, Warmth pattern, Zander pattern, Zentangle adaptation
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Just Playing
Day 28 of One Zentangle a Day makes me think of scribbles. Scribbles is something we do to play when we are sitting reasonably still. Lots of scribbles are curvy. Since today’s Zentangle patterns are very curvy, I figure it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Zentangle
Tagged Eke pattern, Learning, One Zentangle a Day, play, practice, Sez pattern
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NJTpk
Three motifs were introduced on Day 27 in One Zentangle a Day. They are Meer, Enyshou, and an original pattern called Reef. The first two have strong resemblances to earlier patterns, Finery and Squid, respectively. This time, I remembered to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Writing process, Zentangle
Tagged decisions, Enyshou pattern, Jersey Girl, Meer pattern, One Zentangle a Day, pre-strung zentangle tiles, Reef pattern, strings
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Stop!
Day 26 of One Zentangle a Day. Today’s tangles are…well, they are uninspiring. One (Poke Leaf) I picked up from an ebook a while back and have been using ever since; the other (Growth) is the author’s creation and uncomfortable to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Writing process, Zentangle
Tagged bad day, Growth pattern, island life, meditation, One Zentangle a Day, Poke Root pattern, uninspired
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Write of Passage 