My son, Jaden, has recently taken up the sport of track cycling (pictured above — the photo is not of Jaden). He has taken to the sport naturally and has been thoroughly enjoying his training at the velodrome. Since Jaden has only been riding for about two weeks now, he began practice today as the [...]
My random seven…at long last
Four score and seven years ago…well, maybe more like a three and a half weeks ago…my dear friend Kate tagged me to blog seven random facts about myself. I obviously didn't take up the challenge immediately. Instead I worked on transferring my WordPress blog to my own domain. So now that that's all done, I [...]
Welcome to my new home (Plus a Giveaway!)
I've just recently secured my own domain name and self-hosting, so my old blog on WordPress has officially moved to this new home! To celebrate this move to my new domain, I'm hosting a giveaway. The winner of the giveaway will win a custom button/banner design and a copy of the wonderful book, The Wordsmith, [...]


















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