Day: February 7, 2020

“ Yes, he did.” / “guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust.”

~ thereluctantpoet

Art of Quotation

I acknowledge that my verdict will not remove the president from office.

The results of this Senate court will in fact be appealed to a higher court: the judgment of the American people.

Voters will make the final decision, just as the president’s lawyers have implored. My vote will likely be in the minority in the Senate. But irrespective of these things, with my vote, I will tell my children and their children that I did my duty to the best of my ability, believing that my country expected it of me. I will only be one name among many, no more or less, to future generations of Americans who look at the record of this trial. They will note merely that I was among the senators who determined that what the president did was wrong, grievously wrong.

We’re all footnotes at best in the annals of history.

But in…

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Blogging Insights # 17- What makes a good blogger

~ thereluctantpoet

Keep it alive

Dr.Tanya Asks;

Question;

What, in your opinion, are the characteristics or qualities of a good blogger? I will be very grateful if you list no less than five but no more than ten.

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• Commitment:

The most important characteristic of a successful blogger is their commitment. No one, who hasn’t committed a 100% can prove successful as a blogger.

• A love of Writing;

This is particularly important for written blogs. People with travel blogs, pictorial blogs or how-to-do blogs need writing skills but not to the extent as a blogger who is going to write about his emotions expressed as poems or stories.

• A sense of community; A good blogger, having started a blog, participates in the blogger community and gains readership and followers in the blogging world. If one doesn’t interact with others in the community, there is a likelihood that there would be very…

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Her Chaotic Charm

~ thereluctantpoet

Confab With Me

The chaos that exists while you are around is far better than the silence that dwells in your absence. And the clamor, which I am so used to, even after many honest attempts, is nowhere to be found.

Conundrum of my untold story

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