Category Archives: Old Skool

Show and Tell – Old Skool

Today’s Kickin’ it Old Skool Blog-a-thon we’re challenged to do a little show-and-tell, a’la kindergarten.

I wasn’t sure what to post about, then I remembered that I need to write a (separate) blog post about Bowen’s Reaction Series, which is a geology thing that explains which minerals will be found together in igneous rocks. I’ll write the post later.

But what it means is that I need to take some pictures of minerals…

So, let me show you pictures of the most common minerals on Earth! If you know these few minerals, you’ll know a lot about petrology (the study of rocks and their components). Continue reading “Show and Tell – Old Skool”

Where do I blog? – Old Skool

Today’s prompt for the Kickin’ it Old Skool Blog-a-Thon is to show you where I blog.

Well, that’s interesting.

I have no set place to blog (aside from “in front of the computer”) but I do have several preferred blogging stations, that often vary by what it is that I’m writing and what time of day it is when I start to write.Continue reading “Where do I blog? – Old Skool”

First Post – Old Skool

Today on the Kickin’ it Old Skool Blog-a-thon, we’re remembering what we wrote when we first started blogging.

Apparently, I’ve been doing this since December of 2009.

When I started the blog, my hope was that my husband and I would both post regularly. I think he’s written two or three posts, and I’ve written hundreds.Continue reading “First Post – Old Skool”

Time Capsule – Old Skool

For my next installment in the Kickin’ it Old Skool Blog-a-thon, we are asked to prepare a time capsule, which I will do below.

I’m also participating in the National Blog Posting Month with BlogHer. The prompt for today is “Do you think you’re more or less likely to complete December’s NaBloPoMo?  Why?”Continue reading “Time Capsule – Old Skool”