February 2016 – Marsha Ingrao

Grand Opening for a New Museum

I stepped out of the museum yesterday with Mr. Tom Sweeney, a Woodlaker whose family has been in Woodlake since the 1870s, who had come in so I could record […]

Hobbies

Unforgettable Show

It was a dank and foggy eve, A perfect night for London theatre. The stairway couldn’t have been narrower And farther up than you’d believe. Voilá, a view seat – […]

Hobbies

Blog Management Solutions

HELP! I want to blog, but I’m out of time! My life is a roller coaster! What can I do? There is hope, and I’ll share not ten, but eleven ideas […]

Hobbies

Because of Blogging

#amblogging I switched to a MacBook Pro from an old Toshiba laptop in preparation for my retirement from teaching and administration. I have been trying to clean my A S […]

Non-profit

Things that are Rough

My friend Marvin Awbrey died. I loved him dearly. He was such a close friend that I could criticize him when we disagreed, but don’t you dare unless you loved him […]

Travel

From Your Blog to Published Book: Experiences of a Published Author

As I continue to try to find my voice as […]

Hobbies

Deleted? Oh NO!

I spent all morning learning about landing pages, a very frustrating experience to say the least. It was so frustrating it was hilarious. So I blogged about it. Then guess […]

Education

Woodlake Valley Cultural Museum Has First Event

# WoodlakeValleyCulturalMuseum February thirteenth dawned as beautiful and gentle as a […]

Travel

Watching Whales

The blogosphere got smaller last month for me. We spent a week in gorgeous Maui, HI with Mr. and Mrs. ET. What a privilege to meet my blogging friend of […]

Writing

Writing What You Know: The Why of Self-Publishing

The world came almost never saw this video of Neil Armstrong’s […]

Writing

Writing to a Prompt Is Necessary for Everyone to Know How to Do

The WP Prompt: Take a complicated subject you know more […]

Hobbies

Cold Even Hit Sunny California in February

Shivering beneath their antimacassars these baby orange trees see snow in the mountains, and coming down into the foothills. It’s sunny on this chilly morning. The picture looks deceptively warm, but it […]

Writing

An Exercise in Writing Description

First a Technology Tip: Before we start writing, let me save you from my posting disaster. Write your posts somewhere else – Word, Dropbox, Google Docs. OR Save posts often. […]

Hobbies

If I Could Save Time A Bottle Is As Good of Place as Any

#Hawaiitrip When you’re having a great time, what a wonderful […]

Hobbies

When You’re Hot, You’re Hot

When you’re hot, you’re cool! Stretching it, warming up. You’re hot! Really hot stuff! You know? Yeah, you can feel it! But maybe you’re not hot yet, you stretch, […]

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