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  • When Time is Short and Projects are Long

    What’s on the iPod: Nothing — no time to listen! Today is the Trade Magazine webinar! If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to make your mark in a lucrative industry, sign up here and join us at noon ET/ 9 am PT. You get two sessions plus a free month in the Five Buck…

  • Work as Rest

    What’s on the iPod: Keep Yourself Warm by Frightened Rabbit What a productive weekend! First, we headed to New Jersey for a meditation mini-retreat. The weather cooperated — it was a beautiful, cooler day in the high 70s/low 80s with a nice breeze. We were in a Friends meeting house, which was air conditioned, but…

  • Random Friday Hoo Haa

    What’s on the iPod: Marry Song by Band of Horses What a day yesterday. I had a talk with a new client, who hired me for immediate work. It’s good, but I’m not getting my main project any closer to completion by taking on more need-it-now work. I spent a few hours after getting their…

  • Fight or Flight

    What’s on the iPod: Itchin’ on a Photograph by Grouplove Don’t forget–next week is the Trade Magazine webinar! Sign up here and get the two-session series.  A slow, slightly frustrating day yesterday. I did get done all I had to, but little of what I wanted to. I have an article due that’s hanging over me like…

  • Wednesday Workshops

    What’s on the iPod: Ten Thousand Words by The Avett Brothers Did I really just have a day where I wasn’t running full throttle? I can’t tell you how refreshing it was to get done all those small projects I’ve been putting off until I had time. I even had extra time to record an…

  • Technology Rocks

    What’s on the iPod: Ten Thousand Words by The Avett Brothers Don’t forget–next week is the Trade Magazine webinar! Sign up here and get the two-session series.   Yesterday was an unexpected break from the madness that has been my last two months. I had two phone calls scheduled that never occurred, and while that…

  • Disabled

    What’s on the iPod: Through the Dirt and the Gravel by We Were Promised Jetpacks Lovely, albeit hot weekend. Early Saturday morning I drove to northwestern Connecticut to see my son and his girlfriend. The drive was beautiful — just a little rain as I was leaving home — and I was able to put…

  • Organized Chaos

    What’s on the iPod: Blunderbuss by Jack White Yesterday was one of those days where I thought I’d have plenty of time to get one thing done, but of course didn’t. I started with interviews — had to get through them so I could get the article finished. But husband was home with his own…