nothing has changed in nearly seven years
Who do you write for when your audience disappears? – Sadly, nothing has really changed in nearly seven years…
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Pondering the death of a blog or Deja Vu all over again
More than halfway into the second decade of CM I am again pondering quitting. This is something I have been doing since before the tenth anniversary.
Old School Blogging and Social Media Decluttering
I have decided to blog about more than books. The idea is to get the creative juices flowing and get back in the habit of posting by writing about my life and ...
To blog or not to blog?
So the question I have been mulling for the last couple of months (but not for the first time) is whether to keep blogging or call it quits after 14 years. I th...
The slow death of a blog
I also don't know if this is just a phase that will pass or if this is truly the slow death of this blog. But at some point you have to ask yourself is this re...
Theme OCD?
Did I just spend countless hours over the last few days futzing around with the themes on this site only to return to the theme I had been using for months? Yes...
Quick Take and Star Ratings Added to Reviews
Decided to add a quick take review and rating element to book reviews. Seemed like it might be a handy way to summarize up front before adding my often stream o...
Apologies for the lack of content
Sorry, life has intervened and led to another one of those longish content gaps that have become all too frequent. Work, in-laws visiting, one of the worst spor...
Tap, Tap, Tap … this thing on?
Hello, this is me testing the RSS feed again. Feel free to take a look around and kick the tires or what have you …
Gremlins in the RSS Feeds
As if the challenges of gaining readers after taking a two and a half week hiatus were not hard enough, it seems my RSS feeds are not working correctly. This i...