Today WordPress gave Bloggers an intriguing writing prompt: "You're writing your autobiography. What's your opening sentence?" The first words that popped into my head were: “I never would have believed it, if you had told me twenty years ago that this would happen.” Immediately I sat back, pondering the fact that it had been almost … Continue reading What Is The Opening Sentence To Your Autobiography?
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Happy Tenth Birthday To The Holly Tree Tales
Dear Readers, This week, not only is this the start of a fresh New Year, but Wednesday 1 January 2025 marked the tenth anniversary of when The Holly Tree Tales began! I thought it would be a fun moment to do a little reminiscing about the journey and how it started ... On Thursday 1 … Continue reading Happy Tenth Birthday To The Holly Tree Tales
Suddenly Lift Off
What do you do when suddenly you find yourself flying through mid-air and you are not in the least bit prepared for this?Well, one thing is ... you wing it.I have completely neglected my blog audience by virtue of having been ensconced in doing a Mastermind & Knowledge Broker course since mid-March and, as a … Continue reading Suddenly Lift Off
How The Podcast Journey Begins!
For those who have been following my blog since the blogging journey started in January 2015, it will come as no surprise that I have now added a podcast to my 'repertoire' ... not least with some trepidation!As has been the case with most other things that I have been doing online, this journey to … Continue reading How The Podcast Journey Begins!
A Quick Catch Up
Dear Readers, It has been nearly two months since I last wrote a blogpost or published a poem or wrote about something of interest, fun, practical or even in all seriousness on my Blog. No doubt some of you might have been wondering whether I had fallen off the planet! Never fear, however, I … Continue reading A Quick Catch Up
An Accidental Writer
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
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
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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