Early Morning

  • Wake up. Wander.
  • Take your time.
  • Stop.
  • Ponder.
  • Saunter down the road a while.
  • Pause. Wait.
  • Then, navigate a new direction.
  • Never hesitate.
  • Marvel over
  • each
  • and
  • every
  • miraculous
  • moment.

Archive for June, 2009

A Corollary to “Tweets and Flaps”

Jun 30th, 2009 by Dianne | 2

The other day I linked to a collection of posts by Shrinking Violet Promotions on the Twitter phenomenon and the viability of using Twitter as a way to connect with friends and readers.
Today, I ran across a retweet Greg Pincus of Gotta Book posted about Twitter for Busy People.  It’s a handy way to [...]

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Tweets and Flaps

Jun 27th, 2009 by Dianne | 3

photo credit: ronin691

Mary and Robin of Shrinking Violet Promotions have been talking lately about the Twitter phenomenon. Check out their thoughts here and here, here and here, and finally here.  If you hadn’t already come to the conclusion that Twitter *might* not be your cup of tea, this list of posts could seal the [...]

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Sunflowers and More…

Jun 26th, 2009 by Dianne | 5

Some amazing Abecederian poems are posted over at this week’s Poetry Stretch.  Be sure to check them out!

Speaking of which, Tricia’s Friday poetry post about sunflowers reminded me of a summer, several years ago, when my family and I spent a week in a Tuscan farmhouse. Sunflowers were in bloom everywhere.  It was lovely.
My contribution to Poetry [...]

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Bugs of the Rich Text (Computer) and Abecedarian (Poetry) Variety

Jun 24th, 2009 by Dianne | 7

Bugs of the Computer Variety
Today is one of those days when I…
1) *wish* I hadn’t updated to the latest version of WordPress and
2) wish I knew enough about HTML to be able to help myself.
The best I can figure out, after scouting around the internet, is that the WP 2.8 version has some bugs [...]

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Writing, Research, and the American Girl

Jun 2nd, 2009 by Dianne | 0

I never was one to care much about playing with dolls when I was growing up but I found this interview by friend, Barbara Bietz, of Jacqueline Dembar Greene, the author of the newest addition to the American Girl historical doll collection, quite interesting.
The doll, named Rebecca Rubin, is a 9-year old Jewish girl growing [...]

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