- Discipleship is Ardent Following; or, “I thought I followed Shelley, who thought he was following radiant desire.” Today’s post is part of the ongoing blog series Discipleship: Re-Imagining Our Calling From Christ that the wonderful Tyler Braun is putting on. I’m absolutely honored to a part of this eclectic group of writers. I have to confess, when Tyler asked me to write about discipleship, my English-major brain turned to etymology. I thought to […]
- This is What Happens When You Let Your Domains Expire It’s quite unfortunate. It’s as if they start making fun of you for your poor choices. (UnHellosaidjenelle.com did sound almost inexplicably awesome, though.) And then again…how ELSE would I have found out that HelloHerbs.com would cost me almost $2 Gs? Sorry, all you green-thumbed bloggo-philes.
- Moving In I need to turn over the proverbial leaf with a new home. I need a new house. I need a new address. That’s why I went and moved into this new space today. I’d started blogging in 2006, just as I was leaving Portugal. I started on the old school hipster Blogger.com. I mostly began because […]
- The World Does Not Need Another Blog The world does not need another blog. Or, perhaps, this is not about the world, and all of its subterranean effervescence and grand summaries. Very recently, a dear friend challenged me that she should not be a blogger, because she has nothing terribly important to say. (I have heard this before, from many of you. […]
- I Will Give You a New Name You might have noticed, but my blog’s new name is now simply: hellosaidjenelle.com Please re-direct your typewriters. And. Thank you. [ image by Zen Sutherland ]
- Yes, I Keep Starting New Blogs, Bear with me dear “Hello Said” Readers I’ve been living my life all over the web in the last year, particularly with new clients in my Digital Communications biz. This mean I’ve been (deeply, horrendously) neglecting “Hello Said Jenelle.” You know this. I know this. If it’s any consolation, you can keep up with my favorite news of the moment here: http://jenelle.pulsememe.com/ (It […]
- Lurk Your Heart Out ` I have many reasons why I like lurkers. They go about their own business, reading when they can, smiling at their computer screens. They have real names and faces and stories. “Lurkers” are those folk who read blogs, but never comment or indicate that they are reading. It is not a negative term, as […]
- Blog Envy Every once in a while I find myself with a good case of Blog Envy. When I land on a really good blog my eyebrows get get tall (like my pride.) I read and scroll and click until I can’t sit anymore. I end up running to my bedroom to dump out my old-record-sleeve full […]
- Blog Your Heart Out – Part 3 Perhaps the silliest blog question I’ve been asked in recent days is, “Nelly, can you please help me pimp my blog?” And so, this post might also be delicately named, “Three Easy Ways to Pimp your Blog.” 1. Use one or two widgets. They’re free and make your blog more interactive. Stick them permanently in […]
- Blog Your Heart Out – Part 2 A few Nelly-thoughts on blog commenting: 1. When appropriate, answer your comments within your own posts. It’s fine to answer a comment on the commentor’s blog (if they have one), or privately by email, but, that sort of takes away the fun of allowing everyone else in on the conversation. And it confuses the hades […]
- Blog Your Heart Out – Part 1 I think far more people should become bloggers. It’s very easy, it’s a creative outlet, and it’s easier than writing long, boring, mass-emails. I’m starting a short series on some things I’ve learned over the last year or so about blogging. Go blog your heart out, kid. 1. Be patient with yourself as you develop […]
- Mommy Blogger Crosses Atlantic! I’ve just nominated the legendary Lisa Borden in the Blogger’s Choice Awards. Category: Hottest Mommy Blogger. Perfect? Perfect! Hurry up and go vote for her. Especially because, as of today, all of Lisa’s posts will be from Tanzania! Where else can you get a look at the inside of a wild household migrating from Europe […]