I’m having some computer issues while I try to change from running the MS Windows operating system to Ubuntu Linux. The new computer is not co-operating as well as the old computer did.

Sarah Michelle (Gellar) Prinze -

I love books. I’m constantly afraid we’re moving into this digital era where books are going to go away, and to me books are the basis to everything in life. Reading is how we function. It’s not just creative imagination and creative play, it’s how we function as human beings, as human adults, and if you can instill that at a young age then that’s a skill they’ll have for life.

“The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.” – Steven Furtick

• Two hours of writing as per the 90 Day Plan.
• Check the usual places for any interesting freelance work that might pop up.
• Look for post ideas to be rewritten for HubPages.
• Reading Suite101 University eCourses.
• Grab March bus pass.
• Read/ take back/ renew library books
• Police check thing for Barrie Health Centre
• paperwork for cultural diversity for Barrie Health Centre
• forms for self employment – expenses and earnings.
• Walk-in-clinic for referral for possible surgery. Maybe. Bleh.
• Write paid post for this week.

Today (this week)  I am working on:

• Setting up a newsletter for the ASCII Art blog.
• Deciding how to add ASCII art by others without merging with my own creations.
• Thinking about a newsletter for Word Grrls. Looking at plugins and other practical stuff.
• Exploring the options for selling art online.
• Working through link rot on Word Grrls. Fixing and finding what I can.
• Setting up One Word Blog Day with a page of it’s own.
• Must find and mail a receipt for the Acer computer thing.
• Need to pick up more coffee. I am drinking the last of it this morning.
• Laundry, even though it is not the cheap time of day for it. Yes, I do feel a bit guilty and I will feel more guilty when I get the hydro bill.
• A Valentine’s Day post for each blog. One with a paid link for lingerie. I’m not sure I will do paid posts again. But… someone has to pay the bills.
• Two hours of writing as per the 90 Day Plan.
• Should go to the coffee night group tonight, especially when it is Valentine’s Day.
• Starting a St. Patrick’s Day ASCII Art post for Hubpages.
• Check the usual places for any interesting freelance work that might pop up.
• Look for post ideas to be rewritten for HubPages.

Any one who has gumption knows what it is, and any one who hasn’t can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.

– Lucy Maud Montgomery

“I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.”  – Lloyd Alexander

“I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, goodwill to men!”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader. Not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.”

E.L. Doctorow

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