My youngest niece is starting a health blog. During her cancer treatment she posted updates and concerns for others to heed. She was inspiring, an inspiration for others to take care of themselves. It’s good to have another blogger in the group. If she asks her Uncle David for advice, this is what I’d say:
GIVING UP, BUT NOT A QUITTER?
May 4, 2024 by
Giving up is different than quitting. Really. Quitting means done, all over, finished. The Day I Quit. Giving up is a longer process. One is a reaction, the other a journey. Who’s got the map?
HEALTH JOURNEY ON A ROUGH ROAD
May 2, 2024 by
A ‘health journey’ is a phrase used by people with lots of doctor appointments. If you’re old enough you either take that rough road yourself, or you show up for others on it. Personally, I’ve never liked the term. I like it even less when it applies to young people coming down with old people […]
BLOG TRAFFIC: THE LINE STARTS OVER THERE
March 10, 2024 by
Blog traffic is easy, so expect instant results. Start a blog, write a post, and stand back. The clouds part, the rain stops. You stand in the warming sunshine, not the blazing warm that melts asphalt in parking lot, but the cuddly warm of wearing strap t-shirts and cargo shorts. Let’s warm it up.
TOO OLD FOR A NEW STORY?
February 18, 2024 by
Too old to start over? The big hurdles begin with the definition of ‘start’ and ‘over.’ To start, just to start, is a fight against inertia to move forward on a project. There’s that page for a new story. The letters won’t get on there by themselves.
BLOG COACH STEPS UP
July 19, 2023 by
The blog coach call came from a man who needed help. Why call me? Because I’ve got a track record of thirty-two hundred posts on boomerpdx. Not thirty, not thirty-two, but thirty-two hundred blog posts. I’d call me too. But there’s more, so much more.
COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN MORE THAN A BURGER
January 22, 2023 by
A communication breakdown is a problem. It’s also a burger, which isn’t a problem. The problem comes when a ‘failure to communicate’ gets your ticket punched like Cool Hand Luke. But, instead of food and prison execution, let’s talk about online communication breakdown. For example, take this blog. Please.
FIXING BLOG THINGS AND COMPLAINING AT THE SAME TIME
December 24, 2022 by
Fixing blog things is part of joining the blogger world circus. I update boomerpdx and lose my subscribers? Twitter takes a dump and I lose my blog traffic? Facebook is unreliable? These are examples of fixing things online AND complaining. Waaaa. But, first . . .
BLOG WORK BEHIND THE CURTAINS: WHAT TO EXPECT
June 23, 2021 by
One of the cruel joys of blog work comes at the start: Either figure out how to start, how to build a site, or hire someone else to do it. While I’m happy for folks who go either way, which is better in the long run? The bottom line is spending the time to learn […]
BLOG TRAFFIC FLIPS THE BIRD TO BLOG PERSONA
January 16, 2021 by
Blog traffic is supposed to tally daily readers, but is there a hidden message in the pattern? Based on expert blog advice, traffic is key. No traffic means no readers. The real question posed, but not clearly articulated, is ‘what kind of readers?‘ Based on comments, which are good indicators of who reads a particular […]
