A Blog Spam Attempt that Bogs My Mind

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Mar 022011

So my blog gets 10 and sometimes as many as 50 spam comments per day.  Most offer some kind of male enhancement or insurance or pain relief.  (Bet you couldn’t have guessed.) But today I got a spam from a crafty sort and have been so taken with the language that I just had to share it with you good folks.   Let’s just say it takes the cake.  Continue reading »

Blogging Tips for Building that Almighty Audience

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Feb 282011

Notice it’s not 8 AM when I am posting this, unless you’re reading from the other side of the world from Nashville, Tennessee.  That’s the “best” time, 8 AM, I found out, to post your blogs.  But here’s something I AM doing right — the word count for this blog,  720.  I am following the guidance — 600 to 1000 words.

These are but two of the cool tips I discovered Saturday at a Blog Writers Panel, hosted by Nashville Writers Meet-Up.   Continue reading »

Today Could Be the Day

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Oct 142010

I've heard the news

Billy O is keeping watch.  He knows something’s up.

I told you all last week that a nice man at a farm near me wants Billy O to come live out his days in peace among a slew of other goats and cows and horses.  The man hasn’t come yet, so I called him a bit ago.  Seems this could be the day he’ll come for Billy O.

I’ve already cried, and I’ll cry some more.  But I know in my heart that he needs a place where he can be a goat.  He so wants to play!  He’s even started trying to engage my cat!  In true cat style, she ignores him.

Stay tuned…..I’ll let you know.

Of Use

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Sep 212010

May I help you?

As I write this, Billy O is attempting to open the front door of my house with his head. He has observed that, in order to open the door, the handle needs to lift UP. He is THE smartest animal I’ve ever been around. Oh, did I leave out that BILLY O IS STILL HERE? A few hours shy of a week now. A couple of folks flirted with the idea of taking him, but once they found out Billy O is neutered, they backed out. I guess this means we want our animals to be OF USE to us. Like many people view cows. Of use to our pocketbooks and to our bellies and even our boots and jackets. Interesting that we don’t require this of our dogs and cats so much. They can just be.

Maybe I need to start telling people that Billy O DOES have a use — he is the doorman. Don’t you see that in the photo? Seems pretty natural at it to me…..

Officially Homesteaded

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Sep 162010

I'll take this bed here.

Allright…..it’s official now. Billy O has officially homesteaded. He even told me he’s been to the PO and is now on the mail route AND has contacted AT&T about a landline phone. Yes — he thinks he’ll be INSIDE the house soon. THAT’s where he is WRONG!

What's For Breakfast?

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Sep 162010

What's for breakfast????

OK…..so I get up early this morning — I’m talking 5 AM — to work on my cow novel. But guess WHO is still here on my back porch, making his sweet self AT HOME???? So far, I’ve had no luck finding who Billy O belongs to. Someone said an Amish family with goats lives about a mile and a half away. We’re checking! I just went and told him, “You know, I really do have a novel to write. It’s about another kind of four-legged creature and a lot bigger than you.” His answer? “And your point is………” Stay tuned!