Updating Blogs Can Be a Major Hassle

I have myself to blame. Trying to provide content on my web sites is a hassle and I should know better. I spent an hour this morning updating AikenWriter.com, my website hosted by WordPress. Writing the content is easy enough, and adding images works fine. But making sure the page loads properly on Facebook turned into a nightmare.  Having various web sites appear correctly on social media is a major hassle.

I have one WordPress blog site, AikenWriter.com. That is it. My other blog site, Aiken1.com, is hosted by Blogger, which is owned by Google. So, when I want to update and add content to Aiken1.com I must first make sure I'm logged in under the correct user account at Google. At WordPress, they don't care about Google. At Wix.com, my other websites are up and running at last. However, making all of these various sites work together and post correctly on social media calls for a lot of patience.

I know what you are thinking, "why all these sites?" I wish I knew. I guess the main reason is: I have a lot of various interests and its too confusing to place on just one site.  It becomes easier to steer people directly to what they are interested in, without having then wade through a sea of other content they care nothing about.

Adding to the confusion are the various accounts I have at Google. As of today I have eight Google accounts. They have a limit, which I have not reached yet. Why so many Google accounts? Free storage. A Google account comes with up to 15 Gigs free storage space. Do the math. I have at least 120 Gigs of free storage space at Google alone, not to mention my Cloud account and Dropbox.

Its all very confusing and makes it a hassle at times to get all the various parts to behave, like corralling unruly children in the backyard.  No one said this was going to be easy.

Final Project Critique Scheduled

It has been long road to get to this point. Finally, my final project critique has been scheduled for May 16, 11 a.m. Assuming I pass, then I'll graduate two weeks later with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting.  My final critique will consists of eleven paintings with the series title "Purgatory: The Chair." Here are a couple of paintings from the series.

"Lady with Floral Hat" 24x30, charcoal, shellac, oil, on canvas

"Child Playing Games" 24x30, charcoal, shellac, oil, on canvas