In my mountains of research that I do for post ideas, I came across this gem: 9 Rules for Success by British Novelist Amelia E. Barr, 1901 6. “Everything good needs time. Don’t do work in a hurry. Go into details; it pays in every way. Time means power for your work. Mediocrity is always …
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In the last year, as Sweet E has grown, I keep finding myself telling Husband, “I need to tell Boy/Girl _____. No one ever told me that and I wished they had.” The best advice no one ever gave me, but would have been gratefully received, was that we’d make it through whatever calamity or …
Have you guys ever produced a website that posts new content 4 times a week? You have?! Do you have an assistant? You don’t?! Yeah, me neither… To date, I have written 386 posts for this site since its inception 14 months ago (I’m including posts that are to-be-published in that number). WHAT?! Which brings …
A little over two months has passed since Christmas and I’ve had some time to think about gift-giving. I’ve been wondering what’s better: make or buy? Which is preferred by others: make or buy? Does it matter? Do people care? Each year, we exchange Christmas gifts with a few friends. At first, in the early …
I was raised by a mother who insisted I be a lady. Or at least try and act like one. My mother was a transplanted German living in a foreign land, in a small West Texas town, trying to raise her daughters with some semblance of decorum. Bless her heart, she tried so hard. The …
On this day of unbridled amore, I offer my lifelong love affair with running… As a runner who’s been running longer than most of you have been alive, I frequently get asked why I run. Grandma runs, y’all. (* or Choochie, as I’m called of late…is this the name that’s gonna stick?!) Folks who know …
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing. ~ Aristotle Guess he told us. We all know that constructive criticism can empower, just as destructive criticism can crush. I’m speaking to the second of these. When you’re entrenched in what you’re creating, or trying like hell to create, inevitably critics will come along and …
Oh, my babies. I’m here to tell you a harrowing tale. Well, maybe not a harrowing tale, but notably painful, as my butt hurts from all the sitting and researching I’ve been doing on the subject of using other’s work, namely images, on your site. It all started with this post: Blogger Beware: You CAN …
If you’ve read here, even for a short time, you know of my deep love for my family. I LURVS THEM! When I’m with any of them, they have my full attention. I’m all in, making every moment count. I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’ve lived long enough to know that things can …
How many “Don’t Do This, You Crazy Grandmother” articles have I read in the last 9-months? Too damned many. That’s right, makes me a little twitchy being told by strangers to stay inside my grandma lines when all we newbs need is a little understanding. Some of us are plainly hyper-exuberant and completely gaga over …