If you think Autumn's eye is gross

You should smell her burps. I don't know how I ended up with a dog whose burps (burps!) smell like diarrhea. It's gross.

I am making a face right now. An I'm-smelling-something-gross face. In fact, Jeff just came downstairs and said, "Why the face?"

Then he decided to go back upstairs because it stinks in the living room.

Something I figured out

I am new to the world of short hair, and I am a little slow sometimes. Here is something I just figured out about my new, short hair.

The trick is not always to get your hair to do what you want. Sometimes that is impossible. In those instances, you just gotta make it LOOK like you got your hair to do what you want.

And then own it.

Another way to get people to come to your blog

Post pictures!!

Okay, so I read Staci's blog. She has basenjis, which are African hunting dogs. African tribal hunters used to carry these small dogs in what is called the native carry.

Here's what it looks like.

As a part of her 365 self portrait project, Staci took a picture of herself doing the native carry with one of her own dogs.



Looks easy, right?

I don't have an African hunting dog. I have a Welsh herding dog. But I decided to try the native carry anyway.


Yeah, not really the same effect. I mean, I look okay in this picture, but poor Dylan looks like a tubbo. I swear he's not fat. Corgis are just thick dogs. Really.

Why I don't post often enough

I'm not going to discuss all the reasons. I'm not sure that I even know all the reasons. (Some of them have to do with my mental/emotional condition at the moment.)

But, I have figured at least one of them out:

I think too much about who is reading this.

Thinking about your audience is usually a good thing. It helps you figure out topics and language and stuff. But this is a blog. And what are you supposed to write about on a blog? WHATEVER YOU WANT. This is about me. I get to write what I want.

But still, I get stuck on that.

Here is a sample thought process: "Do I really want that former co-worker who I know reads my blog to read this?"

Then suddenly, I can't think of anything that I want that person to know.

Of course, I could also be thinking of someone I work with NOW, or someone I go to church with, or a high school friend who found me on facebook or an old boyfriend.

It doesn't matter, the result is the same. I can't think of anything I want to say to any/all of those people.

I don't like that. I'm going to try to get over it. If a person is afraid of others knowing their thoughts or interests, they shouldn't write a blog.

Capisce?

What I want versus what I'm willing to work for

I like having people read my blog. That may not come as a surprise to you. A friend once told me that my favorite subject was me. He's not wrong, but I suspect that is the case with most people, so I feel okay with it.

I think I have figured out one of the tricks for having a blog with high readership. Are you ready for this?

Post often enough.

I don't think there is a magic number of how often is often enough. Depending on your content and your readers, you could even post too often. (If the content is cute/funny pictures of animals, or of evidence of people doing dumb things, this does not apply.)

I think maybe three times a week is good for the kind of content I'd like to have on my blog.

So why don't I do that?

Check back next post.