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Staying creative as a writer, musician or maker

Posted on February 27, 2014October 12, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

This is day 29 of 30-day blog challenge. Read day 28: “This is the day I fail”   Bob weir is best known for playing guitar in The Grateful Dead (and Ratdog as I mentioned in my blog about proposing), but he also makes hot sauce. Maynard James Keenan may be best known as the…

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This is the day I fail

Posted on February 26, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

This is day 28 of 30-day blog challenge. Read day 27: “3 songs to propose to this year”   I hate to admit that I’m not perfect, and I’ve written about the problem of perfectionism previously. If I know anything, finishing what you start is crucial. But, artists and writers shouldn’t strive for complete perfectionism….

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3 songs to propose to this year in Atlanta

Posted on February 25, 2014July 23, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

This is day 27 of 30-day blog challenge. Read day 26: “I used to rant like fruit gone rotten”     I live north of Atlanta, but a few artists I love are touring. I saw something on Facebook where a fan proposed to his girlfriend at a concert, and, as my own five-year anniversary…

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I used to rant like fruit gone rotten

Posted on February 24, 2014August 19, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

This is day 26 of 30-day blog challenge. Read day 26: “Where does creativity come from”   Many people don’t know I published a book of poetry. Fewer care, I’m sure. But, because I have way too much to do to write a blog tonight, I’ll share. The best reason to consider buying a copy…

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The right versus left brain question: where does creativity come from?

Posted on February 23, 2014July 23, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

This is day 25 of 30-day blog challenge. Read day 24: “Parenting through the smell of dead sewage”   Most of us have heard about people being “left-brained” or “right-brained,” but I don’t think there’s much to that. I know the right side of the body is controlled by the left brain hemisphere, but that…

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Parenting through the smell of dead sewage

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Ellen Eldridge

This is day 24 of 30-day blog challenge. Read day 23: “Learn these 3 things free online”   The smell started Thursday If anything has made me want to throw my hands and just give up on this 30-day blog challenge, it’s been today. Well, really it’s been the last 48 hours or so. Late…

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Learn these 3 things free online to boost your business website

Posted on February 21, 2014May 11, 2026 by Ellen Eldridge

This is day 23 of 30-day blog challenge. Read day 22: “Are you a morning person or a night person?”   Everyone wants and needs an online presence in business, and no one has more than the 24 hours in a day, but here are some things I learned early that really helped me build…

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morning doesn't begin until after coffee

Are you a morning person or a night person?

Posted on February 20, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

This is day 22 of 30-day blog challenge. Read day 21: “Why I love HootSuite”     I’ve been thinking more and more that I’m a morning person, but I’m by no means a cheerful person in the morning. In fact, I’ve asked my husband not to speak to me in the mornings before I’ve…

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What I love about HootSuite for social media management

Posted on February 19, 2014July 23, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

This is day 21 of 20-day blog challenge. Read day 20: “Will home-schooling breed hermits?”   I had heard about HootSuite a long while before I got a chance to really dig into it. I knew HootSuite was a leader in social media, and I watched as people like John Petrucci published posts and tweets…

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thoughts on parenting from ground zero

Will home schooling breed hermits?

Posted on February 18, 2014October 21, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

    This is day 20 of my 30-day blog challenge. Read day 19: “5 pet peeves of poor web design”     I’m going to categorize this blog “as the laundry rolls” and put it with my parenting tips and musings (from ground zero). I say “thoughts from ground zero” because I am a…

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