July 28, 2008
Photo by Mike Licht
I have been reading lots of articles about blogging over the past few days. Trying to find out ways to improve my blog. And to find what people consider makes a good blog.
I had to question why I have a blog and why it is important to me. I think mostly for me it is reflection on life, a place to share my creative pursuits, a place to meet and share with like minded people, to develop friendships and to help my wandering children to keep in touch (now if only they would start their blogs)
What did I find in my research? There is a wonderful article by Skelliewag on finding good photos for your blog, I now understand the different types of creative commons licenses on Flickr. There are also some very good articles on Blissfully Domestic on blogging that I am still working my way through. This site is written by group of women and they have a large amount of well-written articles on many different topics that are worth reading.
I will continue to research as blogging is very important to me and it is funny but the school that I work at is know as the ‘blogging’ school.
June 5, 2008
Yesterday I was reading a post from ‘My Words’ and she has had her blog made up into a book. It looked really lovely. This is such a great idea, it is a way of keeping the memories alive. I started my blog back in April 2005, I have been writing it for such a long time. For many of those years it was purely devoted to digital scrapping and my obsession with it. I now view it as a way of keeping and sharing memories with friends and family. An added bonus about keeping a blog is the new people that you meet and get to share yours and theirs ideas and experiences with.
Now I need some help. Penny(my daughter) an aid worker in Sudan and soon to be in Liberia wants to start a blog and numerous times we have discuss the name for it. She said to ask you for some suggestions; as I want to register her name as a domain name. Her experiences are just so wonderful and she is a gifted story teller, so I would really like her to start one soon.
photo credit: T U R K A I R O
January 22, 2008
I have been wanting to change my blog name for a while. I did not feel that it was correct to keep calling it ‘SandraBoddingtonDesigns’ when I do very little designing anymore. I had also been wanting to change my host, which the change of name allowed me to do.
Why Molly and Coffee? Our new puppy is called Molly (a black labrador) and I usually start my morning with a cup of coffee ( a latte) . This is the only coffee that I have all day and I love to have it while sitting at my computer checking e-mails and blogs. By this time Molly has already been for her walk and the poor baby is tired, so she is asleep at my feet. My favourite time of the day.
