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One Little Word for 2019

February 1, 2019 No Comments
climbing steps making progress one little word

I started writing this post about my One Little Word about a month ago, but I never finished. After looking back at the progress I made in January I figured it was still worth sharing. It’s never too late to come up with a word. I’ve been using the concept of one little word for […]

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Crochet, Writing and Blogging

Learn from Craft Fails: Why Mistakes Are Good for Your Process

July 20, 2018 2 Comments
how to learn from craft fails

Affiliate links have been included for your convenience. I have had a lot of craft fails in my time, and I do try to take the time to learn from craft fails and project disasters because that is how you grow as a crafter and a person. If we didn’t learn from our mistakes we’d […]

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Writing and Blogging

A Beach Story, or a Parable about Being a Writer

June 16, 2017 1 Comment
The story of the umbrella guy, or why I am a writer.

There’s this guy — a kid, I would call him; from eight stories up he looks like a teenager or early 20s — whose job it is to set out beach umbrellas and chairs for the condo building where we stayed on our vacation. People pay $30 a day for access to an umbrella and […]

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Writing and Blogging

How to Meet Your Blogging Goals with Ebooks, Courses and Bundles

April 3, 2017 No Comments
how to meet your blogging goals with courses and bundles.

Learn how books, courses and bundles can help you meet your blogging goals without driving you crazy. I always buy into blogging business courses and ebook bundles with a great deal of hope and enthusiasm, sure that this time I’m going to do the reading and the work and use the information to my advantage. […]

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Writing and Blogging

A Cobbled-Together DIY Mount for “Overhead” Videos Using an iPhone

February 15, 2017 No Comments
Make a DIY mount for overhead videos (sort of) using your iPhone.

Yesterday I really wanted to do a knitting video. To shoot knitting properly to be able to show how its done, you really need to shoot from behind or above, so you can see what the hands are doing in the same orientation you would see if you were knitting. Only problem is, I don’t […]

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Writing and Blogging

Media Literacy 101: Reporting in the Age of Alternative Facts

January 23, 2017 No Comments
How reporting works in the age of alternative facts

A lot happened in this first weekend of the new administration that might have people wondering about the state of press freedom, access and coverage coming out of Washington. Even before the inauguration the new administration was talking about changes to the way things are communicated to the press, with the possible elimination of daily […]

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Writing and Blogging

I Wasn’t Going to Write about Today

January 20, 2017 1 Comment
What I'm thinking about on inauguration day.

The girl is quite literally an Obama baby. I had a doctor’s appointment — after which I’d given myself permission to start trying to get pregnant — the day before his first inauguration. We talked about that amazing concert on the Mall that had me in tears, so full of excitement I was that this […]

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