Blocks and Blues
You can see a punch coming from a long way off. You think you’re tough enough to take it. You brace yourself. It knocks you flat. I knew my Dad was dying before he went into hospice care. I was fighting to get the family to stop torturing him with medical procedures and let him die with some dignity. A couple of weeks ago I got my wish and they stopped all support. Those last few days of him clinging to life were hell. I wanted his suffering over and now it is. So now that he’s at peace, I should think I would have some peace. I don’t. I…
Blogging Tips for Beginners:Linking
There would be no WWW without links. Links make the web, one page to another, one idea to another, one person to another. There should be no blog post without links. Not only do links take your readers to more information about a topic, they provide breadcrumb trails for readers at those other sites to find you. In the blogger world they call this trail a trackback. I know, we all groan and roll our eyes over terms but this one actually means what it says, it provides a track for readers to follow back to your blog from the one you quoted. In Flock linking and quoting are geek-free…
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The unreal are among us
How carefully do you read the profiles of bloggers when you stop by their page? If you’re like me, you’re focused on what they have to say and occasionally you’ll dig further to learn more about them. Maybe we should rethink that. Here’s why: Name : Tatum McGarland Age: 32Gender: FemaleOccupation: Grief Counselor Blog: Under the Bridge But not really. She’s a character in an online Serial: A Timely Raven Or this one seems sweet and tragic: My name is Alyse Hanssen, I’m 30 years old, and I need help finding my brother. On December 7th, 2007 my kid brother Teddy Hanssen disappeared. Missing Teddy Hanssen Teddy and Alyse aren’t…