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Pewari's Prattle
Pewari's Prattle opens to a rather confused color scheme. Blue, green, orange and yellow and are just a bit much all on the same page. It's cheerful, but more than a bit confusing to the eye.
The newest entries are a fairly interesting list of questions to answer. Such as: What are your current views of the United States?, If you were to die, would you go to heaven?, and the more obscure, Monkeys or Pirates? Our author answers all of them in an honest thoughtful and humorous style that is quite readable.
She has been blogging here since April of 2003, but has a long history of on line interaction, via IRC, starting in 1992. This is almost ancient history in the computer world! This site is mostly what I could call a Mommy blog, but with a liberal smattering of other interesting comments on a variety of subjects. Enough so to keep our interest even if we aren't still changing diapers.
There are some clever blogging ideas here that include the aforementioned questions to answer, plus she blogs about ordinary things like the purchase of a new stroller (pushchair in the UK) enumerating all it's finer points and does contests like the 26 things photo project. She wrote a very complete review of the latest Harry Potter movie (which was spot on by the way) and not only did she participated in last year's NaNoWriMo novel writing month, she posted her chapters for her readers to peruse.
As an American, I enjoy reading blogs from people who live in other countries. This author did a good job of giving me a little taste of life in England. Although maybe someone could enlighten me about exactly what a "dummy" is, and why an infant would need to stop having them "cold turkey" I am baffled.
All in all, this is a cheerful and creative blog with enough variety to be interesting. I enjoyed my visit and might have a pop in now and then to see what's happening with this creative Mommy in the UK.
This site was reviewed on 2004-08-29 by yetzirah.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
yetzirah felt that Pewari's Prattle deserved a rating of 4.
One of my BIGGEST peeves with weblogs is when the entry text is not the central focus of the site. Yes, design in important, but a good design with crappy material is nothing. This site goes against my "entry material first belief" by shoving the text to the right as if it's an afterthought. The orange left column is way too wide and over-powering. Plus, it ends halfway down and then just drops off and disappears. You can see where the side panel SHOULD end, but doesn't. This area of the design needs to be tweaked just a bit.
The banner is original and eye appealing, but the quote is hard to read and again, pushed to the far right. I like the way the calendar is incorporated into the layout and the colors are great, but that's where the eye-appeal ends. I'm hoping the writing draws me in more than the design of the site does.
The author is currently doing a "blog challenge" where she asks herself a question and answers it. in the entry. In summary, it bores me. Some of the questions include: "What do you accidentally forget to pack each time you go away? If you were to die today, would you go to heaven? Why do you choose to live in the UK?" Blah, blah, blah. Boring.
Her earlier entries, before the "challenge" are better. She's slightly humorous and good-natured. She talks about her family and her life and is mildly interesting. Unfortunately, I don't find anything here that I can't find in a number of other "mommy blogs" on the net. You can tell she adores her children and her husband and seems to be an upbeat and happy person. There is rarely a negative post or an emotional outburst. I'm not saying this is a GOOD thing, I'm just stating what I found. Even when something "bad" happens, she seems to retell the situation with a smile on her face.
The "About Me" section is well written and informative (not to mention newly updated). This blog has all the bells, whistles, and links that you could think of. The writing is mediocre. This woman is someone we'd all love to be friends with in "real" life, but not an author who's life you would necessarily care to read about on a daily basis. Again, she has a decent sense of humor, and that comes across in her writing, but this is just another mommy blog.
This site may be interesting for other mommies living in the UK, but I don't find it altogether all that interesting. It's not a "bad" blog by any means, it's just not a good one. There are countless other blogs out there in this same category and that's what I find so unappealing. There is very little that is original on this site. There is nothing here that I couldn't find elsewhere on the web.
Give it a try, you might like it. I, however, have more unique and interesting blogs to read.
This site was reviewed on 2004-08-29 by gypsygirl.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
gypsygirl felt that Pewari's Prattle deserved a rating of 3.
2 reviewers gave Pewari's Prattle an average rating of 3.5000
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