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 Lynn [...]

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 kayaking [...]

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 work, [...]

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 [...]