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@henrywright-1. you were right. BuddyBlog does show posts on profile and very nicely, although on the download page it doesn’t mention this fact. So BuddyBlog is a good solution for me. Thanks!
It is easier for me to take a plugin that works and turn off features (like blogging from profile) than to try to fix one that is broken.

Here is the link again for other interested folks:
BuddyBlog – http://buddydev.com/plugins/buddyblog/

Much obliged!