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Wondering What to Blog About? Me Too....

9:13 PM - Apr. 15, 2008 - Wild Thoughts {1} - Add to the Wildness

However, I just got rid of the dino dial-up (WOOHOO), so I'm now able to access a lot more information. Here's what has resulted:

Added a bazillion news feeds from all over the world to my RSS reader. Discovered a smorgasbord of interesting and weird things.

Started a YahooGroup for brainstorming blogging ideas, where I (or anyone else) can post links to a wide variety of news topics. (ChristianBloggersHitList is found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBHL/, for anyone interested.)

Having great fun sorting through all the amazing news stories out there. For instance, this week, I found one on how classical music causes climate change. The solution involved cow manure. Now that's how to tickle my funny bone.

Also, a series from News.com on young cyberpunks (and I use the word "punk" in its most unintelligent sense) and how they get caught.

And, of course, we're greatly enjoying being able to bribe the kids to do their schoolwork with classic Looney Tunes clips on YouTube.

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© Copyright Cathi-Lyn Dyck 2005-2008

How Do Faith and Culture Connect for You?

9:28 PM - Apr. 13, 2008 - Wild Thoughts {0} - Add to the Wildness

I'm now managing editor for the Humble O Radio Blog. We like to talk about the intersection between faith and culture. This often involves discussing current events. We're pundits pretending to be reporters.

Repunditers.

If this strikes a chord in your writerly heart, read on.

Step 1: Please check us out to determine whether you feel a fit with our current content, and feel free to send a sub to the email addy listed below.

Step 2: Here's our call for submissions:

Humble O Radio is a live and interactive online radio stream that will feature music, compelling talk and interesting blogs from a Christian World View. We are looking for bloggers who are interested in writing weekly on the following topics (200-500 words per article).

Parenting
Finances
World Religions
World Politics
Health
Music
Art - Theater
Technology and Gadgets
Science
Empty Nest
Grand Parenting

Payment is in web exposure and the gratification of a great team environment. We're doing something so unique, it's been catching on organically even through a lazy winter. Just wait till we start actually working on it.

If you are interested please send samples of your writing and/or direct us to your blog to review your other writings by emailing us at humbleoradio @ gmail.com...be sure to close the gaps before and after the @ in the address for it to work properly.

Or, query me with your email address for full submission guidelines.

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Copyright Cathi-Lyn Dyck 2005-2008

For the Sake of Organization

1:10 PM - Jan. 21, 2007 - Wild Thoughts {2} - Add to the Wildness

I am going to try an experiment. This is not any real important organization, it's just online organization. I've been doing a lot of restructuring of my web resources. So, to recap, here's where it's at:

Unschooling resources: LifeLedLearning.LazyCreek.net

Honey Farm, with an emphasis on how-to stuff with honeybees: HoneyFarm.LazyCreek.net

Community-Supported Agriculture project: TYDOS.LazyCreek.net
(This is our market garden plus biodiesel-powered produce delivery service.)

And now, in a stunning climax to one of the most boring posts I've made yet, which everyone has already quit reading by now, I am taking Cindy Rushton's and every other writer's advice and sticking up something with my actual name on it as a bio/writing homepage: CathiLynDyck.blogspot.com

I just need to compartmentalize so I can focus. That is one of my weird brain's requirements. There are times when I feel like this blog's space is just too cluttered.

I'm duplicating some of the Writishness posts there for starters, but I also want to add fun stuff for doing the literacy thing with your kids. It struck me this morning that I have a little stash of ideas written out somewhere, kind of like a language arts pack-rat. I'll let you know what I find in the lining of the nest.

Happy Sunday, everyone!

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