BLOGGING 101: Facts versus Personal Interpretations

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Nobody questions the fact that 2 + 2 is 4.  One may argue about the grammar of the way it is stated, but we all know that “this combination” equals “this sum.”

Pure science is not made up of theories; it is a body of facts we can count on.  Even the grammar of English is made up of rules embedded in cement.  However, literature, writing and poetry are more ephemeral, more open to interpretation.  Writers love to play with language because they can make it say whatever they want it to say.

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MORE LESSONS LEARNED (by a slow learner)

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One post I read, (http://disperser.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/blogger-awards-2/) which talked about the blogging awards, made a lot of sense to me.  See if it clicks with you.

If I nominate 15 blogs, and each of those nominate 15 more, and so on, here is the progression:

15 . . . . . . 225 . . . . . . 3,375 . . . . . . 50,625 . . . . . . 759,375 (!) . . . . . . 11,390,625 (!!)

Plus, you have to divulge seven (7) things about yourself.  FaceBook has those same kind of things, and I always thought it’s just another way for people trying to break your password to get useful information from you.  Basically, you are willingly giving away your identity.

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WHY BLOG?

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In more recent years, I have been working with women who want to break out of the mold–do more than they have done before and be more valuable to their families and their community.  Most of the ones I worked with were shy for good reason.  They lacked the ability to do things others valued.  Since this project began, quite a few have managed to move forward on their own.

Initially my work focused on women who wanted to gain a skill that they could use to bring in income.  A few who needed something more basic than job training wanted to learn to read and write.  Later I set up after school tutoring sessions for children and some women who needed specific training in English as a second language.  I usually handled all the English classes while others taught different classes.

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BLOGGING 101: Be Inspired by the Community

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WHOSE HOME IS THIS?

Is my granddaughter looking down a rabbit hole? I fear not. Maybe it is an opening to a fox’s den. I’m no expert. There was actually another, almost identical hole on the other side of this giant tree in a seemingly forsaken graveyard overgrown in weeds and thistles, but my granddaughter did not care which end of the hole it was—the entrance or the exit. Look! She is so close she’s almost in it! Isn’t the curiosity of children amazing? Another outstanding characteristic of kids seems to be their lack of fear.

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