WHOO HOO! After a tense first round, the @steemitbloggers community (aka #powerhousecreatives) won the nomination round for the 10k Steem Power delegation from @theycallmedan! You can check out the deets at this link over on Steemit. Now it's time for the final round, which will determine the winner. There are many AWESOMESAUCE communities nominated, but... Continue Reading →
Church lady – My 5 Minute Friday Freewrite Prompt for January 18th 2018
This is my fifth time participating in @mariannewest's freeWrite prompt for Friday. While the first thing that popped into my head for "church lady" was obviously Enid Strict, I couldn't think of anything to write around him/her. I pondered it obsessively a bit whilst out running errands with hubby yesterday afternoon, but it wasn't until... Continue Reading →
Fire alarm – My 5 Minute Friday Freewrite Prompt for January 11th 2018
This is my fourth time participating in @mariannewest's freeWrite prompt for Friday. For whatever reason, today's "fire alarm" prompt was really tough to frame out in my head, but I eventually got there... and yes, I'm posting this on Monday... 😜 The prompt post for Friday's was... Day 448 : 5 Minute Freewrite: Friday -... Continue Reading →
List – My 5 Minute Friday Freewrite Prompt for December 28 2018
As I said a couple of weeks ago, I decided to participate in @mariannewest's freeWrite prompt every Friday. So far, it's been great fun! The prompt for today is... Day 441: 5 Minute Freewrite: Friday - Prompt: list Here's my 5 minutes of writing/5 bazillion minutes of editing/angsting result The Dangers of Texting Before Coffee... Continue Reading →
A creature of absolute convictions – My 5 Minute Friday Freewrite Prompt for December 28 2018
As I mentioned last week, I decided to participate in @mariannewest's freeWrite prompt every Friday. And who knows? Maybe this will wake up my muse, and I'll be able to participate more often. The prompt for today is... A creature of absolute convictions Here is my five minutes of writing/five bazillion minutes of editing/angsting result... Continue Reading →
Wednesday Walk Wrap-up for 2018
Since the wonderfully kind and wicked generous @tattoodjay started the weekly Wednesday Walk challenge about 8 months ago, I've participated a grand total of 12 times. I figured since this was the last Wednesday of 2018, it would be fun to wander through my wanders. Initially, I had the grand idea to take a picture... Continue Reading →
Meme Monday Contest – @themagus Memes Business!!
As I was browsing through my Steemit feed last week, I noticed a post by @themagus called, "Christmas Egg - Make a Meme." How could I resist? Here's the photo to be used as a meme - And here are the deets of the contest - Make a meme for the above photograph and post... Continue Reading →
Sequin – My 5 Minute Friday Freewrite Prompt for December 21 2018
When I first joined Steemit over a year ago (although I wasn't active until this time last year), I remember hearing about @mariannewest's #freewrite prompt, and added it to my mental To Do list. I think I even joined a Discord server that talked about it (spacing on the name at the moment - see... Continue Reading →
My entry into the Steemit Bloggers Contest – Treasure Hunt
Last week, when I did my super short update post about our new family member, I said I'd be starting this week off with the full story about his arrival. However, I'm doing this contest entry instead for a couple different reasons - first off, I mean, come on! How can I turn down something... Continue Reading →
Grumpy Grandmother – my entry for the Steemitbloggers Most Dangerous Writing App Contest
Once again, the brilliantly diabolic people (looking at you, @zord189 and @jaynie) have come up with a challenging contest. This time, it involved writing for five minutes using The Most Dangerous Writing App . I figured - what the heck? How hard could it be? Wowzers! I did do a test run first, to try... Continue Reading →
Come to the Steemit Side…We Have Crypto
Imagine that Facebook, WordPress, Reddit, Snapchat, World of Warcraft, and the Stock Market got together one night, had a little too much to drink and did things they regretted in the morning. Then, nine months later, a baby appeared. That kid would be Steemit. This relatively new (March 2016) social network built on a blockchain,... Continue Reading →
Resolving to take a Steem-y break for January
Happy New Year! via GIPHY Since this is traditionally the day for starting resolutions, I figured it was wicked perfect for one of my own. First, a bit of backstory I've been running the Ello Pagans page since October 2016, after the uber-talented Terry kindly asked me to take over. At some point over there,... Continue Reading →