A CBA Hero
My friend Jamie Greening recently shared this picture on Facebook: First of all, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! It’s funny because it’s (sort of) true.
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The Truth
Summer is always interesting. They call it “summer break,” but I think that only applies to the kids. I have never been busier. I went straight from the frantic pace …
Reluctance
At the risk of repeating myself . . . Here I am again, five months after my last post wondering how this much time went by. I have to be …
Managing the Limp
So fall is almost gone. Clearly, I have not managed to get back on the blogging bandwagon at all since emerging from my cave. Forgive me. I will make this …
Begin Again
Well. It’s September. How did that happen? I don’t know what happened to my summer. It blew by in a whirlwind of errands, appointments, campouts, projects, events, and kid ferrying …
Changes
“We write to taste life twice.” — Anais Nin Review I don’t know where the time goes. It’s been more than two months since I posted anything here. There are …
Home Again, Home Again
Hello, friends. How time does slip away when one is caught up in life! It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a month since I last posted here. Between …
Seven Words to Ban from Your Business Copy
Despite the trend toward more casual business copy, I’ve noticed that certain words still crop up on websites, in letters, and on blogs with a fair amount of frequency. These …
Copy Flab: Four Words to Cut from Your Copy
I’ve been tinkering with business copy off and on for over 25 years, and there are certain weaknesses that crop up over and over again. In this series of posts, …
Linguistic Evolution
Well, it would appear that Google is going to put freelancers like me right out of business: Who needs those pesky “letters” anyway? Let’s just speak in Emoji from now …