*sigh* I received an invitation to attend Harve Bennett’s memorial service at Paramount. I will cherish it always. Alas, I can’t go. I’m tied up with six baby goats and six baby chicks and I live too far away these days to be able to make it a quick day trip. If I flew […]
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I’ve been expecting this sad day for quite some time, but it’s still hard. I’m glad Leonard Nimoy has been released from the bondage of COPD because the malady is miserable, and wishing him more time on earth here with us would be cruel. We need to be grateful for the time we had
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Hannah Krueger, Dave Robbs and Kristine M. Smith (Dave photo-bombing…with delighted permission!!!) T Justice and Kris at FORUM event Monday Night Candace Thompson’s FORUM takes place one evening a month in Puyallup. It offers up to four local small businesses each time the chance to pitch their companies and get valuable feedback from a panel
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Sometimes my Muse surprises me. I submitted a quote on a project that I thought would take me about an hour to do — write four Adwords ads for a current client to split test. Instead, I cranked out seven of them in a little over 30 minutes (no extra charge). The fellow loves them
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I got a $1050.00 project from a completely unexpected source this week. I was able to get it done in two days (off and on). I edited five existing web pages and wrote four others from scratch. I also edited a lot of descriptions (without charging for them) because I saw typos and grammatical errors
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I wrote a long-form sales letter on Monday and Tuesday. The client has proclaimed it “excellent” and paid me $3,000 for it. That’s just under a dollar per word… a good price for a relatively-new start-up company that must rely on a targeted audience and great conversion rates to keep on keepin’ on. I feel
Yesterday in less than 90 minutes both of my does gave birth to six wee ones–four boys and two girls. Both does had triplets. All are doing great! I was able to get in on all six births. As Maggie gave birth to her three boys within less than a half hour, Jazzy helped her
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I’ve been asked to give a motivational speech to high school students and their teachers and parents during a big event on February 4th in Graham. It should be a lot of fun. I’m looking forward to it. The topic I’ve been assigned: “How to Stay Positive”. That’s perfect for me. I should be able
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Locally, I know five copywriters personally. Two are men; three are women. Four of them (two men and two women) are self-proclaimed copywriters. Their portfolios reveal them to be newbies/wannabes. They’ve written feature pieces, some of which are pleasantly and properly written but far from powerfully written. A copywriter has to know how to write
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