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Book Review – “Songs of Heartstrings – Poems of Gratitude and Beatitude” by Miriam Hurdle

31 Thursday Jan 2019

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What Amazon Says:

Human being has the will power to travel through an exhausting journey, win a tough battle, and heal a deep wound. Strength from hope keeps us going until the light at the end of the tunnel is in sight and striving until the storm is over.

Hurdle in her poetry collection includes themes of personal experiences in nature, difficult relationship, cancer treatment, marriage, parenthood, remembrance, reflection and inspiration. She reveals the honest self-talk and reflects a heart filled with optimism, faith and trust. She loves music, photography and watercolor painting and includes photos and paintings to complement the poems.

My Review:

“Songs of Heartstrings – Poems of Gratitude and Beatitude” is a most enjoyable book of poetry.  Told in the first person, Miriam Hurdle takes you along on her many journeys, in the ups and downs, of life.  I particularly enjoyed the photos, placed before many of the poems.  It brought me closer to what Miriam was relaying in her words.

My favorite poem is “Life’s Currents”.  Here, the author reminds us we are never alone, no matter the hardships we might face in our time here on Earth.  There is no doubt Miriam has a strong faith and relies on it for many of life’s obstacles.

The book is broken up into eight different sections, making it a very pleasant read.  Miriam uses different styles of poetry, so you’re never just reading.  She easily gets and keeps your attention throughout.  If you are looking for a poetry book filled with inspiration, and thought provoking passages, this is the book for you.  I highly recommend this to any and every one, as I thoroughly enjoyed reading “Songs of Heartstrings – Poems of Gratitude and Beatitude”.

I purchased the book in Kindle, and it also available in paperback from Amazon.

To purchase “Songs of the Heartstrings” visit Amazon

Places you can connect with Miriam Hurdle:
The Showers of Blessings on WordPress: https://theshowersofblessings.com/
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Miriam-Hurdle/e/B07K2MCSVW/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/miriam.hurdle.1
Twitter: @MHurdle112

This review also appears on Goodreads and Amazon.com

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I’ve been Remiss

22 Sunday Jan 2017

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patient1-1000x772Hello Friends,

You may have noticed (or not :/ ), that I have been remiss in replying to your comments, as well as commenting on your posts.  I do apologize, but it is with good reason.  If you read my poem from today, “Overwhelmed“, you’ll get a feel from where I’m coming from.  I apologize, and am slowly catching up with everyone, a little at a time.  I am also battling some health issues, which I do not like to dwell on, but have been more of a nuisance than not, and as such, I am away from my keyboard more than I’d like to be.  Please be patient with me.  I love reading your posts, it will just take me a bit longer.

A side note ~ if you have a twitter account, please make sure your twitter ID is filled in on the Sharing page (settings -> sharing).  I also use this as a way of telling you I loved the piece I read, especially when I don’t have time to comment!!

Love you all,

Dorinda

A Little Birdie Told Me ~ A message to my fellow bloggers

08 Friday Apr 2016

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I like to share your words with folks
I do this when I tweet
But you have to help me out, you see
Your profile’s not complete

I click the little birdie
After I read your stories
But your Twitter handle isn’t there
Why give WordPress all the glory?

It’s easy to correct this
A task that you must do
So I can share your works of art
Giving the credit all to you!!

 

 

Easy Fix: Go to Settings -> Sharing.  Scroll down until you see “Twitter username to include in tweets when people share using the Twitter button.”  If you have a Twitter account, your username should be put there, in the box.  Otherwise, when people tweet it will come up @wordpresscom instead of YOU!!  🙂  This will not attach your Twitter account to WP, that’s up the page a bit.

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Do you have Klout? The numbers really don’t mean anything

13 Monday Jan 2014

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Well, do you? Does it matter?  Numerous stories have been written regarding the website Klout. They claim to be The Standard for Influence.  According to Klout, people whose score is 60+ rank in the top 5% of influencers across the internet.  Visit their About page and you’ll discover even their leadership team is not in the top 5%.  Three of the six are below the standard, including their VP of Marketing, the CTO and the SVP of Product.   The site, launched in 2008, has undergone many changes over the past five years, mostly how your score is calculated, after an uproar sent them scrambling.

Influence

The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.

Klout’s definition of Influence is “the ability to drive action. When you share something on social media or in real life and people respond, that’s influence. The more influential you are, the higher your Klout Score.”  These social media influences range from Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, etc.

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According to Klout;

The Klout Score isn’t the average of your influence across all your networks, it’s the accumulation. Adding networks adds to your ability to share your expertise, and that helps your Klout Score. If you remove networks and then add them back later it could take a few days for your Klout Score to readjust.

So can someone explain to me why, when all my social media pages are active, interactive and busier than ever, that my score continues to drop?  Does it really calculate based on the number of interactions over a period of time?  I am primarily a Facebook user. According to my stats, 49.5% of my score comes from Facebook, followed by Twitter at 40%, then Google+ and LinkedIn.  These percentages are not correct.  I am a huge Facebook user and a lesser user of Twitter.  These two should not be as close as Klout claims.  I’ve been carefully watching over the past 30 days and have also noticed that they only choose to show, on my profile page, the posts with the least interactions.  They also include, for the general public to view, Top Moments.  Again, how is this determined? What happened to the posts with the most interaction & how does this account for a proper score?

In the end, the number really doesn’t matter.  What matters is the clout you hold among your peers.  Without that, you might as well be a zero.

Related Stories – Should Recruiters Use Klout?

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Where is the love?

08 Wednesday Jan 2014

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Where is the love? Isn’t that what the wedding industry is all about?  Couples, pledging their love and life together.  How come this same concept doesn’t hold true for the people who help bring this event to fruition, aka the wedding vendors?  If you think the nasty and negative comments you leave on different social media outlets can’t be seen by potential clients, you couldn’t be more wrong.  Word of mouth is huge in the wedding industry.

It’s a new year and in the past 7 days I have seen more bickering and bullying by wedding vendors, to and about other vendors, their so-called peers, than ever before.  This is part of the reason I left the industry.  However, just because I left doesn’t mean I’m not paying attention to what’s happening.  I just have a different perspective.  I’m no longer the vendor, now I’m the client.  What I am seeing is other vendors posting about how disgusted they are that this is even happening.  Is it really necessary to be so rude to someone who may be asking for advice on a particular subject?  Ridicule does not belong in an industry based on love.  There are plenty of opportunities for everyone associated with weddings.  If you’re doing well, there really is no reason to tread on the those who are just starting to make a name for themselves.  It’s easy to step on toes, until someone steps back.

Bully – n; A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people.

Consider how you would feel coming into any industry without the knowledge of those who have been in it for years.  I’m sure some of you were lucky enough to find a mentor.  Pay it forward.  Instead of stomping on someone’s dream, help make it a reality.

No one likes a bully.  Unless you want your good name associated with the term, you might want to consider your words before actually saying them.

On a personal note, Congratulations to the hard working wedding vendors who won the “Couple’s Choice Award”.  An award well deserved by most.  Some have put down the award, stating it’s meaningless because it’s based on reviews. I’m thinking they’re putting it down because they didn’t receive one. 😉

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