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Category Archives: Blogs
WHEN OLD PEOPLE BLOG
Something has gone wrong with one itty bitty piece of the technical chain that beams my blog around the world (yes, truly!) at 4:00 a.m. EST on Mondays. I am assuming you, too, were sent the same blog as last … Continue reading
Posted in Alexis Rankin Popik, Blogs, General
Tagged blog, Cats and Hurricanes, GoDaddy, MailChimp, WordPress
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OMG! FREE CATS!
If you clicked on this link, OMG! You are one of millions who click on enticing titles that include words like OMG! in the headline. This stuff really works. NBC and many other sources wrote this week that Macedonian teenagers have … Continue reading
Posted in Alexis Rankin Popik, Blogs, Facebook
Tagged Cats, Clickbait, fake news, Fortune Magazine, NBC, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, Trump
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TRUMP, TRAVEL AND TRAVAIL
After three weeks of travel in Burma, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, I returned to learn that while we were flying home, Donald Trump became president-elect of the United States.* I make a point of not writing about politics in this … Continue reading
Posted in Alexis Rankin Popik, Blogs, Buddhism, Elections, General, Uncategorized
Tagged Siem Reap, Southeast Asia, Travel, Trump
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MOUNTAINS AND MOLEHILLS
Why make mountains out of molehills? Sometimes there are items I would like to share that don’t lend themselves to an entire blog. Here are a few of them with links where appropriate: 15 WAYS TO BE … Continue reading
Posted in Alexis Rankin Popik, Bhutan, Blogs, General, Photography
Tagged Cup of Jo, Denise Mina, Donna Leon, Joanna Goddard, www.popics.me
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ONLY A FEW FRIENDS
All anyone needs is three to five close friends. This surprising (to me) information comes via Kate Murphy’s New York Times piece, Do Your Friends Actually Like You? That title caught my attention because it hadn’t occurred to me that … Continue reading
Posted in Alexis Rankin Popik, Being Liked, Blogs, Facebook, General
Tagged Antarctica, Friends
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SUMMER UPDATE: CATS, etc.
It’s time for an update on a few of the subjects I’ve covered in the past six months. The Lemon Tree Lives! The lemon tree whose life was spared survived and is flourishing. An added bonus: I get to feel … Continue reading
Posted in Alexis Rankin Popik, Blogs, Cats, Downsizing, General
Tagged Cats, Lemon Trees, Memorabilia, update
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FIVE FAVORITE BLOGS
If you’re like me, you don’t like to spend much time reading blogs. (That’s one reason I keep this one to 300 words or less.) However, there are many blogs out there that are clearly written and full of … Continue reading
Posted in Alexis Rankin Popik, authors, Blogs, book, General, Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged Photography, Reading, Writing
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TO BLOG OR NOT TO BLOG?
On Sunday, if it’s been a busy week, a sense of urgency overtakes me as I realize that once again my blog is due and I haven’t written a word. Writing a blog is trickier than you’d imagine, at least if … Continue reading
Posted in Alexis Rankin Popik, Blogs, General
Tagged blogging, blogs, Slow Love Life, The Anxious Gardener
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