Today is a theme day in the 2012 Blogathon, and participants have been asked to complete the sentence, “If I started blogging today…”
Well.
I first started my blog in the fall of 2004. I had little idea what I was doing. My blog didn’t have a theme, and the topics I posted about were pretty random. Over the years, I’ve blogged the full first drafts of two novels (during NaNoWriMo 2004 and 2007). I’ve posted obituaries for my two precious dogs, Nanook and Journey, and for my boyfriend’s cat, Sylvester. I’ve written about the intersection of spirituality [...]
Yesterday, I spent some time toying with getting Scrivener on my MacBook to sync with Dropbox Elements on my iPad.
Some background . . .
After much deliberation, I finally bought an iPad. To save money—and in a nod to realistic expectations about my usage—I bought a refurbished iPad 2 model from Apple. I’d already been leaning in that direction but a conversation at the Apple Store with an Apple employee is what convinced me. (Say what you will about Apple, but I’ve always found their employees to be very helpful and not in the least pushy about [...]
Below is an essay I wrote at the end of last year — one I’ve not had any luck placing with a magazine or newspaper. Rather than letting in languish in my “pending” file, I’ll share it with you here. Enjoy. 
E-readers — like Amazon’s hot-selling Kindle, Barnes & Noble’s Nook, and the much anticipated iPad from Apple — are a bibliophile’s dream come true: More books in less space, and portable, too! But if you’re striving to reduce material — and digital — possessions, and to practice non-attachment, such devices may present the [...]
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