Category Archives: Books & Blogs

13 I learned blogging 31 days in a row

I did it! For the second year in a row, the Word Count Blogathon was a success with plenty of new lessons. Continue reading

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Book Review: Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo by Betty White

As soon as I saw animal rear ends at “the end” of Betty White’s Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo, I knew I’d enjoy actually reading the “tails” about the animals. (See? Betty and I both make butt jokes.) Continue reading

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The Eco Niche Ad

Check my new “ad” for The Eco Niche. I’ve been trying to learn iMovie. What do you think?

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My Advice on Blog Basics

What would you do if you started a blog today? Continue reading

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Word Count: Guidelines, Lifelines, or Noose?

Last year’s WordCount Blogathon hosted by Michelle Rafter, was my first month long writing challenge. But now my only. Continue reading

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Five Movies That Have Inspired My Blogging

When the movie came out I was in elementary school, and “Save the Rainforest” was to environmental education what “Just Say No” was to drug education. Continue reading

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The 2012 Blogathon

The 2012 Blogathon. What it is and who I’ve discovered this week. Continue reading

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The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games reminds me of my favorite survival adventure books of my childhood. Continue reading

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The Big Year

Insanity Albert Einstein said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.  Webster defines it as a deranged state of the mind,  something utterly foolish or unreasonable.  I believed that insanity was driving halfway across … Continue reading

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I Need Your Help!

Dear Eco-Niche Readers (all three of you), I need your help with some inspiration and direction.  Tell me what animals you go to the zoo to see so they might be featured in my story.  And while you’re at it, … Continue reading

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