Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles

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Entries Tagged as 'Blogging'

Getting E-Mail; Hitting Forward, or How I Was Duped Again

February 23rd, 2009 · 8 Comments · Blogging, Friends, Humor, Philosophical, Photos, Videos

You know . . . this technological, fast paced, instant communication between total strangers across vast spaces around the world society we live in has its pitfalls.  Using our computers the way we all do is one of the leading ones. Yep – I’ve been duped again. And I’m mad at myself because I should [...]

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Big News – Christian Blogger Awards – Nominate Your Favorites Today!

February 16th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Blogging, Friends, Philosophical

I have very exciting news for you all today, both readers and fellow bloggers.  My web hosts (and hosts for several other great Christian blogs) – TheoBloggers – are sponsoring the first ever Christian Blogger Awards, with the "Blogger of the Year" and winners in 8 categories (see below) to be announced on March 28th [...]

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25 Random Things About Myself

January 30th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Blogging, Friends, Inspirational, Philosophical, Reflections

[Note:  This tag thing (see title above) has been making the rounds of Facebook.  (Why did I ever join up two months ago?  I thought I was getting away from tagging!)  Here's part of the "rules" below: Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, [...]

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Five Ways Blogging Has Changed My Life

September 23rd, 2008 · 10 Comments · Blogging, Friends, Reflections

I was tagged by Bill Williams over at Spiritual Oasis Saturday to do this, so am going to give it a shot.  I normally hate these things, but this one is interesting and shouldn’t take long.  Not that I’m one without words to write, you understand.  I’m rarely at a loss for words, as all [...]

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Guess What!?!

August 21st, 2008 · 14 Comments · Blogging, Reflections, Stories, Tom & Me, Wind Vane Stories

I was just going through my email while ago for the first time this morning and saw that I had an email from Tom from work.  (He’s the publisher of the Picayune Item, as you well know.) The email subject line said simply, "Congratulations." I figured it was a cc to me along with some [...]

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I’m Hoping to Top Olive Riley’s Record

July 14th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Blogging, Dee's Family, Tom & Me, Tom's Family, Uncategorized

Olive Riley has died.  Why is that of importance to me or the world, you ask? Well, you see – according to the story on MSN online, the lively Australian lady of 108 was considered to be the world’s oldest blogger.  I couldn’t connect with the first link they give in the article to her [...]

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The Difference Between Bloggers & Newspaper Journalists or What I Learned at the Mississippi Press Association Convention

June 30th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Blogging, Humor, Katrina, Tom & Me, Tom's Family

We’re back home from the Mississippi Press Association’s summer convention and had a blast!  We went over to Biloxi to the lovely Beau Rivage early Thursday morning and got home yesterday (Sunday) afternoon about 2:30 p.m.  We met and visited with a lot of our newspaper friends, ate lots of really good food and even [...]

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