Month: July 2015

Photo Challenge: Half and Half

Apple Pie Half Gone
The pessimist sees half the pie eaten.

The optimist sees half the pie remaining.

The photographer sees all the people angry he interrupted the enjoyment of pie.
 

Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Half and Half

 

 

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Twitter – where you can see my thoughts in 140 characters or less. Also, funny retweets.

Blogging 201: Mobile

A question for those of you who view this site on a mobile device:

How’s the view?

Everything clean, neat, and organized?

Or, could it use some work?

Procrastinate!

procrastinate

Why put off until tomorrow what you can avoid all together?

 

 

Things I Should Be Doing

Cleaning for my parents’ visit in a few days’ time

Updating lesson plans for the upcoming school year

Fixing the drain in the shower

Laundry

 

Things I’m Actually Doing

Reading

Watching Netflix

Facebook and Twitter

Writing this list

 

What are you avoiding today?

 

 

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Don’t forget to follow me on:

Facebook – where I share news stories, articles from other blogs, and various and sundry miscellany that happens to catch my eye. It’s stuff you won’t see here! Well, mostly.

Instagram – where I show you my Life in Motion and share quotes and such. The widget only shows my last three photographs – don’t you want to see them all?

Twitter – where you can see my thoughts in 140 characters or less. Also, funny retweets.

Blogging 201: Auditing

Today I’m supposed to audit my brand.

Do I even have a brand?

Is Running In My Head a brand?

Do you have certain associations with the name?

I don’t like auditing; I don’t like criticism.

Who does?

That said, I think I’ve been auditing “my brand” for some time.

Tweaking the background and widgets

Promoting my other social media.

What do you think?

Is there anything you think I could do differently or better?

Are you following me on Facebook or Twitter?

If not, why not?

Is it because you didn’t know I had those?

Is is because you find those sites uninteresting?

Is it because you don’t like me?

You know what they say about another pair of eyes . . .

Teaser Tuesday: Last Will

In between baking pies, preparing for my parent’s visit, and other various projects, I almost failed to notice that the wheel of time turned once again to

Teaser TuesdayJust in case you don’t know, Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along! All you have to do is grab the book you’re currently reading, open to a random page and share a few sentences from that page. But make sure you don’t share any spoilers!*

*I wish I could take credit for this introduction, but I shamelessly stole it from Heather over at bitsnbooks. To help me make amends, you should go check out her blog.

This week I’m reading Last Will by Bryn Greenwood.

I won this book some time ago on the author’s blog.

In fact, it’s an autographed copy!

Autographed Copy of Last Will

However, I never got around to reading it . . . until now.

The Truly Random Number Generator sends us to page 140:

I think Meda was just pretending to be mad about
the picture of Ray Brueggeman, but when she
came to the study later in the afternoon, she was
definitely angry.  She came in without knocking
and stood at the corner of my desk until I told
Celeste to leave.

In Retrospect

I’m reading still reading The Casual Vacancy by J.K Rowling, so no rating or review yet.

Check back next week.

 

What have you been reading?

 

 

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Don’t forget to follow me on:

Facebook – where I share news stories, articles from other blogs, and various and sundry miscellany that happens to catch my eye. It’s stuff you won’t see here! Well, mostly.

Instagram – where I show you my Life in Motion and share quotes and such. The widget only shows my last three photographs – don’t you want to see them all?

Twitter – where you can see my thoughts in 140 characters or less. Also, funny retweets.

Setting Goals for Blogging U.

Over the next few weeks I’ll be participating in WordPress’ Blogging 201.

In addition to my normal posts, you’ll most likely see a few “extra” posts related to course assignments.

This is the first of those posts.

They say sharing your goals with others helps you achieve them.

By the end of the course I hope to

1. Grow a more connected audience. By that I mean I don’t just want more followers or likes – although to be honest, those are nice. I want to have more people commentating and contributing to a conversation.

2. Grow my social media following. Although I have a Facebook page for my site and encourage others to follow me on Instagram / Twitter, not many do.

3. Finish developing features for each day of the week. Having such a schedule will allow me to work ahead on my posts, make my blog appealing to a wider audience, and may help others develop their own blog.

In my wildest dreams, I would have between twenty and fifty consistent readers who comment on my work and share it with others via their own blogs or other social media.

Thanks for the understanding.
 

 

Have a suggestion for a poem, photograph, or future post?

Drop a note in the prompt box!

 

Don’t forget to follow me on:

Facebook – where I share news stories, articles from other blogs, and various and sundry miscellany that happens to catch my eye. It’s stuff you won’t see here! Well, mostly.

Instagram – where I show you my Life in Motion and share quotes and such. The widget only shows my last three photographs – don’t you want to see them all?

Twitter – where you can see my thoughts in 140 characters or less. Also, funny retweets.

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