Once upon a time, I was an exercise addict. Under the guise of being a triathlete (not Ironmans! sheesh. just some local sprints: 1/2 mile swim, 12 mile bike, 3 mile run), I worked out…
Last night was Passover – when Jews from all over the world and their friends remember our history as slaves and celebrate our freedom. Now – of course I understand that my life is mountains…
As much of a control freak as I am, there’s something that I love about the randomness of the internet and social media. Perhaps because the form this randomness takes is in wowzah bursts of…
Do you remember those books? You started reading and then came to a point where you could: Go up the ladder. Climb down the hole. Whichever choice you picked offered new choices, and so on…
I spend a lot of time on this blog talking about how important it is to be authentic in social media (including blogs). I’m even in the midst of writing an ebook on the subject…
While I’m interested in a pretty wide range of things in this world, there are plenty of things that I’m profoundly not into. GI Joe & Barbie, Velveeta, heavy metal, comic books, hunting, skydiving, fruit…
I live in the middle of a vast huckleberry forest. Very much like blueberries, huckleberries grow on small bushes, wildly…and last summer, like wildfire. Their fruit is a deep, almost black, purple – the berries…
I’m staring at a blank calendar – seriously attempting to fit my daily life as a freelance copywriter into these solid, inflexible, militant spaces. I can’t believe I’m about to do this…but, I have to….
My family is currently marinating in an incredibly structured schedule. It includes meals, naps, errands, cleaning, dates – the whole shebang all carefully mapped out. At first it freaked me out, whatever happened to just…
Yes, I’m about to get all kinds of philosophical on you right now. As the economy crashes, wars are waged, and there is still a possibility that Sarah Palin could become a world leader, it…