Streamlining.
I deleted a WordPress blog that I had used for school, but kept my username active there by starting a new personal blog. It's called bonnersbonn, like this blog.
http://bonnersbonn.wordpress.com
Let's see how this turns out.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Once a Year
Once a week? What were you thinking, BonnersBonn? More like once a year. If you're not in the habit of something, it happens only rarely. The daily regime makes it feel missed. Others expect. Still, the memorable and remarkable occur in both the everyday, commonplace, and mundane as well as the once-in-a-lifetime, decade, fortnight, millenium. So, it's not using facebook or not, right? It's not blogging or not. It's living purposely. Living connectedly. Living "deliberately." "Open wide your hearts also." Living "openly and expansively."
So, right now, here's a note. Who knows when I'll post again.
So, right now, here's a note. Who knows when I'll post again.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Scaling back on Facebook?
Every few days I consider ditching the Facebook account. So many hours on there. So little writing. Superficial quick-shot comments on photographs rather than anything contemplative (and I don't take photographs that are intended to be contemplative either). Superficial, drive-by comments on status; trolling; friend requests from people I don't know or remember; the never-ending quizzes about this movie or that actress; blah, blah, blah. It has been fun re-connecting with people. And it's a quick place to post news to lots of folks. Maybe I just need to exercise some self-control there, in that strange space.
What I've been missing is a place for writing and reflection, something that doesn't necessarily get published to "the world" on a newsfeed, and that friends or strangers can read if they encounter. Hence, the return to this blog. I started it as a way to link the Kootenai River Run a couple of years ago. Then, Facebook. I already have a personal/school wiki and a bunch of wikis for classes, etc. I'm debating resurrecting this blog (sometimes seems a bit clunky) or starting one over on Wordpress for the sharing of ski photos/outing trips, writing, and reflection. You know, a real blog.
Of course, once school starts, it will be back to reality, and I won't have time to consider the different facets and figures of blogging, facebooking, etc. It will be enough to interact with 150 students per day, the x-c team, and teachers, etc. Maybe a post once a week.
What I've been missing is a place for writing and reflection, something that doesn't necessarily get published to "the world" on a newsfeed, and that friends or strangers can read if they encounter. Hence, the return to this blog. I started it as a way to link the Kootenai River Run a couple of years ago. Then, Facebook. I already have a personal/school wiki and a bunch of wikis for classes, etc. I'm debating resurrecting this blog (sometimes seems a bit clunky) or starting one over on Wordpress for the sharing of ski photos/outing trips, writing, and reflection. You know, a real blog.
Of course, once school starts, it will be back to reality, and I won't have time to consider the different facets and figures of blogging, facebooking, etc. It will be enough to interact with 150 students per day, the x-c team, and teachers, etc. Maybe a post once a week.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Kootenai River Run 2009
Hi, Everyone!
This is just an invitation to come run the 2009 Kootenai River Run in Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
The run will be June 13, 2009 at the Boundary County Fairgrounds. It is 5K and 10K and starts at 9:00 A.M. Pacific time. Registration is from 7:30 to 8:45.
$17.00 with T-Shirt. $10.00 without.
An entry form is available at the bottom of the page on http://mrbonnellswiki.pbwiki.com
We hope to see you there.
This is just an invitation to come run the 2009 Kootenai River Run in Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
The run will be June 13, 2009 at the Boundary County Fairgrounds. It is 5K and 10K and starts at 9:00 A.M. Pacific time. Registration is from 7:30 to 8:45.
$17.00 with T-Shirt. $10.00 without.
An entry form is available at the bottom of the page on http://mrbonnellswiki.pbwiki.com
We hope to see you there.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Snow and Politics
Reading the posts on Facebook Tuesday night and watching the faces of students and staff on Wednesday morning, one would think that (A) America has gone down the tubes or (B) We've made a wondrous turn for the better.
Isn't it up to the 300 million Americans who don't occupy the Oval Office to make their communities, schools, churches, homes, etc. better? It's not all on the shoulders of one person, although, to be sure, the nation's leadership affects our moods, outlook, and activism.
All that said, I don't want to head into a political rant. Instead, I'd like to celebrate the first snow of the year. My children were dancing in excitement. Students in the hallway were shouting. Greg, Blake, Dylan, and I stepped outside to revel in the first tiny flakes.
Politics change, whether in the realms of Idealism or Realpolitik. So, too, the seasons change. Long before our Constitution was even drafted, snow fell in the three mountain ranges--Selkirk, Cabinet, and Purcell--that define the valley where I live. Snow fell in these mountains before they were named by English speaking peoples. We look forward, we look back, on Presidential potential and Presidential blunder, on powder days and breakable crust. And, whether it's in civic duty or breaking the skin track, real rewards only come after work.
Isn't it up to the 300 million Americans who don't occupy the Oval Office to make their communities, schools, churches, homes, etc. better? It's not all on the shoulders of one person, although, to be sure, the nation's leadership affects our moods, outlook, and activism.
All that said, I don't want to head into a political rant. Instead, I'd like to celebrate the first snow of the year. My children were dancing in excitement. Students in the hallway were shouting. Greg, Blake, Dylan, and I stepped outside to revel in the first tiny flakes.
Politics change, whether in the realms of Idealism or Realpolitik. So, too, the seasons change. Long before our Constitution was even drafted, snow fell in the three mountain ranges--Selkirk, Cabinet, and Purcell--that define the valley where I live. Snow fell in these mountains before they were named by English speaking peoples. We look forward, we look back, on Presidential potential and Presidential blunder, on powder days and breakable crust. And, whether it's in civic duty or breaking the skin track, real rewards only come after work.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
The Kootenai River Run--June 14, 2008
I have a race entry form linked on my wiki: http://mrbonnellswiki.pbwiki.com
I have a race entry form linked on my wiki: http://mrbonnellswiki.pbwiki.com
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