An update on my life, and my blogging plans. Where have I been, and where am I going?
Looking Forward
Are you sick of all of theĀ introspective posts about 2015 and resolutionsĀ for 2016? Well, here’s a bit of a late one. 2015 was kind of a flat, ‘meh’ year for me. Partly, I think, it just suffers in comparison to the rollercoaster year of 2014. In 2014 my husband and I bought a house, went […]
Blog Improvement: 10 Must-Have WordPress Plugins
When I moved to self-hosting this blog, one of the things I was most excited about was installing plugins (talk about nerdy!). If you’re not a blogger (or are new to blogging), you might be wondering what plugins are–I sure didn’t know for a long time. They’re basically like little add-ons that extend the functionality […]
Blog Improvement: Design
In my first post in my blog improvement series, I recommended 10 ways to improve your blog. So far I’ve discussed how to improve your blog’s photography, and today I’ll tackle blog and graphic design. Design is an area in which I am entirely self-taught, and thus I feel like I have a lot of […]
Blog Improvement: Photography
When I started my blog, I had a point-and-shoot camera that I bought in the early 2000s, and I had never taken any sort of photography class. I didn’t really know what I was doing photography-wise, and it showed. Eventually I acquired a digital SLR, but I didn’t begin to seriously improve my skills until […]
10 Ways to Improve Your Blog
Wednesday of this week marks the third birthday of this blog. Although I in no way claim to be an expert, in those three years I have learned a huge amount about blogging. Nearly everything I’ve learned has been from blog posts where others generously shared their knowledge and insight, so I thought I would […]