All Over the Place
A book: I’m currently reading The Florist’s Daughter by Patricia Hampfl. Her paragraphs are better than poetry. Here’s one: The Midwest. The flyover, where even the towns have fled to the margins, groceries warehoused in Wal-Marts hugging the freeways, the red barns of family farms sagging, dismantled and sold as “distressed” wood for McMansion kitchens,…
Facebook PhotoStrip Can Be Fun!
I love #blogchat! Every Sunday night at 8 p.m. Central on twitter a group of bloggers get together and talk about a particular subject. (I use www.tweetchat.com to follow the hashtag #blogchat) Last night we talked about Facebook versus Blog for businesses. I think it was a draw. Today I went into my twitter mention…
Change is Good
It’s no big secret – change is good. Now a lot of people don’t like change. I think they’re just looking at it the wrong way. Change has many definitions. Here’s just a few: to pass gradually into (spring into summer) to pass from one phase into another anything that is or can be substituted…
We’re having a concert in Hampton
We’re having a concert in Hampton March 12. Not just any concert though. It’s the Simon Estes Young Performing Artist Concert and Residency. That’s a mouthful. Here’s what it means. 2 college graduates with degrees in some form of fine arts will come to Hampton on Friday. They’ll perform and hang out with the kids…
Des Moines 140 Character Conference Needs Speakers
May 9 there’s going to be a 140 Character Conference at the Stoner Theatre in the Civic Center, downtown Des Moines. We need speakers. Simply go to http://desmoines.140conf.com and find the Speaker Link on the left – fill out the form. What are we looking for in a speaker? The key to being selected to…
Depression is a Disease
In our family we jokingly refer to “the crazy gene.” See, my dad suffers from depression. He’s had the kind of depression that got treated with shock treatments in the 60’s. I remembered those Jack Nicholson One Flew Over the Cukoos Nest days in my dad’s life. I was a scared teenager – and swore…
Teach and you will Learn
It’s important to keep learning. That’s why I like teaching so much. Tonight I have a Creating Facebook Fan Pages class I’m teaching at Hampton NIACC. Facebook is pretty good at updating their information and my old PowerPoint presentation from 6 months ago needed updating. Off I went to Google to do a little research.…
9 Destructive Reasons We Cling To Clutter
Today’s guest blogger is Christine Kane. She’s a semi regular here at Debworks and we love her common sense! Enjoy. “Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery A retired man once told me he loved going camping with his wife because camping…
Down time at the Lake
I was at a party at a cottage on Beeds Lake late last year. I just loved the house! It overlooked the lake, had two bedrooms and a huge living room. I volunteered to house sit if she ever needed someone. I got the call this week asking if I still wanted to house sit.…
Slide Share
Want to learn something? Go check out www.slideshare.net Here’s a great guide I found on making Fancy Facebook Fan Pages! Fancy Facebook Fan Pages – A Step By Step Guide