My 200th Blog Post!

Yeah, yeah so I know I've had this blog since January of 2013, and in six-plus years I should probably have more than 200 posts but I have excuses, okay? The two biggest ones are asleep upstairs as I type this. The third excuse is sitting next to me... Kiri Dog Posing in her Patriotic…

Drafts

Me again! Having been absent from my WordPress site for some time, now that I'm back, the entire interface seems different (Where are the Daily Prompts? Are we not doing that anymore?). Up in the corner, next to my blog name, there's a little number "41." Click on it and come to figure out that…

Well Hi There! (Alternatively titled: I’m not doing Christmas cards)

Blogtropolis! What's up? I feel a little like Drew Barrymore in Never Been Kissed on that first day she goes back to high school. Poking around WordPress, my old stomping grounds, trying to fit in again with the cool kids (you). I've been gone for so long. Sorry. I've been writing, just not here. Somewhere along the…

If you write it . . .

One of my all-time favorite movies is Field of Dreams (1989; Academy Awards Best Picture Nominee 1990). Baseball, Iowa, James Earl Jones, Shoeless Joe, dreams, hopes, tears . . . sigh. I first watched Field of Dreams in a lecture hall my freshman year of college on dollar movie night. I remember hiding my face as I…

100th Post!

After starting this blog with a sprint from the starting line on January 3, 2013, I now crawl over the 100 post milestone, almost six months later. So what have I learned from blogging? Well, I've read that most blogs die around six months. I've definitely slowed down, but I'm not dead by far. I…

Signs

The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge this week is to share a sign and explain why you chose it to share. This "No Weapons Allowed" sign made its appearance on the door of my local AMC movie theater after the Aurora, Colorado shooting during the midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises on July 20, 2012. I…

Advice to Bloggers – Do a Porn Post! (Sort of)

Although I promised that today I would do the Daily Post Weekly Writing Challenge, I find myself distracted by the Daily Prompt. It reads, in relevant part: Give your newer sisters and brothers-in-WordPress one piece of advice based on your experiences blogging. I couldn't resist sharing my one piece of advice. Are you ready? Here…

The Day WOAW Died . . .

Monday night was a typical night. After drafting a post, I hit "Publish," and guess what happened?  It wouldn't let me. I was directed to my Dashboard where this message awaited me:  "This blog has been deactivated because we believe that it does not comply with the WordPress.com Terms of Service or advertising policy. "…