TL;DR Summary: I’m a slow traveler who’s journeyed 5,000+ nautical miles with my eyes on the horizon and the wind in my sails. In this article, I share some of the reasons I became a liveaboard cruising sailor, and I explain why I think #sailinglife beats #vanlife. These days, it isn’t just the lavish homes…
I’m working on organizing my pages of Valentine’s Day crafts over at KnittingCrochetCrafts.com. When I started the page, it was mostly just a list of crochet heart patterns. It has now grown way beyond that, but heart patterns are still one of the most popular mainstays on the list. Pictured above are a few options…
Happy Boxing Day, friends! OK, Christmas is over and done with. Next comes the part where we’re all supposed to make New Year’s resolutions about how we’re going to get healthy in 2025 and exercise every day and eat our vegetables. What are your plans for 2025? Whatever they are, I’m wishing you health, wealth,…
Here’s a Framework for Creating Long-Term Wealth as a Content Creator TLDR summary: I wrote this post for fellow content creators. Read this if you want to understand how some of the top-earning content creators and platforms build wealth. If you aren’t a content creator, and you don’t care about internet platforms, you can safely…
Digital Marketing Agencies Are Useful for Selling Degree Programs, Pet Food and Lipstick, But Not So Great for Marketing Specialized B2B Technology Products. I’ve been earning my full-time living online as a content creator since 2009, and was doing it part-time for long before then. I put my own by-line on my personal projects (mostly…
You can do anything. But you can’t do everything! What? What do you mean, I can’t do everything? Of course I can do everything! Didn’t anybody explain to you that I’m Wonder Woman?! *FacePalm* I’ve enjoyed a varied and interesting career that started with hospitality; diverted to retail management; segued into textile design, product development…
If you’ve been following me for awhile, you might remember that I designed these ruffled fingerless gloves for publication in Sharon Hernes Silverman’s lovely crochet pattern book called Delicate Crochet. Stackpole Books is the publisher. I’m excited to announce that I’ve released a standalone digital PDF download of this pattern for sale. A few of…
If you’ve been following me for awhile, you might remember that I designed this crochet necklace for publication in Sharon Hernes Silverman’s lovely crochet pattern book called Delicate Crochet. Stackpole Books is the publisher. I’m excited to announce that I’ve released a standalone digital PDF download of this pattern for sale. A few of the…
I dedicated most of my productive work hours this month to my husband Mike’s tech startup. Let’s hope that someday we we will be billionaires as a result of that effort. Right now, the tech startup is a cash-eating animal that costs money rather than earning it. The worst part is that it is also…
There was a time in the past when I used to blog daily — but never at my own website(s). I did this for clients’ websites, but not for my own. Looking back at my past mistakes (which are numerous!), I can say that that failing to maintain my own blog was one of them….