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“A Doggy’s Life”

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I am a writer, so blogging is my writing practice. I only post things that I have niggled and diddled and tweaked, but my writing is usually pretty polished when it comes out.

Two or three years. I am perimenopausal and have memory issues. Big chunks of time have fallen away.

Daily life, being a mother, other people’s stupidity, bullies-all the things we think and feel and see daily. Sometimes I post poetry. Sometimes I rant. But mostly I write self-contained little essays.

Well, I love Fugly. Sometimes I look at political blogs, but mostly I stick to good writing and photography.

I’m a hard ass. I don’t think everyone should be a blogger. My feeling is that spelling and punctuation and grammar are equally as important as the message; if your writing is sloppy and ungrammatical, your meaning will be overshadowed by that. So take care to proofread. Use spell check. Pay attention to apostrophes. That’s the sort of stuff I would say.And if you want people to read what you write, write to them, include them. And leave comments in others’ blogs.

Absolutely. I work from my home, so I get lonely.

My sister and girlfriends are regular readers, so I have to be careful, especially when I’m mad at someone. I tell a lot of private things, too. I’m terrified that the folks from the Catholic school will find out about me. I’ve said things. You know, things.

I frequent a low-carb food forum. That’s about it.

I write my essays while I run or walk with the dogs in the morning. Then I come home and write it all down and edit. Sometimes it takes hours. Hours. Writing, when you are a writer, is usually demanding work. When you are not, maybe less is at stake. Mmmm. Steak. (I’m an Atkins devotee.) (Yes, it interferes with cake love.)