betaphilings

Grandmothering

Betaphi — Mon, 06 May 2013 00:38:57 +0000

That’s cousin Joey on the left, Brooke on the right, and I’m holding Baby Bryce, born April 27, 2013. Brooke turned 3 three weeks ago, Joey will be 3 in three weeks, and Baby Bryce is 5 weeks old. We’re standing in the ‘driveway’ of my daughter’s new house in Wildwood, a gated golfing community forty-five minutes from the city. I’m very happy about the good choices my twenty-four-year-old daughter is making.

The Eyes

Betaphi — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:09:56 +0000

Half Cat

Betaphi — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:41:40 +0000

Bear Cat

Betaphi — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 11:22:26 +0000

Scottish Wild Cat

Betaphi — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:05:49 +0000

Happy New Year!

Betaphi — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:17:05 +0000

Stuff

Betaphi — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 05:41:05 +0000

Last day of 2012. What a year. Lost my blog in February, got it back in October but never got back the urge to put something new online every month. No urge to write, to share. Just a gentle giving away of something formerly held in fond regard. Buddhists call it non- attachment. Letting go.

So that was my year–a real letting go of all kinds of stuff. Looking forward to the new year and a new grandchild.

The Dark

Betaphi — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:30:53 +0000

“A writer loves the dark, loves it, but is always fumbling around in the light.” —Joy Williams

Happy Halloween!

Betaphi — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 03:37:16 +0000

Why I’m Not Doing This

Betaphi — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:27:48 +0000

Well, here it is, the end of February 2012, almost six years into betaphilings, and my blog is broken. Gone are all the boxes that let me choose bold, italic, lists, links, etc. Gone is my ability to upload pictures. All the things that let me customize and make my posts pretty are gone.

Maybe someday they’ll return. If they don’t I’m stuck with plain text and nothing more. Straight text is just not very interesting.

I’ve been on the WordPress help forums. Apparently, I’ve waited too long to update this blog and now my version 2.2 is simply outmoded.

Crap. I rather enjoyed playing with this blog. It has been consistently there for me when I felt like sharing something or needed something to do.

I’m going to lose interest if all I can do is type. I don’t have that much to say, and what I do say is not all that interesting. I’m into images at least as much as words.

Maybe it’s time for me to start something new.

Maybe I need to start playing with Pinterest.

Pinterest is one of the hottest things online these days. I was going to post a link to The Bloggess’ pin boards when I realized this damn thing is broken.

Pinterest seemed very commercial when it first came out, a dream board of sorts where you place all the things you want to acquire. That didn’t interest me since I’m long past the acquisitions stage. The Bloggess showed me how to use it much like I use this blog, minus the stories. She still has a blog for her stories, but she and her people share some really neat stuff on Pinterest.

OK, this is where we find out if I can even publish this post. Bye bye, dear bloggie. It’s been fun.