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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

What works on Blogit?

A new Blogiteer, freeflyinbird, asks about how things work here, and I got thinking about how, and what does, and what doesn't so much... I can answer best by discussing what draws me to someone's blog, and what turns me off. Though I'll speak in general 'yous' and 'theys' throughout, this is really all my own opinion, for what that's worth to you. First, of course, is writing: you have to post something. If you don't add something new fairly regularly and often, people will have no reason to... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Tomorrow I pack to go home to Davy and the lovely NW summer...

It is cool and idyllic there, weather-wise, and all my stuff is there. I miss my very own cats, too. And there is another thing to be thinking on. Another great adventure! Singapore Daughter and her Husband are planning their next move. New Zealand. They are beginning the hoppings through hoops to do it even now. I had a wild impulsive feeling, and said, "I could live in New Zealand!" Well, to move as a resident to NZ, one has to offer a skill or profession that is needed or wanted there. My... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

It seems most appropriate to me, to say hello, and thank you for helping me to live, to the spirit of the meat we eat. Believing in the living spirit of all things, taking the body is not such a dire thing. On the other hand, the further we get from the act of taking that animal's life, the easier it is to get casual and callous, and forget the significance of it. To think meat comes from the store. That ground meat was never walking around in the sun, or fillets, swimming in the sea, enjoying... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Did you feel the earth shake?

About 9:15, Eastern Daylight Time there was a slight tremor felt locally--very locally--in this town in Maryland when I went out the door, tripped on the sill, flopped over on one knee, rolled on over to my elbow on the concrete porch, ending with my noggin against the handily-placed flower pot, to break my fall... Doh! I don't fall with the thoroughness of TAPS, I confess, but I did the best I could. Results are not worse than inconvenient--wrenched right shoulder that makes lifting anything... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 18, 2008

OMG I can't believe it!

I finally got it out, after weeks--nay, months of pretending it doesn't exist... The long, long manuscript I began to write in 2000. Since the time I posted a bit of it here, it has gone through a few changes... and will see more, as I get involved with it again. I hope you will look at it as I post chapters in the Prompts blog (what it's doing there is explained in the post I posted today before the first pages of THE HERETICS.) One reason, is because I fall into the pit of futility when it... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Where did HollyBird go?

Does anybody know? Just got used to finding her on Blogit-- Disappointed she seems to've logged it. Gonna miss her tantalizing tale of affections, of humor and joy and human connections. She really has a winning style... Maybe she'll be back in a while. Sign in to see full entry.

This time it worked the first time!

A new slide show at AC: http://www.associatedcontent.com/slideshow/5555/the_face_of_the_wild_dragonflies_.html?cat=58 Anything in particular you'd like to see--chances are, I have something in the collection for you... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

A Day at the Zoo...grrrrrrr...

When I go to the zoo, I get really irritated. Is it the people who drag unwilling toddlers up and down the trails, expecting them to be delighted with all the animals? Toddlers don't know this is a thrill--every cat and dog is an exciting critter, they don't need lions and elephants. And they don't like long, hot days of overstimulation. Is it the ones old enough to know better who bang on the glass because "there wasn't a sign on this one not to!" (Yes, a quote overheard today, from a big... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Yay...! (sort of...)

The pictures have appeared, though it is hardly the sort of slideshow I intended. The photos are sharing each page with so much other stuff, it just isn't all that aesthetically pleasing. Still, I would love you to visit and tell me what you think of it. This should take you there: http://www.associatedcontent.com/slideshow/5421/the_sally_garden.html?cat=32 No cost to you to visit, and every click is a piece of a penny for me. Sign in to see full entry.

Greenfields, I spoke too loose in your blog...

Regarding the tribal mud paintings of dinosaurs. My daughter in the East posted a photo of a bas relief from the temples of Cambodia--not Angkor Wat, but in the same neighborhood--that was made ~1190 AD. It is clearly, unmistakeably a stegosaurus, with the wide bony back plates. Well, 18th century Europeans are unlikely to have been the first to have dug up dinosaurs. There was a fascinating program on one of the history or science channels a while back about how certain misinterpreted fossil... Sign in to see full entry.

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