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The best-laid schemes o' mice and men...

"Gang aft agley." - go often astray, or off-track... better make that women too!

How true is that? Here I sit with all these great ideas on how I'd like to change my little corner of the globe, but they're just that, ideas!

Achievements to date:

• Laundry, occasional - a good proportion of it air dried but I've not done any at all for at least 4 days.
• Permaculture planning - stuck - I just can't get my mind around the landscaping part of what I want to do. Handyman hubby can do that 3-D stuff but he has other priorities and interests.
  
• Wood stove - stuck - put on the back-burner!
  
• Homeschooling - going well but leaving me brain dead this week. I also keep seeing so much MORE we could do if there was the time and energy!
  
• Winter veggies - coming along nicely, but I'm impatient to get eating them. At least we had sun today.
  
• Writing - how did I end up with two websites and three blogs to maintain? These things must be self-replicating!
  
• Business phone calls - far behind. I have to get some daytime energy to devote to these.

Time to cook dinner!

The Art of Weblogging - do you measure up?

What is good weblog writing and are you doing it? Aimlessly wandering the web and commenting about it is not going to hack it! If you need to ask yourself this question don't worry - there's plenty of good advice out there to help us succeed as weblog writers.

Here are some of the most common suggestions:

• Write good titles - B L Ochman gives some examples
  
• Keep your posts around 250 words - included in Darren Rowse' top ten tips
  
• Voice your opinion - be honest
  
• Omit unnecessary words - keep sentences short and to the point
• Provide good, informative, links - Seth Godin says, "Write like a Blogger"
  
• You don't have to be all serious - a little humor makes people want to come back
  
• People like lists (gotta learn from what you read)!

If that's not enough tips yet, what's wrong with you? Do you want to be famous for your blog writing, rank high on google, write like a professional, or know all the technical stuff? Writing a blog is surely an adventure, a learning experience, and something that can result in personal growth. All you have to do is keep reading and keep blogging.

What have you learned from blogging?