Should Posts Be a Mish-Mash of Subject Material?

I've found that when I publish more than one post in a day, the earlier of the entries gets NO COMMENTS.  I love comments and encourage them everyday.  So I'm now thinking maybe MISH-MASH posts are the way to go.

1)  This is from "Seasons of Grace" blog I follow.  I'm giving the link to the blog because when I found
      the video on YouTube it's in Dutch . . . I love coming upon this type of GOOD NEWS . . .

      Holland's Got Talent, 9-year-old diva sings Ave Maria Link  This is a must listen in my
      book.         

2)  I absolutely appreciate the work that went in to the "Truths For Mature Humans" that I read this
     morning . . . Am I Going Places

3)  Education / Entertainment . . . I'm an Internet junkie.  I could easily spend most of the day surfing
     around - reading and learning interesting tidbits at my own speed and interest level.  Here are some
     of things I'm pursuing currently:
             a)  English Grammar and Vocabulary . . . Daily Writing Tips I started reading their emails
                  and decided to get their exercises, too.  It's a daily study.
             b)  Geography . . .  Matt Rosenberg . . . Boy, does he know his Geography.  I receive a
                   weekly email and also do some of the Ask.com quizzes
             c)  Fountain Pens . . . Brad Goulet . . .  I'm renewing my love of fountain pens and am, once
                  again, beginning to keep a personal journal . . . just for me!
             d)  Language Study . . . Benny Lewis . . . I started following Benny, the Irish polyglot, when I
                  was in Guatemala  studying Spanish.  Now I just like to keep up to date with his 'conquests.'
                   I do still study Spanish by reading books in Spanish and memorizing new vocabulary,
                   mainly verbs.   I've also renewed my interest in French now that I'm in Cajun Country.
             e)  Animal World . . . The Featured Creature.  I don't remember how I found this blog but I
                  reading her posts on creatures of the animal world.  I don't quite get her pictures of herself -
                  I guess it's advertising!
              f)  Starting to use Enotes to organize all the post-it notes of my life - I can sync my computer,
                   iPad and iPhone.  It's great so far . . . shopping lists, to do lists, vocabulary lists, gift idea
                  lists.

Okay, so that's enough of a mish-mash for one day.  I hope everybody has a good day and a warmer day also - Happy Wednesday from Abbeville, Louisiana!

These good ole boys rock!

A little cooler right now!

Fishy Expressions

Good Sunday, Friends .....

I'm up and rested and anxious to hit the road to Louisiana this sunny morning, but not too early ....  

Each morning in my email I receive a message called "Daily Writing Tips," from an online English grammar site.  I've studied a lot of grammar in recent years while learning French and Spanish that I've felt curious about my own language and its rules of grammar.  I signed up to receive these free daily installments of grammar and interesting tidbits about our language.

Today's message is simply a lesson on the history of some of our references to the word 'fish;' I thought you might like to read it ......

The Venerable Bede (c.672-735) tells this story about Bishop Wilfrid’s conversion of the South Saxons in the 680s:

When the Bishop first came into the kingdom and saw the suffering and famine there, he taught them how to get their food by fishing: for both the sea and the rivers abounded in fish but the people had no knowledge of fishing except for eels alone. So the bishop’s men collected eel-nets from every quarter and cast them into the sea so that, with the help of divine grace, they quickly captured 300 fish of all kinds.

As the sea and rivers of Bede’s description abounded in fish, the English language abounds in expressions related to fish and fishing. Here are just a few.

1. to drink like a fish: to drink to excess.
2. to feed the fishes: to die by drowning.
3. to feel like a fish out of water: to feel out of one’s comfort zone.
4. to fish for compliments: do or say things to elicit praise from others.
5. to sound fishy: to seem dubious or suspicious.
6. All is fish that comes to his net: He makes use of everything that comes his way.
7. Fish or cut bait!: Make a decision one way or another.
8. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime: a proverb meaning that it’s more useful to a person to teach him how to do something for himself than to give him a hand-out.
9. There are plenty of other fish in the sea: a comforting remark made to someone who has broken up with a sweetheart.
10. a pretty kettle of fish: an awkward situation or state of things.
11. big fish in a small pond: someone important in a small community
12. cold fish: an unemotional person
13. Fisher King: in Grail legend, the Fisher King is the uncle of Sir Perceval. He suffers a grievous wound that cannot heal until he is asked the right question.
14. Fisherman’s ring: a seal ring presented to a pope upon taking office. The ring is used to seal official documents; when the pope dies, the ring is broken. The apostle Peter, who was a fisherman, is regarded by the Catholic Church as having been the first pope.
15. fishing expedition: an attempt to elicit information by asking random questions.
16. fishwife: literally, a woman who sells fish; figuratively, a loud vulgar woman who shouts abuse
17. queer fish: an eccentric person

I’ll leave fish-related expressions involving mackerels, herrings, sardines, and gills for another time.