I used to be a teacher; now I am a virtual professional. I used to be a runner and a backpacker; now I am a gramma who hikes a lot, camps in a popup camper rather than on the ground, and rides my bike with my grandkids. I used to sew most of my clothes. [...]

Lorelle of Lorelle on WordPress is someone whose site I cruise regularly in search of blogging tips and techniques. As much as I admire Lorelle’s expertise in blogging, Lorelle herself admires the shopping acumen of the friend she’s staying with in Israel. That friend’s skills have lead Lorelle to this week’s blog challenge: writing about [...]

Over at www.AboutPrescottArizona.com I frequently hear from folks planning to visit or who have just moved to Prescott, and who are looking for places to hike or rent kayaks. There isn’t a forum in which they can interact on that site, so I occasionally give their inquiries a second wind here. Today I heard from [...]

The idea for this post comes from Liz Strauss at Successful Blog where she throws out the challenge:craft a metaphor that explains blogging for those occasions when you can tell the person you’re talking to does not get it. Analogies and metaphors are fantastic tools for conveying new information to the inexperienced. Teachers routinely introduce [...]

Paddling With a Camera is a blog I just discovered thanks to ProBloggers recent Group Writing Project. I was zipping around in Marek Uliasz’s site, initially psyched at having found a blog devoted to two of my favorite out-of-office activities. That would be, clearly, paddling my kayak and photography. Then I found the part about [...]

A few years ago my friend Susy and I began creating blank notecards under the name Gate Ways. I took black & white photographs of gates in wilderness areas around Prescott when we were out hiking. I printed the photos in my darkroom and and then made cards of images. We both got busy with [...]

On Friday I launched a new website that focuses just on our town. While many other directory-style sites exist, my new page is an outgrowth of this site, which has always included some information about Prescott here. My town is a tourist destination and becomes the next home for many of those who visit. This [...]

The most recent fitness trend I read about is Yogalates (Yoga and Pilates combined). When I told my very buff husband about it, he asked if that is “when you do yoga and go out for latte’s after?” Chuckles aside, my favorite workout combination goes like this: racquetball at 6:45 a.m., just two games, followed [...]

No, this isn’t about the “Happy Holidays” vs. “Merry Christmas” thing. I decided to be closed for 4 weeks during the winter this year and am testing the viability of this concept, both in terms of its restorative qualities for my as well as the convenience/inconvience to my clients. The first two weeks were about [...]

Puerto Peñasco. No one else on the beach for several miles. Friend Sue F. and I explored the estuary by kayak yesterday (see Sue kayaking at right) and then it took us about two hours to make it back to a point that would have taken 10 minutes on foot. Lesson learned, today we headed [...]