By WordPress’s calculations, this is my 500th post. I’ve been blogging on this site for just under five years. I really don’t know whether I thought this blog would last five years. It’s seen me through a lot. My mother’s decline into Alzheimer’s and move into assisted living. A daughter’s […]
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More Odd Search Requests That Pointed to This Blog
Every so often I look at what WordPress.com tells me about searches that have led people to my blog. I’ve mentioned some of these odd requests before. Most of the search requests relate to topics along the Oregon Trail or in the California Gold Rush era. I can tell when […]
Continue readingMy 400th Post: On Planning, Flexibility, and Commitment in Blogging and in Life
To my surprise, this is my 400th post, which seems worthy of mention. I last wrote about blogging in any detail on my 250th post, on July 28, 2014, about a year and a half ago. I write two posts every week—a schedule I have now maintained for almost four […]
Continue readingWhat Is Story (Redux)? . . . And a Sense of Urgency
My first post on this blog went live in January 2012, but I didn’t start a regular posting schedule until March of that year, so I consider March my blog’s anniversary. This blog is now three years old. I deliberately set the blog’s theme “Story and History” to be broad […]
Continue readingWhy Do I Ask Questions At the End of My Posts?
The short answer to why usually I ask questions at the end of my posts is that I read somewhere that it was a good thing for bloggers to do to get readers to engage. The long answer is a little more complicated. It is true that I’ve read that […]
Continue readingOn Cousins, Connections, and the “Social” in Social Media
I envied my children as they were growing up—they were close with two of their cousins. They were close in age, and for their first few years of life they lived within a reasonable driving distance of their mutual grandparents. The four kids played together regularly, stair steps spanning six […]
Continue readingI’m a Guest Blogger Over at Jill Weatherholt’s Blog
A friend I’ve come to know from blogging, Jill Weatherholt, asked me to be a guest blogger on her blog, and my post was published last Friday. If the links don’t work, paste the following into your browser: http://jillweatherholt.wordpress.com/2014/08/15/summer-spotlight-theresa-hupp/ I told Jill’s readers all about my novels and my blog. I […]
Continue readingMusings On My 250th Post
WordPress keeps excellent statistics for bloggers, and so I realized recently that today’s post would be my 250th post. This milestone seemed worthy of comment. I’ve been blogging for about two-and-a-half years, for most of that time twice per week. I’ve written before about lessons I’ve learned blogging, and I […]
Continue readingA Summer Short: On the Value of Blogging
There are times when I wonder why I keep posting on this blog. Some months I’m pleased with the readership, and I watch the statistics climb day after day. Other months, the numbers plummet, and I wonder if I’m so boring no one will ever read what I write again. […]
Continue readingLiberation and Independence
One of the joys of blogging is finding other writers who touch your heart and soul. My last post was about my mother’s death on July 4. That night I was unable to sleep. The Independence Day fireworks screamed and popped throughout our suburban neighborhood, their celebratory bursts incongruous to […]
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