Meet the Bloggers!

I am thrilled to have such good company for the September Blog Challenge (and reminded of how technology can bring together people from around the world and different parts of my life). Please take some time to visit and read the following bloggers, and consider subscribing to their blog feeds, following them on Twitter and Facebook, …

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Labor Day Parade 1968, Winner, South Dakota

First, thank you to everyone who is participating in the #30PostsHathSept Blog Challenge! Be sure to take a look at the posts so far, and remember that it’s not too late to add your own. All you need to do is write 20 to 30 blog posts in September. That still allows for four or …

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Emotions that don’t have a name

Yesterday my friend Sheri emailed a link to the Tumblr blog of John Koenig, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, which he describes as  “a compendium of invented words” that “aims to fill a hole in the language—to give a name to emotions we all might experience but don’t yet have a word for.” One of the words …

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Home on Furlough 1918

Note the differences in the two men, one in uniform with a soldier’s posture, staring straight at the camera. The other looking to the side, in a relaxed slouch, wearing leather cowboy wrist cuffs and fur leg chaps.

The Courage of Getting Back Up

Don’t forget that you have plenty of time to join me in the #30PostsHathSept Back to Blogging challenge! The challenge is designed for any writers or other personal bloggers who want to jumpstart their blogging habit. Click here for more details. How do you get back up after a fall? In an interview yesterday, researcher …

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