Friday and Saturday I attended a conference with the hashtag #BBCPHX even though it had nothing to do with the British Broadcasting Company, except perhaps for one attendee, Jan Ziff, and was held in Scottsdale, not Phoenix, Arizona. The conference was called Bloggy Boot Camp by the SITS Girls even though it was not a […]
Fortuitous Foreshadowing
I am republishing most of a 2009 post that illustrates what a consistent vision can do. I have been moving to the point where I am now steadily over the last few years. It is good to look forward and envision what you are doing and where you are going. It is more than positive […]
5 Ways to Keep Blogging Fresh
“How do you keep BLOGGING fresh year after year?” is the prompt for Monday, April 22nd in BlogHer's NaBloPoMo. Because I'm creating an A to Z theme this month, I am freely rearranging prompts to fit my needs. This is the “B” post. I have given this a bit of thought and I have identified […]
In My Bathroom
I have to admit that the writing prompt, “in my bathroom,” on GBE2 had me stumped. Stumped until I remembered that somewhere in the vast caverns of unorganized digital storage there was a picture that was perfect to spin off. This is the pic: Hooking up a washer and dryer, finally, after having the […]
Thirty Days Hath September
[one_half]September In Review I don’t know where this month went. I’ve blogged every day in September as a part of a NaBloPoMo challenge. I have posted, essentially cross-posted, links to my daily posts whenever I can find a few additional minutes in the day to catch up with four Facebook blogging groups, as well as […]
Food Bloggers Infiltrate Science Writing
I always pride myself on noting when iconic culture change happens, and there was a significant merging of food blogging and science writing this week. A recipe for a pesto-like cilantro-based sauce/paste was published in an article, NATURE | NEWS: Soapy taste of coriander linked to genetic variants on Nature.com. Nature is the online identity […]