Category Archives: Blogging U

Blogging 101, Day 5: Love Your Theme

Posted on July 17, 2015 by

Soooo…I’m looking at my theme and thinking, This page just doesn’t convey the point of my blog. It’s certainly bright enough—a nice sunny yellow border.  And a lot of people like sunflowers, like the ones I have at the top … Continue reading →

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Blogging 101, Day Four: Define Your Audience (and Embed Something of Interest)

Posted on July 14, 2015 by

The Audience The purpose of the Day Four assignment is to learn how to embellish your blog with outside resources that are attractive to your ideal audience.  My ideal audience is other people who are trying to learn to write, … Continue reading →

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Blogging 101, Day 3: Meet the Neighbors

Posted on July 14, 2015 by

It is far beyond Day 3 of Blogging 101 and I this is my first catch-up post.  The Day Three assignment was to “say hello to the neighbors,” something I have been doing for some time.  Among other things, we … Continue reading →

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Blogging 101, Day 2: Blog Title and Tagline, and My Own Problems with These

Posted on July 7, 2015 by

Today’s Blogging 101 assignment involves changing the title of a blog and its tagline.  I’ve thought a lot over the years about changing the title, but never did anything about it. Today, although I successfully managed to change the tagline … Continue reading →

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Back to Blogging 101, but with Thoughts and Highlights of Assignments–Day 1This i

Posted on July 6, 2015 by

Warning: I’m not going to bother to edit this Introduce Myself post because it’s almost 4:30 in the morning, and I have a long day ahead of me.  At this point, even if I go through and proof read for … Continue reading →

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Hmm…

Posted on June 30, 2015 by

It’s been over a week since I posted anything to this site.  I had finally made the decision to transform this into a “how I’m learning to write” site, and then I got overwhelmed with too many things to finish … Continue reading →

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Toy Story: Blogging 101 Day 11

Posted on June 22, 2015 by

Today’s post is based on the Blogging 101, Day 11 assignment, which directs me to got to the front page of WordPress’ Daily Post and work with today’s daily prompt or select another one.  For today, June 22, the prompt is called … Continue reading →

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Blogging 101, Day 4: Audience and Focus Post–Stream of Consciousness, Take 2

Posted on June 12, 2015 by

“Today’s assignment for Blogging 101 is particularly appropriate for the regular followers of this blog on how I’m learning to improve my own writing. ” Continue reading →

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Still Not Part 2 of the Stream of Consciousness Blog

Posted on May 24, 2015 by

Last night, I decided to organize my Outlook mailbox a little better.  I knew I was behind reading blog posts of people I follow, but I wanted to get all the blogs notifications into one place so that I could … Continue reading →

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Versatility Award Thanks

Posted on May 23, 2015 by

Before I say anything else, this is obviously not part two of my stream of consciousness as a rough draft post from earlier this week.  OK.  That being settled, let me move on. Thank You and General Comments Several weeks … Continue reading →

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