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Procrastination continues a creative discovery: Twitter, Vine and PokemonGO
Am I procrastinating or am I nostalgic? I’m a bit of both these days. You’ve experienced this, that one-thing-leads-to-another-thing-leads-to-another-thing-leads action. Today I went looking for Vine videos. My phone memory is almost full–no big surprise with the 6-digit number of … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, Writing
Tagged Deadwood Writers, Disney, Photo365, Pokemon GO, social media, Swarm, Twitter, Zentangle
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Writing the F-Word
“Think like a queen; a queen is not afraid to fail.”~Oprah Winfrey, American entertainer The Letter F challenges writers, and many others, with a curious history of pronunciation, spelling and script. Fun Feisty Fire The other day, I caught the … Continue reading
Haiku for a Thursday morning: Be Kind
Roaming through iPhone photos, I rediscovered my haiku images from the beloved but now defunct app, Ku. Poets of the form joined, posted poems, and we formed a community. The purpose was: write poetry. No bright colors or filters, no … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku and poetry, Writing
Tagged DadMemoir, haiku, Instagram, poetry, social media
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Easy Instagram Tips for Day 5 of the 12 Days of Christmas
On the fifth Day of Christmas, the blog I share to you is Jenn’s Trends. Of all the social media outlets, I’m big on the Instagram format as dwhirsch. I’m a scrapbooker. I take an embarrassing number of screenshots daily. … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing Experiences, Writing
Tagged Blog hops, blogging, coffee, Instagram, social media, writing
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You will find inspiration in these 13 writing books
It’s been a month now, and this chat still stirs me. Tuesday Twitter #writestuff started the weekly chat with Question 1: What’s your favorite book about writing (fiction or nonfiction?) • Tiffany Arnold mentioned On Writing by Stephen King. • … Continue reading
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Tagged books, memoir, Montclair Write Group, New Jersey, social media, Twitter
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Who sends greeting cards anymore?
Just in time for MegaMeet tomorrow, I wonder: are Get Well cards extinct? MegaMeet starts tomorrow, and I am so excited to be playing with papers and glue sticks in public again I can barely write this. My class schedule … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Scrapbooking, Writing
Tagged Facebook, family, friends, Michigan, scrapbook, social media, writing
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Remember writing in #tbt for May 21
Another throwback Thursday, with more writing lessons learned. What have I discovered? I engaged Twitter a lot more than I do today. Will I exercise that media more now? Should I? Am I missing something vital? Did I get … Continue reading
Updating apps and understanding life through #AtoZChallenge
. . . —- Updating apps shows me even more memories I may or may not want to remember. Looking at Timehop inspired me to scroll through my apps. Early phone pages should be filled with oft-used, important apps. Screens … Continue reading
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Tagged AtoZ Blog Challenge, Blog hops, blogging, coffee, haiku, Happy Planner, planner, poetry, ROW80, social media, Timehop, writing
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Travel back in time with #tbt and #AtoZChallenge
Thursdays are super scary days because of the #ThrowbackThursday or #tbt posts on your social media memories. Unfamiliar with Throwback Thursdays? It’s a hashtag highlighting photos of anything in your past: your deceased dog Bonner when he/she was still alive; … Continue reading
Posted in #ThrowbackThursday, Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, Writing
Tagged AtoZ Blog Challenge, Blog hops, blogging, coffee, haiku, Instagram, Michigan, Pittsburgh, social media, Starbucks, Swarm, Twitter, writing, Zentangle
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Sharing this anniversary on #AtoZChallenge
Stars aligned 10 years ago to create magic, so today I celebrate my website anniversary. On April 22, 2010, I created my original Wolf Howlings blog at the Canton Public Library in Michigan. That historical moment occurred in the 8-table … Continue reading
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Tagged AtoZ Blog Challenge, Blog hops, blogging, family, haiku, holiday, Penn State, Pittsburgh, poetry, social media, writing
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“B”eing planted in the #AtoZChallenge moment
A gardener by any means I am not, but I cultivate a deep green houseplant forest. . The lawn art my neighbors accomplish humbles me, but endless cycle of pulling weeds is not worth it. Houseplants are as green as … Continue reading
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Tagged AtoZ Blog Challenge, Blog hops, blogging, family, haiku, Instagram, poetry, social media
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April 1: Art, Artists and #AtoZChallenge
Welcome to Day 1 of the AtoZ Blog Challenge. Today I feel more Zzzzzz than Awake. April is just one of those busy months. And, really, how did it become the 4th month already? I’m distracted with inconveniences today, not … Continue reading
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Tagged AtoZ Blog Challenge, Blog hops, blogging, haiku, notegraphy, poetry, social media, writing
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Create your signature writing word
I found my writing self in one word. Continuing from this blog post last week, I needed to find myself after losing my domain name. I needed to redefine myself. I found myself in one word: funky. Since you’re visiting … Continue reading
The Pledge of Allegiance written in emoji
In honor of July 4th, I wrote the Pledge of Allegiance in emoji. Emoji has taken over our world. My number one text image is the smiley kissey face. If you ever wondered how the Pledge of Allegiance would read as … Continue reading
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Tagged emoji, social media, writing
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Happy anti-New Year! Words, focus and remembering January
How are your New Year Resolutions coming along? If you still remember even one of them, that’s not a bad way to start Monday, July 1, 2019. January 1st was a day filled with promise and goals and plans for … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, holiday, Michigan, New Jersey, New Year's, social media, writing
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Reading Challenges: good or bad?
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”~Thomas Jefferson, American president How sad it is that we as a society make even the joy of reading a massive social media event? There are gazumerous reading challenges out there. … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Goodreads, social media, Star Trek
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Success in writing: Breakdown of #ROW80 Round 4 goals, Part 1 of 3
“All great achievements require time.”~Maya Angelou, American poet Round 4 goals. Writing, reading, playing and etc, Today I’m focusing on my writing. This is how I plan to break down and work on these goals, in no particular order: WRITING: … Continue reading
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What motivates your? Goalsetting for #ROW80 Round 4
“The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.”~Buddha, Indian leader When do you deserve to treat yourself? I use bribery to motivate myself. If I go through emails, then I can spend time on Instagram. If I write … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog hops, blogging, DadMemoir, eBook, family, games, haiku, Happy Planner, Instagram, memoir, mommemoir, Penn State, planner, poetry, Pokemon GO, ROW80, scrapbook, social media, writing
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Land on my feet or my writing *bleep* as #ROW80 Round 3 ends
“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love.”~Sophia Loren, Italian actress It seems I’ve been stuck in a lot of things lately. … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog hops, blogging, eBook, Facebook, family, haiku, Haiku Horizons, Happy Planner, Instagram, linkedin, mommemoir, planner, poetry, ROW80, social media, Twitter, writing
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A Penn State birthday #WeekendCoffeeShare writing & eating ice cream
If we were having coffee… …we would NOT be having coffee. Oh my gosh! Didn’t I tell you Penn State atmosphere is electric?!? Shoulder to shoulder crowds, the bars, the random football cheers, the street music. This town is too … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog hops, Facebook, family, games, Instagram, Michigan, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Pokemon GO, social media, Swarm, WeekendCoffeeShare
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