Thank you Blog Readers

I want to say thank you to those of you who read my blog. It has been a labor of love and sometimes just pure labor. I’ve been trying to consolidate my stats this week between my original site and my current site. It’s been an interesting journey to see what posts are popular and…

Over 100 posts

One of my goals this year was to post at least 100 blogs. I hit 106 posts this week. My 100th post was actually the Stumbling on the Perfect Gift post. (Must have been because I mailed the hats yesterday – just in time for colder weather.) One of the things that it took me…

Don’t Let Perfect Be the Enemy of Good

I have let perfect be the enemy of the good. It’s something I struggle against in a lot of things. I tend to look at writing as something that has to be perfect – each and every time. I have let perfect be the enemy of the good in so many ways, it’s hard to…

Remembering September 11th – Part 2

Shortly after September 11th, 2001, my brother, Shane, and I decided to drive my brother in law’s car to him, in New York. Lloyd and his partner, Gaston, had just moved to New York in August 2001 and were not too thrilled about it. They had left their car in California thinking in NY City…