Writing a blog post is magical–right? Words appear in the right order and photos sift down from above and settle into a nifty niche between paragraphs. Well, sort of . . . When I created the post Mennonites, Ventrlloquists, and Memoir, 3 things happened in succession:
1. In Vladimir Nabokov’s memoir I read that the author can “ventriloquize” his voice by inventing incidents, characters, and relationships.
2. The word “ventriloquize” sparked an image of Howdy Doody and the forbidden TV show I sneaked off to watch.
3. That reminded me of a story about our next door neighbors, the “red-light” Rentzels whom I wrote about 10 years ago.
Writing that post wasn’t fast or easy but it was smooth, not usually the case.
So I invite you to the website of author Kathleen Pooler, who is hosting me today in a blog post which features me “undressing” some of my posts in public. Click here for secrets divulged! (You can leave a comment below or better yet on Kathy’s blog.)
Plain and Fancy 
Oh how fun – heading over there right now! 🙂
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You get the prize for “Most Enthusiastic Fan” today, Laurie. You must have been a cheer-leader in high school. Thank you!
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Thanks, Marian. I remember being fascinated by ventriloquists and trying to do it myself. Rather unsuccessfully. 🙂
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You have found a more effective way to “throw” your voice, Shirley. More power to you! Thanks for the comment.
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Great ideas, especially the color coding. As a teacher, you know I love it. One thing I have done ever since I started blogging was to consider categories I want to write about. I knew at the outset that I didn’t want to appear random and all over the place…lol…perhaps I am, though. I adhere to those categories in an effort to explore those categories deeply meaningful to me. I have only added two after I started the blogging journey.
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Your teacher instincts have successfully carried over to the art of blogging, Georgette. Yes, keeping a general “flow” is a good idea and allows for some creative side-trips, I’ve found.
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