Day 1: Insights from a Change Junkie on a Cruise
I’ve never slept on a boat before. The Washington state ferry from Anacortes to Orcas Island was the longest I’d ever ridden on a…
by Jewel August 8, 2013
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by Jewel August 8, 2013
Timber! Outdoor Music Festival in Pictures
A while back I posted a few reasons why you should consider putting Timber! Outdoor Music Festival on your calendar for next year. After…
by Jewel August 8, 2013
Goodbye World.
I’ve been remiss in posting these past couple of days, only pecking at my drafts like a baby chicken hunting for worms. Partly because…
by Jewel August 7, 2013
Bridge City Bridge Club inspired Card Game Genealogy
The legend is true. I play bridge. It started a few years ago when I was dating a lawyer and we were looking for…
by Jewel August 4, 2013
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For those who haven’t heard, I’m headed to Alaska later this week by boat (er, um, a cruise) and since we dock in Vancouver,…
by Jewel August 3, 2013
Who Needs Sleep? Some fun tidbits about that thing I wish I could get more of.
Turns out that blogging every day is hard work. Even when I skip a day or feel like slacking and sharing pictures instead, I…
by Jewel August 3, 2013
Timber! Fest Preview
Sometimes all I can hear is Car Talk, “well folks, it’s happened again. you’ve wasted yet another hour…” And so it goes. As such,…
by Jewel August 1, 2013
New in Tech: There’s a line for the women’s restroom
I first encountered this phenomenon at BarCamp Portland and again at Open Source Bridge – both this year. Finally, all that “Where the Tech is…
by Jewel July 30, 2013
Future Homes and an (un)Associated String of Consciousness
I can’t remember how the conversation started. My new housemate has a coffee sense about him and knows just when to wake up and…
by Jewel July 29, 2013
Why you should check out Timber! Fest Next Year
After a whirlwind weekend, I’m finally home and semi-breaking the rule of no computers in bed as I type this post into my phone…
by Jewel July 28, 2013
Family Band
I’m writing from I-5 on my way to the first ever Timber! Fest. (The exclamation is important, otherwise folks may get confused with the…
by Jewel July 26, 2013
Food Experiments – Non Recipes for the Daring
One of the benefits of community living, or having several housemates over the years, is the food culture that’s brought in and shared. Hands…
by Jewel July 23, 2013
My 30 Day Challenge
Early July I decided to resurrect my Personal Board of Advisers and bribed someone I considered influential, inspirational and vocal with lunch. I then…
by Jewel July 22, 2013
Animated Gifs: an iPhone App Review
Remember when animated gifs were what we used on the web, for real, alongside (and typically inside) tables? Thems were boring times compared to…
by Jewel July 22, 2013
Falls Creek Falls
Not much to say other than OH MY LAWDY I just saw the most beautiful falls that I’ve ever seen. Better than the one…
by Jewel July 21, 2013
Reluctant Home Owner Inspired, or what I learned from planting pampas grass
A former colleague of mine, Erin, shares his and his wife’s incredible home improvement projects on ReluctantHomeOwner.com. While I had not purchased my home…
by Jewel July 20, 2013
I Spy: a fresh look around a space that i see every day
Having lived with myself forever, I rarely stop to think what it must be like to live with me. Turns out “it’s an adventure”…
by Jewel July 19, 2013
IndieWebCamp and a Safari
IndieWebCamp happened and I missed it. However, I haven’t stopped thinking about it. Here’s what I’d heard at Open Source Bridge (as quoted on…
by Jewel July 18, 2013
A Need for Speed: How I sped up my WordPress Admin and WordPress (.org) Blog
To prep for my 30 Day Blogging Challenge (#30dc), I started to give my old blog a make over. This included upgrading WordPress, my…
by Jewel July 17, 2013
leather works: wedding gift fun and inspiration
As we head into prime wedding season, I figured it fitting to share a few recent wedding gift ideas that were extremely fun to…
by Jewel July 16, 2013
