Posted in Amazon.com, authors, blogging, Fiction, friends, humor, Jansen Schmidt, On Common Ground, On Hallowed Ground, On Solid Ground, reading, short story, success, words, writers, writing, tagged algorithms, authors, book marketing, bookbub, books, cyberspace, exposure, follow me button, follows, GoodReads, like button, likes, marketing, reading, social media, visibility, writers, writing on November 1, 2021| 4 Comments »
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Writing is hard. Anyone who’s tried it will attest to this. Putting the exact words on a page in the exact order they are meant to be in and incorporating the appropriate punctuation without changing tense or point of view may seem easy. But . . . it’s not. With practice it gets easier. Sometimes. I hope anyway. I’m going to keep doing it so I guess I’ll find out.
(more…)Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, cars, driving, eating, Family, food, health, Holidays, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, resolutions, social media, travel, vacation, weird, writing, tagged causes of death, danger, death, doom, doomscrolling, fear, fearmonger, fearmongering, gloom, hype, living, media, medicine, pandemic, panic, shut down, social media, stastics on December 7, 2020| 6 Comments »
So, I guess the second, or is it third, (fourth?) wave of this “pandemic” is upon us. Now that the election is over – sort of – the doomscrolling has begun again. The media, and apparently half the population, has dredged up all the doom and gloom crap again. Only this time around they have expounded on its horribleness by adding the convincing caveat that assured death awaits if you so much as open your front door without the protection of a facial covering. The reporting was absurd the first time around and even more ludicrous this time.
(more…)Posted in authors, beach, blogging, blooms, books, breakfast, chocolate, dancing, eating, Family, food, friends, inspiration, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, love, motivation, pets, positivity, reading, resolutions, travel, watching tv, writing, tagged anxiety, change, crisis fatigue, crisis fatigue syndrome, different, enjoy life, fatigue, good health, health, life, life lessons, mental health, motivation, social media, stress, syndrome on August 3, 2020| 5 Comments »
So many people are reeling, angry, and despairing these days. It’s no wonder. We’ve all been thrown into a situation that we’ve never been in before. It’s extremely disorienting, confusing and challenging in many ways. In the face of intense and prolonged stress, this new syndrome has emerged. But don’t despair, there’s a cure and hope. (more…)
Posted in authors, awards, blogging, Family, Fiction, friends, goals, Jansen Schmidt, resolutions, words, writing, tagged controversy, downers, dreams, emotional strength, focusing on dreams, haters, media, motivation, mulligan brothers, opinions, positive attitude, positiveness, realizing dreams, rejection, rejection letter, sad, sad day, self-worth, social media, Youtube on January 23, 2017| 21 Comments »
My heart is heavy and I am saddened as I write this blog. Sometimes blogging material comes easily and quickly, other times I have to coax it out of nowhere or dig it out of bedrock. This week I had lots of things I wanted to blog about, but my spirit kept taking a beating and I didn’t have the emotional strength to post those things. I generally try to avoid controversy and I always try to take the high road. So, I guess that’s what I’ve decided to do by tackling more important issues – self-worth and ignoring haters. (more…)
Posted in authors, awards, blogging, dogs, drinks, friends, Jansen Schmidt, watching tv, words, writers, writing, tagged breast cancer, champagne, Cindy Samply, Colleen Patrick, Emma Burcart, inspiring blogs, Jennette Marie Powell, mastectomy, Mertianna Georgia, Pat O'Dea, reading, social media, Sunshine Award, Suzanne Lilly, Suzanne Vince, Tameri Etherton, traveling on June 20, 2013| 18 Comments »
My friend Suzanne Vince, awarded me with the Sunshine Award, for no apparent reason. While I am honored to receive this prestigious award, Suzanne is the one who deserves the award most. You see, Suzanne is able to find the silver lining even under the toughest circumstances. You can read about Suzanne’s brave decision regarding breast cancer and the choices a woman must make when faced with the possibility of already having or probably contracting this horrible disease here: http://suzannevince.com/2013/06/russian-roulette-or-mastectomy-my-personal-journey/
The Sunshine Award comes with a set of written rules and is best enjoyed when sharing with others. If you choose to play along, and I encourage you to do so, the rules of the Sunshine Award are:
Include the award’s logo (and rules) in a post on your blog. Simply cut and paste the photo to the right into your own blog post.
Link to the person who nominated you.
Answer the 10 questions below with your answers instead of mine.
Pass the award on to a bunch of “Sunshine Inspiring” bloggers. The rules say 10 people, but choose however many you’d like.
Here are the questions:
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Animal: I guess I’d have to ask domestic or wild. Domestic would be dog, in particular puppies. Wild would be, probably monkeys.
Photo courtesy Google Images.
Favorite Number: Four.
Favorite Non Alcoholic Drink: Unsweetened iced tea.
Favorite Alcoholic Drink: Champagne.
Facebook or Twitter: Neither. I hate social media. It is a necessary evil.
Passions: Reading and traveling.
Prefer Getting or Giving Gifts: Both. Hey, I want it all.
Favorite City: None. I hate cities.
Favorite TV Show: There’s too many to pick just one. I like Dancing With the Stars, Blue Bloods, Justified, Hawaii 5-0, the list goes on.
And now, here are nominations for the Sunshine Award:
Because her blogs always make me smile, Tameri Etherton: http://www.tamerietherton.com
Because I love her outlook on life: Pat O’Dea : http://www.rwrambling.blogspot.com/
Because she’s always smiling and spreading sunshine whenever I see her, Suzanne Lilly: http://www.teacherwriter.net/
Because her blogs are always on point and useful: Emma Burcart : http://www.emmaburcart.com/blog/
Because she is Little Miss Sunshine, my Pollyanna friend, Cindy Sample: http://cindysamplebooks.com/my-blog/
Because she has a wicked sense of humor, Mertianna Georgia: http://www.mertianna.com/
Because she rides a Harley and she’s really cool, Jennette Marie Powell: http://www.jenpowell.com/content/blog/
Because she always looks up my word of the day, and that makes me smile, Colleen Patrick: http://coleenpatrick.com/
I leave you with this little bit of sunshine courtesy of YouTube. Yes, I’ve finally figured out how to post videos to my blog. Old dog, new trick. It takes a while. (P.S. I now have a YouTube channel. Check me out if you’re so inclined. But, I’m still learning how to create videos, so don’t expect much right away. http://www.youtube.com/user/JansenSchmidt)
Word of the Day: Appui (yes we’re back to the A’s)
Fun fact about me: I can wink both eyes at the same time. This trick just sort of came naturally to me. (Tee hee)
Original post by Jansen Schmidt (June 2013) – Video courtesy of YouTube (Polished Life). Photos courtesy of Google Images.
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