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Every week I seem to have an excuse as to why I never got around to writing Monday’s blog, so hmmm what’s mine this week? Other than exhausted from staying up most of the weekend on Irene watch which threw the household and me into a tizzy not to mention total disorder, I don’t have one.
However, clearly interest in this mental exercise has waned. I’m lucky if I get one contribution a week these days! However, having said that, I am very pleased by the one I did receive because I know it comes from someone who can and does write articulately and am hoping to receive some more from that reader.
Last week I asked for work-related Six Word Memoirs.
I’m off the couch, life blooms – Rachel
I only work for the money – me
And as weekly inspiration here are some Six Word Memoirs from Writers Famous & Obscure by the eponymous book:
Xenophile escapist tumbleweed globetrots, finds self. – Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli
The shit invariably hits the fan – Ashleva Nielsen
Blogging is easy. Writing is hard. – Jennifer Shreve
Quit Uni, have baby, now bored – Sumantha Ng
I fell in love with Charlie – Kristine Allouchery
And he nerded as never before. – Jon Thysell
Well my least favorite weekend of the year is upon us. Labor Day weekend never held any joy for me as it signals the end of summer. I’m sure there are Mommies everywhere thankful that soon the daily structure of a school day will bring some order back into their households. But for me, I just hate to think that the carefree, sun-filled days of July and August are coming to an end. Honestly you’d think I was going back to school or at least to a 9-5 office job and neither of those are true, so I guess these are residual feelings left over from childhood.
Next Monday is the holiday and if you’re all not hot dogging or beaching it up, please send me your thoughts in six words, no more, no less.
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Countdown To 1000! “Help I Need Someone”…
Posted in BY THE WAY, Conspiracy Theory Wednesday, Everyday Food, Friends, From My Point of View - Personal commentary on Movies and Books, Six Word Memoirs, Smooth or Crunchy, Tasty Tidbits Tuesday, Thursday's Top Ten, tagged Apple, AppleStore, Assassination of John F. Kennedy, Blog, Directories, FAQs Help and Tutorials, History, Kennedy John Fitzgerald, Murray Head, Presidents, United States on October 22, 2013| 5 Comments »
Gemini (Photo credit: Justinsanity)
HELLO to all my followers and sometime readers. I am about to hit a real benchmark and I can hardly believe it myself! Wordpress keeps you informed on myriad details about your blog and your posts. Everyday I see how many visitors come to the blog and what the average number of views per person is as well as from what countries the hits are coming. I see which blog posts are the most popular, the number of views per month, and the search engine terms that people type in and end up on my blog.
All this information is useful and to some niche bloggers, it would be essential. Unfortunately for me I never found my niche. I write about my life, my travels, the foods I cook, the movies I see and often post information and research on dozens of totally unrelated things. I post photos of my grandchildren and the moon. I was fortunate enough to have my good friend, Murray Head send me hundreds of photos that I posted on Fab Foto Friday. Sounds a little scattered doesn’t it. I think that describes the mind of a person born on the cusp of Gemini and Taurus. At any given time, there are 3 minds at work with or against one another!
Well here’s where I’m at; I love writing my blog even though my husband and daughter wonder why. I freely admit that my blog like 99% of all blogs is more or less an egocentric stream of consciousness. Over the short life of this blog, I’ve tried various ideas to entice a following because even though I am (supposedly) writing this for myself, don’t think for a minute that I don’t relish seeing the number of hits the blog has each day. I loved Six Word Memoir Monday and may try to reinstate it but I need your input! Conspiracy Theory Wednesday was a fantastic exposeé on the Kennedy Assassination, Top Ten Thursday allows for a wide range of subject matter and Tasty Tidbits Tuesday and Every Day Food are one of my joys.
BUT now I WANT YOU! I am 7 posts short of ONE THOUSAND! WOWIE ZOWIE! I only have to write 7 more posts and I will have reached a real benchmark for myself. I would love it if you would comment and give me some ideas as to what these next 7 posts should be about; Do you want a repeat of one of your favs or do you have a scathingly (or not so scathingly) brilliant idea I can incorporate into a post?
Pretty Please?!
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