Week One: Blogging

What are your feelings (good and bad) concerning the tool of the week

I chose Blogger due to being somewhat familiar with it from a class I had. As far as blogs go Blogger is as good as any as far as I can tell.

Have you had any breakthroughs? Any failures? What have you learned from them?

I have not been able to figure out howto create text in Word and then copy and paste it into my blog. I have figured out a work around by using the ability to post via e-mail. I can create my text in Word, copy and paste it into an email and send it to my blog. I can then edit the blog post in the blogger edit post window.

Create links to resources, other people's blogs, or other useful sites on the web in order to connect your posts to the wider world (even if you're only linking back to the 23 Things blog!).

23 Things Kansas Blog

23Things Kansas Facebook Page

Ancestry.com

Terry Hamblin's Facebook Page

Most importantly, visit a few other participants' blogs and leave comments on their posts so you can start conversations.

About Me

            I am an attorney and CPA more or less retired from practice.  From 1987 to 2005 I lived in Lawrence, Kansas.  From 1987 – 1991 I worked for the state of Kansas in the Department of Revenue first as Director of Property Valuation then Director of Collections.  From 1991 - 2001 I worked as an Assistant Attorney General for the Kansas Attorney General in a number of capacities.

 

Since July 2005 I have been living on a farm, homesteaded in 1872 by my Great-great-great Grandfather, near Belle Plaine, Kansas about 12 miles south of Wichita.   The farm is the original homestead where my mother's family settled in and I am now the fifth generation to live in the 80+-year-old farmhouse.  Sadly, we had to tear down the original house, which sat next to the house I now live in, a few years back because it had become a fire hazard threatening the "new" house.  I don't farm the land as my mother's cousin handles that.  While I enjoy the rural lifestyle, Internet access is unfortunately limited to very poor dial up landlines hence I do not have it.  I have to go up to Derby every couple of days and use the broadband service at my folk's house or the library to get on the Internet.         

 

  I graduated from ESU in 1978 with a BSB in accounting and from Washburn Law School in 1980 with a JD.  I completed my MLS from ESU SLIM in Dec 2007.  In addition to the MLS I received an Archives Studies certificate and completed all requirements for a Legal Information Management certificate except the practicum.

 

I presently work at the Derby Public Library in Derby, KS in the circulation and collection development areas.