I think I am going to create a new category for my site devoted only to blogs beginning with those exact words—because I know there will be so many more than just today’s. I have to confess I just bought ________ I have to confess that I ate _________ I have to confess that I […]
By the Numbers
Today is exactly one month since I started my blog. I’m not sure what I expected when I plunged into this without a plan. Probably I might have expected just what I got: an adventure, and a new twist in my road, especially the last two days getting on to The Huffington Post. Although this […]
Breaking News
Since blogs are meant to be immediate and spontaneous, there is a lot of blogging about current news (i.e. Katie Holmes’ new short haircut has been a big topic of conversation in some segments of the blogosphere and although there is a lot I could say about hair in general, I have nothing to say […]
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Due to my failure to launch into cyberspace, I’m back home, ready to start Blogging 101. I’m skipping the required reading and going right to the agenda–which is to get myself (and most of you reading this) up to blog speed, or at least to the starting gate. WHAT IS A BLOG ANYWAY? “Blog”–short for […]
Closed Circuit
I leave for BlogHer in San Francisco; but once I start to imagine myself as part of this group, I realize I am missing the one essential accessory for a blogger: a laptop. I bought one several years ago although my son predicted I would never use it. He was wrong; I have used it. […]
Deeper than Dip
There’s something on my agenda more rewarding than finding an appetizer to bring to a party tonight. And that is a birthday lunch for my friend Carol, who has stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. So another year is a milestone that defines the word “celebrate”. Towards the end of lunch, the elusive appetizer still hangs […]