Category Archives: Education

Have you ever tried to Google yourself?

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

This is my deal – there is so much to learn, so much to know, so much to share that when I find some tidbit, I just want to write about it so you can benefit from my words. One … Continue reading →

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Teaching MS Word keeps me humble

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

Today I sat at my computer with my student and showed him some of the simple things to do in MS Word. I showed him how to use the shift key to make capital letters, asterisks,  dollar signs and exclamation … Continue reading →

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Libraries, Lessons and Learning

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

It’s Monday. I visited the library. I checked out 2 books, 3 books on cd and 2 music cds. I grabbed some magazines from the “free magazine” table and read the local newspaper. I read some chapters from books on … Continue reading →

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How to Backup Your WordPress Blog Contents

Posted on February 17, 2013 by

WP Back-Up Lessons Learned My first post of the year described my passion for writing and blogging – and yet, I’ve hardly written at all this year. My second post was about being grateful for all the things I have … Continue reading →

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Having What You Need

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

Driving to the library yesterday with my handy-dandy new camera, I stopped several times along the way to take pictures of the things I see on a daily basis. This library is 10 miles from my house (heading EAST) and full … Continue reading →

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Passion, Energy, Learning

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

What are you passionate about? I’ve asked myself that question time and again and discovered the answer is found in missing blocks of time. What is it I do where I forget about time? What is it I do that … Continue reading →

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2012 – A year of discomfort

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

I found this delightful poem that sums up my year of No Comfort Weekly Challenges. It’s a reminder of WHY it’s good to get uncomfortable. In setting this challenge for myself, I looked for things that took me down different … Continue reading →

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Lucky Gift # 13: Refdesk

Posted on December 13, 2012 by

If you’re looking for an online reference for an item – begin here at refdesk.com (Reference Desk). This page is CHOCK full of fun sites, links to news, dictionaries, weather, good news, quotes, encyclopedias, pictures and words of the day, … Continue reading →

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The gift of Freecycle on 12/12/12

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

My Gift to you on 12/12/12 is the gift of recycling using Freecycle. This nonprofit organization is a way to recycle your items to others who are in need of your discards. And it’s the perfect way for you to … Continue reading →

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Gift # 9 – More Free Learning at Coursera

Posted on December 9, 2012 by

Coursera is another source of online education. Here you’ll find free courses in the fields of Computer Science; Healthcare, Medicine, and Biology; Society, Networks, and Information; Humanities and Social Science; Mathematics and Statistics; and Economic, Finance, and Business. Each course … Continue reading →

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