I am pleased to share a guest post from my friend Mandi about her experience of the time she and her family spent at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. I watched my 10-year-old and held my breath. We were standing in front of Ground Zero, the memorial for all those lost lives, where the […]
Introducing the Modern Blogging Masterclass With a #Giveaway!
Do you sometimes feel like this guy when trying to achieve your social media goals? Your vision is obscured and you aren’t even sure where to aim. I know I do! I have been blogging since 2009, and still have so much to learn. It was one thing when it was just me, blogging to flex […]
Hope for Jose
As I write this, we have had power back on for almost 8 hours. Yes, we did do a happy dance of celebration at 3 am when the whole house lit up after a hurricane-induced outage of more than 48 hours. Our outage was a “hardship.” Our home was really hot; we had to cook […]
Facebook and Politics: Is There Anything to Like?
This week, Kat of Mama’s Losin’ It encouraged us to write to this prompt: 10 things you have learned about politics from Facebook. ONE: Zero Minds have Ever Been Changed Because of a Facebook Share There have been many opinions and information pieces shared on Facebook which did change my mind or at least inform me. I’ve learned […]
Barnes and Noble $100 Gift Card #Giveaway!
What are you reading right now? I’m reading The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough. I was inspired by our family trip last month to Greenfield Village near Detroit, where I saw the Wright Brothers’ home as well as their shop. After visiting those two buildings, I had to dig deeper! I always have a book in […]
Finding Mars: A #NASASocial Experience
Finding our way to Mars is going to take an unprecedented amount of resolve. We’ll need the best people, the wisest use of equipment, and the most thought through of plans. When I participated in the #NASAMarsDay NASA Social August 17 and 18, I got an in-depth look at the people, the equipment, and the […]