Where I Am

I've been on vacation with my girls. Sweetie tried valiently to teach Small how to skip stones, with notably poor results. We built fairy houses and fed chickens and ate lots of fried shrimp. I swam in the ocean and in a pool and rode a tube down a huge water slide. I got stung by two bees, discovered a new microbrew, paddled a canoe through a salt marsh, hiked in the woods, and explored a cool city on foot by myself.

It was perfect.

Because I’m self-employed, I also got a lot of work done. I’ve got a new post up at the Daily Hampshire Gazette’s Aspire Project. It’s about an exciting new project I’m working on with my friend and colleague Amy Pybus. 

I was interviewed by Women's Running magazine for an article that got picked up by active.com.  I didn't actually write the article, though they gave me the by-line. 

I developed an exhausting comprehensive marketing program for my fall self-defense and wellness offerings with the help of designer Anne Campbell.  Very soon I will be technologically advanced enough to share them with you.

I also obtained a couple of things: a tenacious summer cold and a new laptop. The cold is giving me an excuse to slow down even though I use this part of the summer to re-up my conscious organization: clean out the cubbies, wipe down the fridge, catalog the hand-me-downs at the back of the closet. The laptop is an investment in my continued writing. I have a plan, which includes technology and childcare and a book proposal.  This, combined with the cold, is so overwhelming I feel like going back to bed. 

But I can handle it.  This little silence shouldn’t alarm anyone. I’m resting. I’m working. I’ll be back.