• Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Merlene Paynter

You are here: Home / Archives for Merlene Paynter

Fussing

by Merlene Paynter

A couple of months ago my blog went boom and I lost everything. Over the past two months I’ve installed various blogging platforms and tried different themes on each. Fussing.

I have a list of over 100 blog post ideas, adding to it daily, but I’ve not written anything. Fussing.

I’ve spent hours looking at fonts. Hours looking at themes. Hours creating my own themes. Hours playing in Photoshop working in images. Fussing.

Several times I’ve read a blog post on a favourite blog and it has inspired me to write a follow up or a response. Then I tell myself. I will tomorrow. I need to get the layout right. The theme just isn’t the way I want it. Fussing.

Nothing bad will happen if I just have an install of WordPress with a theme that someone else wrote. Yes I’ve been designing sites off and on for 12 years and so there’s some pride mixed up in using a free theme but does it really matter in the long run? Fussing.

Seems it’s just a new form of procrastination. Writing for me has always been a love/hate relationship. Fussing with the details allows me to let myself off the hook to write. It’s a new form of pencil sharpening.

So… here… for the moment at least (I can’t stop fussing entirely) is a blog. With an actual post. Hopefully many more to come. I’ll still fuss with the look. I have a feeling I’ll be fussing with that for weeks if not months to come. I will try however to do the fussing after the writing rather than instead of it.

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Lonely Ghost Tree

by Merlene Paynter

Lonely Ghost Tree
Lonely Ghost Tree

Filed Under: photos

Death of Summer

by Merlene Paynter

Death of Summer
Death of Summer

Filed Under: photos

The zucchinis are ripe

by Merlene Paynter

Everyone I know seems to have more zucchini than they know what to do with this time of year. Here are some zucchini recipes I’ve run across over the last few days. I haven’t tried them all but I’ve been inspired. Viva La Zuke!

  • Zucchini Madness Part One: Zucchini Carpaccio
  • Zucchini Madness Part Two: Fried Zucchini Variations
  • Quick Saute of Zucchini with Toasted Almonds

Filed Under: Uncategorized

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 14
  • Page 15
  • Page 16

Recent Posts

  • Password Managment
  • Ziggy Stardust – Puppy Extraordinaire
  • Blowing the Dust Off… Again
  • Coffee Shop Noise Can Boost Creativity
  • Superstitions, Routines, Good Luck Charms & Funny Hats

The Social Stalker Stuff:

Facebook – usually something new. No promises it’s interesting.

Instagram – my Instagram is pretty boring, you’re better off checking out my pup Ziggy’s Instagram – his social game is fierce

iwantmyname – my employer, a great place to buy domains of all kinds from an ethical and friendly company

Twitter – I’ve been there since 2007 but I really haven’t used it much for the last few years but if you really want to find it… here it is.

 

Other Stuff

Madtini.com – some cocktail goodness

FridgeForagers.com – gluten free/Celiac blog

FrugalFamilyLife.com  

Contact me – do you really need to contact me? or are you trying to sell me on your amazing SEO service, your WordPress developer service or any other service? Save your thumbs and don’t bother to copy and paste your “buy my stuff” sales pitch. I promise I’m not interested.

 

© 2018 · MOI!