I am an Accidental Writer. Since childhood, I have scribbled, shared, and taught out of what I've learnt. Never ever did I intend to be "A Writer" ... not consciously anyway ... although many encouraged me to get some story down in books. This is yet to be acquiesced to and I'm sure will … Continue reading An Accidental Writer
Writing
Why Do I Write ~ Revisited
Asked: “Why Do You Write?” Answer: “I write because I can’t draw … No, that is not entirely true. I write because it is the music I make without a keyboard with sounds. I write because I have written since I was a little girl, learning to spell, standing in line to have … Continue reading Why Do I Write ~ Revisited
Life Is Short ~ A Poem
Life is short Life is short. Life is too short. Life is too short to waste it. Life is too short to waste it being unhappy. Life is too short to waste it being unhappy about circumstances. Life is short. Life is short. Life is short. Life is. Life. Is. Short. Life. . ⚪️ … Continue reading Life Is Short ~ A Poem
What If I Told You ~ A Poem
What if I told you What if I told you that it is hard, Would that make what I do worth more? What if I told you that what I do is easy, Would that do it for you? Where is the value that you place upon me, If I cannot see … Continue reading What If I Told You ~ A Poem
Thank You for 1,000 Likes
Congratulations on getting 1,000 total likes on The Holly Tree Tales. Your current tally is 1,010. Dear Readers, WordPress recently sent me a notification to say that 1,000 Likes had been received by The Holly Tree Tales' site. I just wanted to say a big ... THANK YOU and how much I value your … Continue reading Thank You for 1,000 Likes
Think The Right Thing
"Think the right thing." 💛 Do we realise how powerful our thoughts are, how we influence much in our lives by how we think? One of my methods for dealing with diabolical situations, is to find points of humour and I easily laugh with myself. When we laugh, tension is released and we feel so … Continue reading Think The Right Thing
A Moment Before Christmas ~ Revisited
This piece was written on Monday 21 December 2015. I share it here, as a mindfulness offering in the lead-up to Chistmas. It will be my fifty sixth birthday on Tuesday next week, 11 December, and two weeks after that will be the day that we celebrate another's birth, after whom the festivity and 'holiday … Continue reading A Moment Before Christmas ~ Revisited
Being A Blogger Is A Process
Dear Readers,
This is a little technical experiment in ‘reblogging’ a previously published post. The original post was written and published on The Holly Tree Tales on 23 February 2017. I am reposting it now as a result of having attended a WordPress WordCamp at the weekend, this being a relevant piece to the subject of learning to manage and write a Blog on WordPress.
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It has been two years since I began the journey of technically building a blog, and writing one. My first ever blogging experience began with the process of creating “The Holly Tree Tales” on WordPress, something that was completely and utterly unfamiliar to me, in every sense. It was early in January 2015, the first to be precise, when I gathered my two children together at my computer, in order to consult them where possible, and set off cautiously into the jungle that has been my complicated technical process of setting up and managing this website.
For many years I had been told, by all sorts of people, that I ought to write my story, communicate my philosophical thoughts, share about my experiences through childhood, describe my journeys in new places, reveal my trepidatious steps through parenting my children into the great humans that they are, discuss my gardening exploration and tips, reach out by telling others about my…
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