Jack, my 3 year-old son, has two moms, he calls us Ma J (that would be me) and Mama. And he has learned to lie recently. Though, sadly, he has only has one lie in…
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I have an uncanny sense of smell. Seriously, I've broken up with people over it. Not because they liked the smell of lavender while I insist on freesia and lilac, but because they didn't smell…
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Remember in The Muppet Movie when Kermit and Fozzie are driving along and the map says there's a fork in the road and they look up and there's actually a huge fork sticking out of…
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First, watch this video (or at least the first 30 seconds)... My dear friend and tech writer extraordinaire, Ron Miller, posted this video on his blog and sent me over to see it. And I…
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When I was pregnant, I had a serious problem with smell. This wasn't completely out of the ordinary - other women get like this too, but it usually goes away after the first trimester. Mine…
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It's true that I spent the first 17 years of my life in a protected, little suburb in St. Louis, and that I was relatively shielded from urban life, or drama that extended beyond boyfriends,…
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Really, I am. I'm sending you elsewhere...(but just for a little field trip). Because today, I have a post that lives on a different blog. It's a little, teeny, tiny blog with oh, I don't…
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So, yesterday we were talking about the niche. But niche or not, when you want to get clients, you have to show them what's on offer and make your case. Enter, the proposal. Imagine a…
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To be clear, this might be the most shallow post I've ever written. Recently, I was asked to look through some writing samples that had been submitted by a wide range of people hoping to…
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Being the sponge isn't quite like being the change you want to see in the world...but kind of. I'm like a sponge - not necessarily full of odd shaped holes, or smelly, or even brightly…
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