Day 2: the plan to name blizzards like hurricanes makes me happy

I’m a weather geek. I love writing about the weather in non-technical terms. I love reading about weather-related stories. I love coming up with news or feature stories that relate how the weather affects our every-day lives including activities, economy and so on. The funny/ironic thing is, I technically have a Storm Spotter certificate but … Read More

Day 1: Learning how to make my own simple clipart graphics

I’m not a graphic artist by any stretch of any of the craziest imaginations. When I use art for my blogs, it’s either crappy pictures I’ve taken myself or images I’ve found on the free area of Flickr. I heard at WordCamp Fayetteville that it’s really easy to make your own graphics on PowerPoint but … Read More

My love/hate relationship with shoes (yup, this is about disability)

All girls love shoes, right? After all, you must have black ones, brown ones, white ones and a few of various other colors. There’s heels, flats, boots, boat shoes, snow shoes, pumps … the list goes on and on. I’ve had a love/hate relationship with shoes pretty much my whole life. Mostly the hate side, … Read More