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Author Archives: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen is one of the top bloggers in the world, and host of the Lorelle on WordPress, providing WordPress and blogging tips for bloggers of all levels. A popular keynote speaker and trainer, she is also editor, producer, contributor, and official disruptive thinker for Bitwire Media which includes WordCast, Making My Life Network, Stories of Our Journeys, Life on the Road, WordCast Conversations, and the very popular WordCast Podcast. She is also author of one of the first books on blogging, "Blogging Tips: What Bloggers Won't Tell You About Blogging" and the recently released ebook, Social Media for Crafters: Covering the Basics of the Social Web. Taking Your Camera on the Road, founded by Lorelle, is one of the oldest personal websites in continuous existence in the world.

GasBuddy.com – Find cheap gas prices in your city

In Israel, we were thrilled when we found anything under USD$4.50 a gallon (equivalent). Back in the states, we aren’t so shocked with the gas prices, but somehow, I’d forgotten how EXPENSIVE it is to drive a gas guzzler. When you think about a gas guzzler vehicle, I’m sure you are thinking SUV or something […]

We’re Here for the Wedding and My Wife Has Cancer

Waiting for the digital cable folks to show up to set up the cable modem for the new computer I’d installed last week for the campground office, preparing everything for WIFI Internet services, the campground owner and I sat on the couch and visited. The campground was filling up on the start of weekend traffic, […]

We’ll Relax on Day 84

I looked out the window to see a young man wandering the campground eyeing a few of the camping spots across from us. Knowing that it was late for the campground owner to be around, I thought I would go out and offer any assistance I could. I walked up to the young man and […]

Life in a Campground

I decided a while ago that I wanted to write about the life I have found living in and visiting campgrounds. It’s a strange microcosm of the world’s misfits, riffraff, typicals, and normals. Everyone passes through a campground at one point in their life, either on vacation or to stay a while and live. I […]

WordPress Resources List

As one of the many volunteers who help out from time to time with WordPress on the WordPress Forum, I found myself repeatingly giving out link references so I started keeping notes and have put together a list of some of the link references most needed and asked for on the forum. Some of these […]

Mobile, Alabama – Contemporary Fiber Art Exhibition

As a quilter and not very good fiber art hobbyist, I love great fiber art when I see it. Well, I found some this weekend. My mother is visiting from Seattle and we were wandering downtown Mobile, the “old” city, and stumbled across a gallery called space 301 Gallery. They were hosting a surface/structure contemporary […]

Resume – Published Highlights by Lorelle and Brent VanFossen

Lorelle and Brent VanFossen travel full-time with their camera, working from the road or wherever they are. Their images and articles are published in magazines from around the world including Shutterbug, Outdoor and Nature Photography, The Mountaineer, PhotoTechniques, and more. They also offer a variety of educational programs on nature photography, travel, and writing. Traveling […]

Hidden Treasure in Mobile, Alabama – Azalea City Model Railroaders Train Club

Hidden in a Masonic Temple in old downtown Mobile, Alabama, is buried treasure. It isn’t hard to find but you could walk by it for years and not know that through the ancient and huge double doors of the Temple and up a flight of creaking stairs near the women’s section of the Temple is […]

Comment Spammers Saying Thank You and We Like You

There is a bit of a thrill when you open up your Manage Comments admin page in WordPress and you see a list of comments waiting for you that say “Wow, like your site and I’ll be back” and “I learned a lot here and I’m glad you made this site”, or my personal favorite, […]

Urban Legends: Lightning Telephone Deaths

Still recovering from a lightning strike nearby that blew out several of the computers in the campground, our WIFI and cable modem, and my telephone, even though all of these things were unplugged though connected via cable and phone lines, a friend thought that I needed some cheering up and sent me this: Urban Legends […]

Printer or Printer Cable Problems – Solution

I just adore new technology, especially when it can save old technology. Over a week ago, a lightning strike to the nearby electrical/cable/phone whatever took out my Linksys WIFI, cable modem and caused my laptop to quiver in its sockets. Everything was unplugged, but it seems that the surge came through anyway. With everything else […]

Restoration Saves My Butt

I know there are a lot of reasons to hate Microsoft and Microsoft products. Having worked for them at one time, I know that there is more heart behind what they do than most people believe. And I worked in the legal department. Trust me, it’s always easier to blame than to understand. BUT, there […]

My Daily Tasks With WordPress

I thought that I’d diary my day-to-day tasks managing my WordPress website. It’s very easy to manage, but there are a few steps that few people talk about. In the morning, after the crunch of work is done, I check the various RSS Feeds that I monitor to see what is going on. I particularly […]

Talking Photography On the Internet

Have you noticed how, when you meet someone you have something in common with, your speech patterns change. You start shortening sentences and using jargon, eyes start twinkling and the conversation gets more intense. It’s really fun to be with someone who enjoys the same thing you do, but what if you can’t find anyone […]

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