Why Do We Do What We Do?

I’ve been having a great conversation with my friend, Andrea, from the Just One More Book podcast.  It started out as a conversation about ways to help support your podcast, and her feeling that projects with passion as the sole or main motivator were important....

Home or work?

I just read a post over at GNM parents about a mom being a workaholic and dad scheduling time for the kids and Mom to interact, and have quality time, so to speak, together. It made me think that sometimes, work is so much easier than home for many parents. At work,...

2006 Wrap up and Blog Tag

My dear friend, Chris Brogan started a new game of blog tag with  these 2006 wrap up questions.  In your view, what is the: Most Useful application Best Web site Worst Web site Hottest Trend Favorite Gadget So here are mine: 1.  I have to say I love everything Google...

Back to Basics for the New Year

I have spent some time in book stores lately, trying to find something new and magical- something that either intrigues me, fiction or nonfiction.  I am coming up woefully short on the whole.  Why?  Many things are seeming so very much the same out there, and very few...

The Holidays- How’d They Go?

We have returned from our Christmas away from home.  It went remarkably well, considering that there were over 15 people at Christmas Dinner,  all with many divergent opinions, and not one Jerry Springer moment!  Fortunately, despite the fact that my husband’s...

Contributing to the Blogosphere

There are a couple of interesting projects being tossed around the blogosphere- One, the 5 things you didn’t know about me, and Ben from the Instigator Blog’s What did you learn this year? I decided to answer both here. 1. What I learned. I turned 40 this...