Why I never wanted to work for myself: “I need the benefits.” Can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this from people in the past month, citing why they have no options outside of full-time employment with another company. And each time I hear it, a little song plays in my head… I...
Read more →And now, on a personal note: The 3-sentence memoir that I submitted for a Flash NonFiction contest—sponsored by Paper Darts Magazine on Facebook—won by collecting the most ‘likes’. As a result, they posted it on their website and it will be published in their next magazine, along with a short bio of yours truly....
Read more →Remember this past September, when I taught a social media session at the AABC Birth Institute in California? It’s been two and a half months since I spent that weekend immersed in the messaging and mission of birth centers, midwives, and amazing people who tirelessly lead the charge for better women’s health care. That...
Read more →Now, I know from analytics that people don’t hang on my every tweet, or flock to my site in droves. And I’ve never caused a Google outage. At least not since I took down those pictures. But ANYWAY. Last week, @grandciel came up to me at@jmu612 and said, “I always enjoy reading your blog!...
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