Yep, as of two days ago, March 26th, it’s been ten years since I began this blog. I can’t believe it, either. There’s now nearly 1500 posts on this blog, which is stunning to me also. While I now do my best to blog twice a week, there was a time back in the day […]
It’s a special day here for a couple of reasons. First– SNOW! Ever since I was a little kid (back when dinosaurs roamed the earth) I’ve loved snow. People think that since Portland is relatively far north, we get a lot of it. But we don’t. We’ve not gotten a good snowstorm since 2008, and […]
I’ve been working hard getting clients set for my absence while I’m in France, and I’ve found myself with a bit of time this week. And so I’ve been planning. If there’s one thing I love to do in this life, it is to plan. Give me a calendar or a planner or a workbook […]
Yes, you read that headline correctly. I was without internet for a week. One whole freaking week. Of course, as luck would have it, I was out of town for part of that time, but still. Come on. It started when a car ran into a pole a few blocks away. Sheared the damn thing […]
First of all, can you believe it is the middle of January already? Geesh, time flies. I guess being out of town the first week of the month made it fly all the faster. By the way, my wise meditation teacher has a theory on why we think that time goes faster as we age: […]
It appears that Christmas is kicking my ass. Appears that way, because it feels like I’ve been crazy busy, so busy that I’ve not collected my usual round-up of links. But I’m not running around shopping like crazy because I refuse to spend time in malls and do most of it online. And I gave […]
I grew up partially in my Dad's printing plant. One of the many things I loved about that was hanging out in the front office, which was cleaner and more organized than the rest of the shop, but not by much. And one of the best things about the office was the office supplies. I […]
You may have noticed something slightly different upon landing here today. Yeah, that's right, I've got a new blog design. This was not entirely my choice. I've known for quite some time that my old design looked dated and it is one of my goals for this year to update it and redesign it. But […]
If you've tried to access my blog in the last few days you might have had issues. That's because Typepad experienced a massive DOS attack. Yeah, I had to look it up, too–DOS means Denial of Service. Apparently, the cyber thugs send huge amounts of traffic to a site and then ask for a […]
Before I reveal the three winners of the birthday giveaway, an explanation and a question. The Explanation When I started this project seven years ago, it was the style to name your blog. (It still is, to a certain degree at least.) So I came up with the idea for the name Wordstrumpet. Inspired by […]
