Tag: blogging

  • A Writers Vacation

    Pause Beethoven, or at least someone playing his music. It is time to write, and for this post, to write about writing. As I mentioned in a recent post (Defiance) on my oldest blog, “I expected to take a few days to write for my self, writing about things that are so personal that I…

  • Finding Topics

    Listen to yourself. I’ll start by listening to me. What am I going to write about? It has been a couple of weeks since I posted to this blog. What should I write about? Enough stuff has been going on. I have plenty to write about for my main blog, which is about personal finance.…

  • Writing As Refuge

    Writing As Refuge Pardon the yawn. Also, pardon the delay since the last time I posted. Life always seems to be busy, but this episode in my life has spiked the activity level – until about now. The yawn helps prove that. I recently moved from a small house with a view on an island…

  • A New Gig – Island Roots Housing

    Well that was unexpected. Unsolicited opportunities happen. As soon as I sign the contract (expected soon), I will be an Social Media Manager / Information Manager / Content Creator / Writer for Island Roots Housing, a non-profit that “…advances affordable housing choices to meet a diversity of needs in Island County.” How’d that happen? Networking…

  • Words Words Words

    Silly person. Take a hint. Among the various blogs I’ve run, they’ve either been too general (personal finance, the fate of the world, etc.), or very specific (life on Whidbey Island), or for one of the books I wrote (Walking Thinking Drinking Across Scotland, Dream Invest Live). My writing deserves more space. This blog is…