Welcome to the final installment of my Quote Challenge for National Photography Month! This was even more fun than last year (huge thanks to Canva for making the design process so amazing), and I'm considering making this a monthly feature. For now, here are the final 7 graphics (well, until Wednesday when I wrap up... Continue Reading →
Quote Challenge for National Photography Month 2017 – Week 4 Results
Welcome to my Quote Challenge Week 4 results! If you missed my post in April, this is what I decided to do for National Photography Month - Here’s my challenge, and I’ll need your help, dear readers – please leave me one of your favorite quotes in the comment section below, and I’ll pair it... Continue Reading →
Quote Challenge for National Photography Month 2017 – Week 3 Results
Welcome to my Quote Challenge Week 3 results! If you missed my post in April, this is what I decided to do for National Photography Month - Here’s my challenge, and I’ll need your help, dear readers – please leave me one of your favorite quotes in the comment section below, and I’ll pair it... Continue Reading →
Quote Challenge for National Photography Month 2017 – Week 2 Results
Welcome to my Quote Challenge Week 2 results! If you missed my post in April, this is what I decided to do for National Photography Month - Here’s my challenge, and I’ll need your help, dear readers – please leave me one of your favorite quotes in the comment section below, and I’ll pair it... Continue Reading →
Quote Challenge for National Photography Month 2017 – Week 1 Results
Welcome to my Quote Challenge Week 1 results! If you missed my post last Monday, this is what I decided to do for National Photography Month - Here’s my challenge, and I’ll need your help, dear readers – please leave me one of your favorite quotes in the comment section below, and I’ll pair it... Continue Reading →
My Quote Challenge for National Photography Month May 2017
A week from today National Photography Month begins. Here's a blurb from the official website The American Photography Association (sadly, not updated since 2014) - NPM was officially recognized by Congress in 1987 as a month-long event. It was first introduced by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 as the 'American Photography Celebration' which ran from... Continue Reading →
Gerina Dunwich’s Earth Day Blessing for Earth Day 2017
This Saturday (April 22nd) is Earth Day 2017, and marks the 47th year of the Earth Day movement. What exactly is it? Here's a tiny blurb from the official site - The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, activated 20 million Americans from all walks of life and is widely credited with launching the... Continue Reading →
National Pet Day April 11 2017
Tomorrow is National Pet Day! From the official site - National Pet Day was founded in 2006 by Pet & Family Lifestyle Expert, Animal Welfare Advocate Colleen Paige, to celebrate the joy pets bring to our lives and to create public awareness about the plight of many different kinds of animals awaiting a forever home... Continue Reading →
Writing Prompt – When she saw what made the sound
A couple weeks ago, I shared a writing prompt from my old writing group (we started in 2007) for #ThrowbackThursday. Since the monthly meeting for my newer group (started two years ago) is tonight, I thought I'd share another prompt from my former group. This one is also a flash fiction piece, and I actually... Continue Reading →
Mostly Wordless Monday – Richard Bach quote with my sunset picture
One of my favorite quotes by Richard Bach, paired with a sunset picture I took back in the 1980s, near my childhood home in Magnolia, MA. "Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends." ~... Continue Reading →
A writing Pie chart to celebrate Pi Day
Tomorrow is Pi Day! For those of you unfamiliar with this "holiday," here's a blurb from the official site - Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to... Continue Reading →
Two years later, Sir Terry Pratchett lives on in the clacks
We're coming up on the two year anniversary of losing Sir Terry Pratchett (March 12, 2015), so I thought it would be a good time to revisit this post I wrote a short later. I just checked, and the code is still running here on my site. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ March 16th, 2015 We lost Sir Terry... Continue Reading →