• Blogging 101 | Post 3 – ‘ritin’ rampage!

    Decision to Quit When I signed up for this course, I decided come hell or high water, I would complete it this time. I got behind, as expected, woefully behind. In fact, this is only my third post of the sixteen assignments we’ve been given so far. I actually decided this past weekend that I…


  • Blogging 101 | Post 2 – Did the Photo Entice You?

    About The Photo First, let me ask you a question. Did the photo entice you in any way to read this post? Was there any appeal? Do you think you would have bothered to read this without the photo? We’ll get back to this in a few minutes. Failure to Lunch It’s well past lunchtime.…


  • Blogging 101| Introducing Me and “Three” – Part 2

    The Number Three(s) To fully understand and appreciate this, you should read Part 1. You can read it here. It’s like serial fiction from the “olden” days, back when I was young and could write more than one paragraph without falling asleep – as I am about to do. Since publishing the first part of…


  • Blogging 101| Introducing Me and “Three”

    Before I introduce myself, let me tell you a story about the number three. It is exactly 3:33 PM as I start writing this. I will publish this before 4:00 so it is within the three o’clock hour. Bear with me for a minute – there is some significance here. Something occurred to me on…


  • Blogging 101 | Post 4 – To Be a Writer – and a Reader

    First thing you should know is this. If I really tried, I could get caught up with the assignments for both Blogging 101 and Photo 101. I’m sure I could, but I’m not going to. Sure, I want to be a blogging “Zero to Hero” and a photography “Zero to Hero” in thirty days, but…


  • Blogging 101 | Post 3 – Howdy Neighbors

    Just after midnight, this past Sunday morning, I published my last post. In it, I stated that I was “an hour and a half into a twenty-eight hour Mellencamp marathon.” A little while after that, a very kind lady – her name is Sharon – posted a comment stating she didn’t think she “could stay…