May 8, 2012
Here are a few posts I have written in winter/spring for Pure Visibility: Do you want a free world…or a walled garden? Tumblr about to outcompete “blog” in popularity (not yet Twitter or Facebook) High five you rock! #h5yr Teaching web analytics – sandbox or “play” account needed
March 9, 2012
I spoke on “Writing for On-Screen Consumption: Tips, Tools & Techniques” at the Original Equipment Suppliers Association – Automotive Public Relations Council meeting on February 28, 2012. Quick summary here: APRC Meeting Teaches Not So Old Dogs Some New Tricks. I used the career changes my mom has had in her lifetime and her passion for [...]
March 8, 2012
The Iyengar yoga teacher I have mentioned several times, Elise Browning Miller, is coming back to Michigan. I cannot wait! Her classes will be hosted by the Michigan Yoga Association in Kalamazoo. The workshop details are in a PDF on their website. I thought I’d republish them here in HTML to make them easier to share. [...]
January 26, 2012
I didn’t do a New Year’s Resolution this year, but one got me anyway. Elise Browning Miller, an Iyengar yoga teacher who specializes in Yoga for Scoliosis, conducted a weekend yoga workshop in Chicago in early January. Egged on by a friend who was also interested, I attended. I have been to two of Elise’s [...]
December 2, 2011
I’ve been suffering from some lower back stiffness and pain, and after many experiments, I have found that changing my work ergonomics, heat, and a set of exercises have helped. Well, this sometimes painful, usually stiff lower back thing has been bothering me the last two summers and the fall, winter, and spring in between. [...]
October 21, 2011
I wrote an obituary for Beverly Rathcke that was published in the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America.
September 2, 2011
I’m reading Laurie Helgoe’s Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength (Amazon affiliate link) and it is making me think and remember. I’m definitely an introvert, recharged in time alone or with close friends and not necessarily a great conversationalist, especially not with new folks. And I usually saw this as a fault, [...]
August 15, 2011
Last fall and winter, several of us at Pure Visibility embarked on a book-writing project. We wrote a book proposal, including an outline, a justification for why our book was different from what was available, and including a sample chapter. And our proposal was accepted! With amazing help and gentle encouragement from our editor at [...]
May 8, 2011
Spring has arrived in Michigan, and this is a good thing. It has been a rough winter, personally. January was particularly grim. I lost my dear friend and mentor Beverly Rathcke, we lost our long time cat companion Floyd. So it was good to start digging in the garden, always lifts my spirits and grounds me [...]
January 15, 2011
I love books and am a complete sucker for tests that allow me to measure myself and gain insights into how I might be more effective and happier at work. I’ve taken the Strengthsfinder, Myers-Briggs, DISC, and more. I received an advance copy of Barry Libert’s Social Nation: How to Harness the power of Social [...]
not particularly objective musings on odds and ends – Dunrie Greiling, Ann Arbor, MI 48105