I’m finding blogging, and keeping up with it, to be a fascinating process. I have lots of ideas to share on numerous topics. Yet it’s been almost a week since my last post – my bad.

The fact is I have five (Yes 5!) blog posts in various stage of creation. One needs a pic, one needs a few links added, one needs another example, etc. None are finished, none are posted. And that’s the point. Read the rest of this entry →

Aloha

Stories draw us in and encourage us to keep reading, to find out the ending. Whether it’s for a book you are self publishing or you are using the story for marketing and publicity, stories work.

This story was written by my dear friend Janet, who lives north of San Francisco. She’s a true angel. Enjoy!

Imagine my surprise yesterday as I went downstairs and noticed a sound, familiar, but out of context. Yes, I’d heard it right; there was a distinct quacking of a female duck, coming from outside. When I opened the front door, the regular, short quacks continued, about one every four seconds. Sure enough, when I ventured out I saw a beautiful duck walking on our pathway towards the garden. She seemed even more radiant when I noticed she was flanked by an adoring entourage of miniscule ducklings, all peeping in chorus in answer to her regularly timed quacks. Read the rest of this entry →