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A new year, a wonderful opportunity to begin afresh and renew our hope in the goodness of humanity. Mary, our Australian family friend Christine, and I got up on that first day and bundled ourselves off

Another beautiful, glorious day in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. The sun shone down on us bright and warm. The usual fresh to gale force winds subdued to light breezes. The promise of a

A dare, I love a dare! Bradley Arrow @bradleyarrow has a challenge for all of us to meet. He wants us to get stickered "I Believe in Myself" and selfied same. OK, I get that, just that I have

Into the last few days of the ClickTrackProfit Christmas Badge hunt, and I still need to get the Cookie Green badge owned by @russellstockley. He has given us an interesting challenge. He wants to know

Wow, what a day! Following on from my post last night, Mary and I and our Australian family friend Christine have had just an awesome Christmas Day spent together with family and friends. Not the 6:00am

Woohoo, Christmas Day is upon us! A time to celebrate the birth of Jesus, and to bring good cheer to friends and family. A time for presents, and of course to decorate and light up the Christmas tree.

The ClickTrackProfit Christmas Badge Hunt has begun. Whoopee! Only a few months ago, the previous badge hunt had ended, and already a new one has arrived for our Christmas entertainment. Recently in

Wow, what a terrifically frantic morning! Made sure I got a good night's rest, yep at least 6 hours, got up and did the chores early, all in readiness for the ClickTrackProfit.com Christmas Badge Hunt.

No song, no dance, no fancy pic as this article is pure passion of a different sort: ClickTrackProfit tips and tricks. My CTP Beginnings I joined ClickTrackProfit.com on July 29, 2012. I saw a CTP badge

Wow, the past two weeks have been a reminder to self of the fast approaching silly season! My hopes of spending time steeming along with Steem related tasks got dashed as offsite distractions continued.

My last few articles explained the need to brand yourself, using your own name and avatar. Of course, we need to spice up our offerings, as to keep to the same format is boring. Also, there's that old

Yesterday, I wrote about I am who I am. In this article, I want you the reader to tell me who you are. Could you perhaps describe yourself in less than say, 50 words? If so, what parts would you have to

God said to Moses, “I am who I am...This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation." Exodus 3:14-15 edited (NIV). A simple statement of who He is, intended to convey

Yesterday, was another beautiful day in Wellington, New Zealand. The sun was out in full glory, with wispy high cloud here and there, and a light breeze to cool the air a little. Mary and I cabbed over

Wow, what a moment! Earlier today I had finally accomplished a goal I had been trying to achieve all month. I won my first surf tournament on the Traffic Swirl traffic exchange! Here's a pic of that win:

The following article I had prepared and I was in the process of finalising for posting last week when news of the passing of the late Graham McCallum came to me via the TrafficSwirl chatroom. Delayed

A lovely day in Wellingon, New Zealand as Mary and I head off to our special event, with one of her aunties driving the car. Cannons Creek in Porirua City has a certain reputation; formerly a place of

An issue that I have come across over the past few days is one of legacy. Legacy forms part of your estate. Long after you are dead, the rewards you have earned from the hard work in this life are able

Yesterday, I was at an important fundraiser event for a local community health group that finished about 1:45pm NZDT. Hurrying back to my apartment, I managed to catch the last half of the CTPtalk Crypto

About two and a half weeks ago, I made a casual comment in the ClickTrackProfit Telegram group chat that my schedule for the next two weeks was clear, so I was going to spend more time on Steem related