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Zen Garden
It’s time for me to write something about web design in amongst all of the personal bits. One of the first things I have new customers do is to follow the link on the right hand side of my site to the Zen Garden and review some of their sample sites. For some, this seems…
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Grandma Gladys
After Mona’s death, I’ve been thinking about what it means to be a woman, and in particular how I came to feel the way I do about femininity. This has led me to thinking about the odd circumstances of my childhood and formative years that have led me to seek role models from outside my…
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What’s in a name?
Things are settling down on the home front now, and before I launch into the adventure of making Thanksgiving Cookies, I thought I should post an update to the blog. Web design is full of technical potholes, some of which are deeper than others. Some of them are giant sinkholes just waiting for the unwary….
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Mona
I first met Mona in 1988. Meeting my boyfriend’s parents was a scary proposition. Terror doesn’t even begin to express the emotions I had running through my mind. So, when I found myself looking down at a tiny woman in her night-gown and worn robe, I was shocked. Her voice was gravelly, sounding perpetually annoyed…
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Moving the Blog
My adventures in blogging began with a series of tests of different blogging platforms. I felt that I couldn’t advise people without at least trying them. Part of the test was to see which platform would be picked up first by the search engines. Interestingly enough, WordPress was picked up before Blogger in my test….
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I am allergic to money
News from the Surrey International Writer’s Conference: It has been a busy couple of days in the vendor hall and I still have one more to go. I have had a wonderful time encouraging writers, sharing information, and generally basking in the cumulative affect of having this many truly creative individuals in one place. I…
