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Secrets to Successful Blogging

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This blog title should up my visitor count substantially. Everyone, especially those who are blogging for profit, want ideas on how to increase traffic on their blogs, and even though I don’t have any designs on earning a living from my blog, it would be nice to [...]

It Was a Joke!

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I wish I had a dollar every time I’ve thought, “It was a joke!”, after reading comments left on what I thought was a humorous post. I’d have a pretty good down payment on that new camper I’d like to buy. Instead, I guess I should face the facts and [...]

An Early Christmas

Christmas came a little early for me this year, and it came in the form of actually meeting friends from the Blogosphere. Now that might not mean much to anyone who doesn’t blog, or hasn’t made connections with people who share their lives through the blogs they write themselves. But for me it [...]

Role Reversal

When I was growing up, my father taught me that “there’s no free lunch,” and “if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.” Valuable things to know in life to be sure. Unfortunately, at the age of 86 he seems to have forgotten those lessons himself. And now it’s my [...]

WordPress and Composing Posts

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A little over a year ago, I moved my blog off of Blogger and onto a hosted account using WordPress. I have to honestly say that I really haven’t looked back since then. There are several advantages for me personally, not the least of which was getting [...]