recent sessions and news
don’t lose me with your email marketing.
I have a bit of a problem. With an app I use. On my phone. To track how much walking I do with the puppy (note: I will never, ever be a runner, but she and I are doing a lot of walking and we enjoy it. The geek in me likes to see how far we go). The problem is not that the app likes to cheer me on. … [Read more...]
fairyland hike
I'm so fascinated by watching spring come upon us. Over spring break, we hiked through falling snowflakes. Just weeks later, we are wading in the creek near our home. I haven't seen spring for about a dozen years and I think I'm in love. … [Read more...]
sunrises (never get old)
It's so easy to get stuck behind my desk working throughout the day and just not moving. I've been trying to be better about it, which includes walking the puppy every morning after the girls are on the bus. With a view like this waiting for me on the walk, it's captivating. Every day, I look … [Read more...]
like mother, like (grand)daughter
Today is my daughter's birthday. She is, unbelievably, eleven. She is named for her grandmother, and aptly so, as it turns out. My child is bright and driven, loving and compassionate, temperamental and spectacular. A lot like my mother. I wish that they could have loved each other in … [Read more...]
control your excerpts
Here's another neat trick which I love, but which was hard to find when I first wanted to use it. Have you ever wanted to show some information on your home page about a page or post, with a sentence or two explaining it, but without that text actually being part of the page? I have, and I've shared … [Read more...]
custom post types and archives
This is a follow up to my post about the Genesis blog template, because that template was a serious part of the solution for me. What happened here was that Rabia Gale, who also happens to be my sister-in-law, decided to serialize Quartz, one of her novels, on her website. Super fun project! She … [Read more...]
