Category: Blog
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A story about taking out the nails.
Once upon a time, in a small village nestled in the valley of towering mountains, lived a young carpenter named Elias. He had inherited his craft from his father, who had inherited it from his father before him. Elias was known for his ambition and eagerness to prove himself worthy of his family’s legacy. He…
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2023 Year In Review
Every year, I write a review of the previous year, but I don’t always publish them. I’ve come to the conclusion I should. I’ve learned over time there is always someone who finds encouragement from what I share. What I recall of Sunday school was that the more difficult something became, the more rewarding it…
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I spoke at WordCamp US and you can, too. Really, you can.
Early last spring (2018), I submitted three proposed talks for WordCamp US, the annual conference for developers and users of WordPress. It was to be held in Nashville later that in year, in November. In this post, I’m going to share the three things I wanted to speak about, two reasons why I almost didn’t…
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An AAR of the Freelancer’s Conference (inspired by the Fyre Festival documentary)
In 2016, I launched a conference for freelancers that would be held the following year, in April 2017. In late February 2017, I cancelled that conference and refunded all of the tickets. After watching the Fyre Festival documentary on Netflix this afternoon, I decided to write a bit about my own failure launching an event,…
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2018: A Year In Review
I’m writing this year in review as encouragement to myself (and to you) to blog, and blog more. We did a lot of great things this year, and when I sat down to review the year at once I can see more easily what a joy 2018 was. It didn’t start out that way, though.…
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Pumpkin Chili
The weather finally turned cool this week and I personally felt the need to mark the passing of summer with the MOST possible fall-like meal ever: Pumpkin Chili. Everyone in our family gobbled it up! I hope you’ll try it soon and let me know what you think of it. Update – I entered this…