Blogging vs. Family Life
I mentioned recently that after we put the Christmas decorations away around January 4, my brain decided it had had enough. I’m not going to discuss all that since I addressed it over there, but …
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I mentioned recently that after we put the Christmas decorations away around January 4, my brain decided it had had enough. I’m not going to discuss all that since I addressed it over there, but …
I was reflecting on how the destruction of the original old-fashioned blogging world reflects the destruction of our culture in many ways. Old-fashioned blogging was personal and individualized. Women …
It’s been rather quiet around my online home this fall. As I’ve been watching this horror unfold, I couldn’t bring myself to write about organizing your pantry and homeschooling your …
This post was first published January 13, 2009. For reference, Caroline was 27 months old when I originally wrote this. I am republishing it with only a few little edits for readability and updated …
If I had to sum up our summer on this last day of August, this is it: You can have time or money, but rarely both. This was the summer when Caroline really understood for the first time what it means …
Many years ago, my graphic designer/web designer husband was downsized out of his corporate job. We opted at that time to turn his side business into a full time business. We were blessed to land a …
"Subscription fees are the nicotine of the digital world: get buyers hooked into paying and paying while making sure that alternatives evaporate. In other words, manufacture acquiescence. All of which …
Update: I originally posted this in April 2021. I unpublished it shortly afterward for a few reasons, but could see in my stat tracking that people were still accessing it via the Wayback Machine. I …
I want to write something here. I want to send out an email to my tiny remnant that re-upped their subscription when I changed email providers. (And I do mean tiny. Over 93% of my email list did NOT …
I realize it is going to be challenging to write this post without coming off like a total jerk. But I’m going to try. I also want to apologize to the people who sent really kind emails and …