About a hundred years ago when I was still a middle school teacher, I can recall periodic staff meetings at which media specialists reviewed the Copyright Act as it pertained to educational settings. Teachers, as a group, always believe in their hearts that they are “doing it for the kids,” and, that, if that is [...]

As a way of paying tribute to my amazing clientele, I have launched a series of interviews with the dynamic people with whom I have the priviledge of working.

Drumroll. Herewith, Loosely Speaking presents the first “Client Spotlight Blogalogue,” featuring Hazel Bowman, owner of Celebrations by Bowman and PrescottWeddings.com. In addition Hazel is an ordained minister.

I have the most amazing clients. Seriously. If I could just sit down over coffee with them, one-on-one, and find out what they’re up to, what inspires them, what direction they’re going in, what they’ve learned from the past (you get the picture), I know I would benefit both professionally and as a human being. [...]

Do you have “Freecycle” where you live? It works like this: say you have some items to get rid of, you post an offer and then you watch and see as the requests roll in. You get to select who you give your items to. Likewise, you can post a “Wanted” notice, listing things you’re [...]

I have an old photo of me taken when I was about a year old, with a camera around my neck. I am that person who likes to be behind, not in front of, the camera. Not like my kids who, when they see the camera come out of the case, start hamming it up. [...]

And the blogging (r)evolution continues, even here in my little workshop. I’ve now done the html blog (since 2003), converted to Typepad less than a month ago and then, today, waded into WordPress. After all the reading over the past few days, I determined that WordPress is the route for me. As a VA (virtual [...]

A friend of mine and a couple of her cohorts has launched a billboard style advertisement based website called www.womenspixels.com. Those business which are at least 50% women-owned can buy very affordable ad space by the pixel. The group is promoting the site as a way to advertise your product or service to other women, [...]

In recent days I’ve been traveling with my immediate family. As a surprise for my Mom, my two brothers and self showed up at her house in the south suburbs of Chicago and took a nostalgic road trip to Grandview and Burlington Iowa. Anyone who has revisited their birthplace (in my case, Burlington) after an [...]