Category Archives: My Thoughts

Problem with email – Check your spam folder if you’re using #YahooMail

04 Saturday Aug 2018

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Hi everyone,

I’m not sure what’s more frustrating.  Finding Walter in my spam folder, on WordPress, more times than in my notifications, or finding many of you in my spam folder in my Yahoo email, hence NO NOTIFICATIONS!!  I don’t always get a chance to use the reader (apparently, there are issues with this, too), so I rely on my emails to let me know you’ve posted something.

I discovered, yet again, that suddenly, Yahoo mail has decided to toss all emails from WordPress into my spam folder.  I was wondering why I hadn’t seen the emails from the blogs I follow. I apologize if I’ve missed any of your posts.  this is the second time they’ve done this.  For whatever reason, I have no idea what they’re doing.

If you use Yahoo mail, you might want to check your email spam to see if the same thing is happening to you.  You might be surprised.  Of course, if it’s happening to you, you may not even see this post!!

Also, be sure (comment-reply@wordpress.com) is in your contacts.  I’m not sure, at this point, if it matters anymore!!

Happy Spam Hunting!

Dorinda

 

So frustrating!!

25 Wednesday Jul 2018

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Hello friends!

WordPress has me so frustrated right now.  I am discovering, more and more, that bloggers I have been following forever, are disappearing on me.  Apparently, WP has decided, for me, to unfollow them.  Why?  I have no clue, but I just discovered another one.  This needs to stop.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

~ Dorinda ~

 

Our Anniversary July 2018

20 Friday Jul 2018

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I wrote this poem last year, and decided to share it again.  I’ve updated it, as today, we celebrate 33 years of marriage.  Our friends said we wouldn’t last.

We sure showed them  ❤

I can write a million poems
About true love, at its finest
But if I do, you certainly
Will find me a bit too biased

Thirty three years ago, this day
I married my very best friend
A man who stands beside me
On that, I can surely depend

“Dorinda, my lifetime partner”
Etched inside my wedding band
His promise, in a symbol, placed
On the ring finger of my left hand

We celebrate each other
No matter what it is we do
Adding to those every days
By saying, “I love you”

To those who have yet to find
The perfect one for you
Never give up hope, you see
Your soulmate’s waiting, too!

 

©Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
Photo via Pixabay CC0

Thank you, Paul Lenzi… RIP dear friend

14 Saturday Jul 2018

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For all who have not heard, the poetry community lost an incredible man yesterday.

His son writes, “It is with deep regret that I have to announce the sudden passing of my father Paul Lenzi. He was the cornerstone of our family and will be missed dearly. He began this blog as an a creative outlet and as a way of sharing his poetry. He never imagined it would develop such a large following, and the overwhelming support he received from this community touched him deeply. On behalf of our entire family, thank you. We are proud of the legacy of words he left behind.”

Paul was a very dear friend, and an incredible human being.  He helped me when I first started sharing my poetry, always having kind words to encourage.  I am deeply saddened that I will not see his name in my inbox any longer, but I am hoping his family will keep his blog, “Poesy plus Polemics” up and running so that we may go back and reread the many wonderful words he has written.

Paul, your legacy will live on through your beautiful family and through us, as the poetry community, and especially me, will never forget you.

Sleep well, my friend.  I know God has you in his loving arms.  ❤

Wait! How did this happen??

02 Monday Jul 2018

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Hello everyone!!

I woke up this morning, which is definitely a great thing, signed into WordPress, and my jaw dropped! Over 3000 followers and over 200,000 views!  I’m at a loss for words.  Can you believe it?!

All kidding aside, I cannot thank you enough for sticking with me over these last four years.  Your encouragement through tough times, your compassion when I was able to express those times through my poetry, and of course, your friendship, is the reason I am still sharing my poetry.  This is a community of wonderful people, able to share stories, relate life experiences and yes, become friends outside of WordPress.  I am proud to be a member of this group!

Thank you, again, so much, for making my day that much brighter and so much fuller than I could imagine on my own!

Love to all

~Dorinda