The mardi gras beads look like pearls, no? It’s a fancy 5K.
Be the change you wish to see. (I grew up hearing that a lot.) Get involved in what you believe in. (And hearing that.) Make your voice heard. (That, too.) But my family didn’t just talk the talk, the walked it, too. Sometimes literally, like just last weekend for the …
I don’t believe there is a reason for everything. There are events, things that can’t be made sense of, that simply defy reason. I don’t believe in reasons for some things. But signs. I believe in signs. Good ones. Like hummingbirds. And Friday the 13ths. And red balloons. I believe …
I’m editing photos from the Autism Speaks 5K today in Pasadena. Great day with family and friends - but really, LA, 85+ temps in April? Slow down summer…what’s the rush? xo a.
I began writing about social media netiquette and ethics for blog readers and writers, but the more I saw kids (elementary through high school) using apps on their smartphones and iPads, and online on sites that I use, I realized that the conversation needed to expand. Like, yesterday. Curious, I …
Yesterday they released all the conference details for BlogHer ’12, which will be here before we know it. I’ll be speaking on day two, so if you’re coming I hope to see you there - friends, Manhattan, BlogHer, Manhattan - what more could you want? When I opened the homepage …
Ever have one of those days where you find yourself with more to do than is possible, and so you gather your resources and decide what you can reasonably accomplish and then resign yourself to the fact that you can’t do everything you want, but you’ll get done all you …
I so often write If Emily Posted discussing the ways that we, as bloggers, need to give online writing the same attention to detail as print publications if we want to be respected. That we might even have to try harder because we have to gain that respect in a …
(Codes for the comment badges are available at the end of the post - take your Technicolor pick!) This week, I guest posted at MomComm, a wonderful resource to help bloggers build stronger sites. Thanks to Melissa for allowing me to share Everything You Wanted to Know about Blog Images …
When I can’t give 100%, I’d rather do less and do it better. Only that’s not really true. I don’t want to do less. Do it all and well would make me very happy in a Veruca Salt sort of way. But I’ve learned that it isn’t really possible to …
We need enormous pockets, pockets big enough for our families and our friends, and even the people who aren’t on our lists, people we’ve never met but still want to protect. We need pockets for boroughs and for cities, a pocket that could hold the universe. - Jonathan Safran Foer, …