Jan 30, 2017 / Community Pool

Community Pool

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  1. Happy Monday all, I just published a review of The Golden Compass (the book). I finished a reread of this book last week and I had forgotten most of the story, so it was a great adventure revisiting the story. Check out my review here: http://www.sibillerose.com/2017/01/30/golden-compass-review/
    Also, if you missed my recount of seeing the play Choose Your Own Adventure: Space Vampire, where the audience gets to decide the fate of the actors, you can check that out here: https://diaryofthenextadventure.wordpress.com/2017/01/24/space-vampire/
    Thanks in advance and I’ll happily check out anyone’s blog/recent posts in return!

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    1. Hey there, first n foremost I’m a hunter so all hunting, hiking, scoutng stuff is awesome! Just looked over your blog and coming from a brand new blogger, so take it for what its worth… I personally would add some color, some background etc. Maybe some more outdoor pics! But am now following lol.

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  8. hi,
    I am really new at this and I have only written two posts but I’m really going into book blogging, any feedback on the posts I have and all other things I can do to get more traffic would be greatly appreciated…thanks shallybisoye.wordpress.com

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    1. Just keep it up really!
      I love love love books as well…and I’ll definitely be looking forward to seeing more posts from you…
      Maybe we could collaborate on something sometime?
      Do follow back and check my blog out by clicking on my profile…😘

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      1. thank you so much for this, its always a pleasure meeting like-minded people like myself. thanks for your encouraging words….It will be great for us to work together on something and I would definitely follow back and check out your blog as well. thanks

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    3. Intense post this week! How brave of you to share. It must feel very therapeutic. The sample post is featured on your blog, so you might want to change that because I almost left before I saw your other posts, which would be a shame!

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      1. Hi Becca, you can say that again, I am a very emotional person and it felt so good talking about the long distance stuff, as for the sample post on my blog, I don’t know what i’m doing half of the time….lol except when i’m writing, thanks for calling my attention to it and thanks for your lovely comment, I would def check out your blog as well cat lady……lol.

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  11. Hey guys! I’ve been blogging for a few weeks now. I have posted only 6 posts so far, but I’d love some feedback on my blog.

    You can read my latest post at http://wp.me/p8fDdu-1c

    Also, please take a look at my blog and do lend some feedback on the overall content and look.

    My blog URL is https://musingsofmissoverthinker.wordpress.com/

    Thanks a bunch. I look forward to hearing from you guys and visiting some of your blogs 🙂 Cheers!

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  17. Hello All😊,
    I would love to know how others are feel about my writings. I am fairly new to blogging. I write about the loss of my oldest son ( this yr) how I am grieving, and mostly what our experience with Aspergers has been like.

    Grief is a new feeling and it’s a hard one to describe with words. I know when I am having a bad moment the closest I can describe it as is anxiety… This is that feeling that comes up and I just need go. I go to one of my “spots”. There’s one spot I go talk to my son and watch the sunset. In that moment just as the sky is turning the perfect warm color… I feel as though I am getting a “Hug” from Al. It moves me to tears each time, but it releases the feeling of anxiety. Whatever was there becomes unlocked with the right key. I am then able to walk away with a feeling of love and connection to him❤

    Alfred liked to help me cook. This became useful as he became older. I could have him start dinner for me if I was working late. I would just need to write down instructions. Al didn’t do well with verbal instructions. Anything more then 3 steps he needed to be redirected again( this was with everything not just cooking) I thought I had become pretty good with my ” Alfred instruction writing” but was once again proven wrong! … I had given Al written instructions on how to cook some frozen pizzas. I wrote the temp, time, what pans to use and how to preheat. I get home and was told that he saved me some of the pizza that he cooked. When I go into the kitchen I see the pizza on the right pans, there’s just one problem!!!! The cardboard is still under the cooked pizza 😳. ” Oh Alfred! you were suppose to take the pizza off the cardboard… the oven could of caught fire…..” I say to him. It’s at this point I am handed back my written note and told… ” Your instructions didn’t say that!”…. 😂😂😂

    Finding the Right Key

    Here was my last post

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  18. Good Monday, all of you bloggers and blog followers out there! They say that you never judge a book by its cover; In other words, you just cannot judge a blog by how it looks! In order to enjoy a blog fully, you have got to try reading its posts, so it is with that that KALEIDOSCOPE is the blog that’s chock-full of the most colorful posts possible, so in order to enjoy KALEIDOSCOPE fully, you have simply just got to follow my blog for so many fun posts and more! Visit my blog today at http://www.j2w7.wordpress.com, and add a little color to your day! The address once more is http://www.j2w7.wordpress.com! KALEIDOSCOPE: It’s a Great, Big, COLORFUL World!-JW

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    1. 100% personal opinion, I would change the top banner. Its got a lot going on and it really takes the eyes off the much more beautiful and scenic photos that shortly follow. I read “what defines failure” and I liked it. If handled correctly, failures are just smaller or possibly postponed successes. Its nice to see that your ‘failure’ turned into a success later on as you learned from it. Nice read. Thanks for sharing.

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      1. Thank you so much for taking a look, and for the honest opinion. I will take a look at making the top more simple and focused on the mountain picture 🙂

        I am really glad you enjoyed the post on failure. I really don’t see failure as failure anymore… 🙂

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  26. I’d like to invite everyone to stop by and check out my poem of the week, “The Highway.” I was able to find a perfect image to pair with it. The poem, by the way is a bit philosophical in a way. It’s a simple theme with a deep meaning. If you like the poem, please click the “like” button on the post page. Comments and feedback are always welcome, and please leave them in the comments section of the post page as well. If you like what you see, feel free to browse around, and follow along so you don’t miss anything as I post several times a week. Thanks in advance.
    Drew

    The Highway

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  27. Hi there again… I’m excited to share my latest poem. YOU! I was inspired to compose this one when my longest crush liked and commented my facebook post! You can imagine how I giggle like a teenager! hahaha.

    You

    down is another link to an article which is also about him! I’m just happy that he makes the best out of me… he pushes me to be the best version of myself without him knowing it!

    My Superman

    Rachel here again and giggling while sharing a part of me to the world! Heart to everyone!

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