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Weekly Writing Challenge: The setting’s the thing

“Every story would be another story, and unrecognizable as art, if it took up its character and plot and happened somewhere else.”– Eudora Welty Write a new, original post based on any characters you wish, though the scene you share must include details that help the reader understand the setting: the precise time and place […]

My challenge 18

I haven’t heard from her in a while; but I know she’ll pop up again before too long. And I have decided that her not blogging anything like as frequently as do some of us (cough cough ! – sorry, must be something I said …) should not preclude her blog from my list. Because […]

Overreaching

I just learned a salutary lesson. The delightful and talented Selma-of-well-over-1,000-followers had been good enough to tempt me into participating in The Novice Gardener’s wonderful Friday Feast for the end of this week. In all my puffed-up self-satisfaction, I said I would. Not only that, I said I could ! Well, I thought that, after […]

My challenge 17

As you responded so positively to yesterday’s slightly off-the-wall kind of blogsite, today I’m going to recommend another, and this one’s MUCH MORE SO ![grin] I do like a fair number of French and of Italian blogsites; and although today’s fits into the former category, it’s totally anglophonic – no Google Translator will ever be […]

Hummers for M-R

Originally posted on Avian101:
This particular post is about the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. They are not yet present in my town but I’m posting some pictures from my archives. I usually do not post on request but this time is an exception. This bird has caused certain impression to a dear friend follower that lives far,…

WP Support can be unpleasant

http://wp.me/p3ZISx-1JX That/s my previous post on this topic, to save you having to scroll about. The emphasis at that time was more on the strangeness of its being stuffed to the gills with spam; and the lack of helpfulness came second. However, I now want to let you see just how unsatisfactory – an extremely […]

My challenge 16

Today I have a site that is radically different from any you’ve seen, believe me ! Its developer has a not largefollowing for the simple reason that his readers – who comprise quite a number, if you check his ‘About’ page – haven’t yet taken him up on his stated request for … well, requests […]

Well, problems remain; but …

Most – but not ALL ! – videos are now hugely enormous because they’re filling the entire content width. For the first time EVER, in all my switching of themes, I’ve found quite a few images to have re-sized themselves. There’s a dashed line (I mean that literally: I’m not cursingit politely !) that I […]

Are youse standing by …?

I shouldn’t really do that: who knows how many people will see it and thinkI believeit to be correct ?[grin] During the day tomorrow (AEST), I shall be putting in place my new theme for consideration by all, but especially by those who were good enough to respond to my query re screen res. In […]

My challenge 15

Half-way through, folks …Oh, I forgot to say that I don’t intend to keep this up forever, but for a single month: 30 blogsites is a number quite large enough for anyone who hasn’t visitedany of ‘em before ! “My life lived full” has a wonderful tag that appeals to me hugely: ‘If you aren’t […]