What to blog about? Let me count 10 ways.
Ideas for a post flow forth freely at times. Then at others, my brain’s neurons constrict into bitty balls choking the life of any creative spurt before my fingers kiss the keyboard.
Our assignment for Day 7 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog might just be the remedy.
Free associate 10 ideas for future blog posts.
10. Post story with photos of my private tour of the Governor’s Mansion with first lady Sandra Deal.
Yes, I learned in writing that story profiling local artists whose work hangs on loan in the family quarters of the mansion that APstylebook states first lady is not a formal title therefore not to be capitalized. Who knew?
I was struck Mrs. Deal’s warmth and sincerity. Her love of all things Georgia, especially all the school children. As a former teacher, literacy and reading to youngsters is a passion of hers. And I picked up on the knowing respect she had for all women who have had held her position regardless of their spouses’ party affiliation. From Mrs. Carter to Mrs. Perdue, I got the feeling it was some sort of secret sorority. Or maybe that’s just the writer in me coming out.
9. Post more of tween drama.
From reading my daughter’s texts to battles over the bottle — of hair color — I could blog tri-weekly about the latest drama. Parenting a 12-year-old today is not for sissies. Don’t know if I will do this a lot. I haven’t been because it’s hard enough going some days with us. Not made any easier when she hears from five different people that she went bra shopping last weekend.
8. Tri Diaries
Training for my first triathlon in five years. If I stop long enough I could ponder why. Trying to lose those pesky five pounds? Freak out over 50 birthday? Trying to keep up my level of physical activity as my knee continues to get worse and make running not an option for primary exercise?
7. Madison,
Georgia. Which is where I live. An awesome Southern town with awesome local color. Could spotlight tons of things.
6. Alice Walker
The complex, amazing women (oh yeah, who happens to have a place in literary history) was born just down the road in Eatonton. I’d love to take a day and snoop around and see what I could find, if anything on her early life here.
5. As the Gray Hair Turns
Blonde or Brown — all with a heavy dose of highlights. Is a salon color better than the box? What about permanent color? Paying for that every six weeks or so? Getting my first professional permanent color this week and we’ll see what I think.
4. Reasons why it’s fabulous to grow older.
Because the sex is amazing. Heck. I know there are tons of reasons to be smack dab in the middle of my life’s century. I’ve been focusing on the negative. Got turn that around and post about it.
3. Bathing suits midlife hot-to-tepid mamas wear.
This would be a fun survey and post. If bikini — how bikini. Colors? Sheer cover-up or burqa? Any men out there wearing Speedos?
One piece or two?
2. What are the best ways to keep middle-aged body in shape.
Could talk with a trainer, consult diet and nutrition data. What the heck is going on with hormones? This would spin off lots of posts. Especially ones about any success of my follow-through.
1. How to get rid of flies that are in love with you……
I need this one stat. They chased me off the porch and now I’m writing inside with a can of Raid at my hip. They are making me CRAZY.
What do you think? Which posts would you like to read.
Love the freewrite! Nuisance bugs love me so much, I’m opening up a joint bank account with the one carrying the highest earning potential.
We do need to put them to work. Those free-loading pesky fiends.
All of them. ALL. 🙂
Cool list! I would be interested in hearing about tween drama, because I’m in that boat as well, and I need to know that I’m not alone! haha! I, too, focus on the negatives of growing older, so it would be nice to read the positives, as well.
I would personally love more tween/teen stuff since my daughter will be 13 in – gulp – 4 days!
🙂 Jana….
Well, Malia and Jennifer – I honestly would like to write about the tween/teen drama more because some days I need an outlet. A few of my friends would like me to have another one too, other than their shoulder. Ha. This summer has been good though. Her two weeks at camp was a good break for us. I’m just holding my breath for the next wave.
Oh the tween/teen drama…. My son will be 12 in September and my daughter 16 in a few weeks.
I love every single one of the topics on your list!
Thanks Kerstin. All of us tween/teen mamas got to stick together till we get to the other side.
all of those sound like very interesting topics! I kind of fell off the 31dbbb bandwagon – the holiday weekend got me, but I’m going to try to get back in the game! I like your blog changes!!
I live in a renovated barn and the first couple of years we had cluster flies…never mind what we called them…anyway someone told us about this very old solution and strangely it worked . I guess flies see several angles at once so when they look at something reflective its accentuated…that’s the theory anyway. The solution was to put a plastic bag with a little water in it and about 5 pennies…lay it out flat with the pennies in different spots in the bag and I guess its supposed to look like some sort of a preditor to them…grubby little Idiots. We still had a few but not a million. Good luck..I like the new look of the blog…now for the hair I take it?
I saw a local restaurant with the bag and pennies hanging over their door and the waitress said it was to keep the flies away — as she shrugged her shoulders. If I decided to work outside again, it would be worth a shot. Just got to figure out how to hang the bag.
Did I hear you mention amazing sex? (Sorry, I’m just a guy.)
See. That’s all I need to put in my SEO blanks. SEX, SEX, Amazing sex at midlife. Wonder what my numbers would do?
I think the “Tri Diaries” would make a good series. I like following along with other people as they prepare for a big event. And I know that you would write it with style. I’ll get in better shape just reading about it 🙂
Please write #s 4 and 5 – the older I get, the more advice/wisdom I need on these topics! lol.