Full disclosure #1: I’ve never written a book review before. I apologize in advance. Full disclosure #2: The publisher sent me the book for free, but I was not compensated in any way to review it. Full disclosure #3: I don’t have a third one, but I kinda feel a list should have at least […]
The Catch-22 of Blogging
So, my previous Patch editor and I have had several discussions about the fact that while bloggers are valued and becoming more spotlighted on Patch (due to site-design changes), they remain unpaid for publishing there. Or on the Huffington Post. Or on the Daily Kos. Very few of the big sites pay their bloggers, as […]
Who’s THAT guy?
Once upon a time, there was a man named Dr. Benjamin Rush. Never heard of him? Not surprising, even though he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and helped ratify the Constitution of the United States. He was beloved in his time, spent much of his medical career helping the poor, was an […]
It Goes to 11.
A few days ago, I was tagged in a blogging chain interview by a great friend who doesn’t realize how this would hang over my head if I didn’t do it immediately, so I’m doing it, already!!!! She asks 11 questions, I answer. Then, I have to come up 11 of my own – questions […]
Stranger Danger – Part Deux
Before I began blogging, I wrote a Facebook note about my experiences with “stranger danger” – first as a child, then as a parent. Yesterday, I met my local Patch editor for lunch and to catch up. We talked about lots of things, but among them were a bunch of ideas I had for future […]
Reblog – “In Their Corner”
I wrote this last May after hearing about an absolutely horrific, avoidable car accident in which several teenagers (one of them was an acquaintance’s niece) lost their lives. Some of them, slowly. I’m reblogging it because Spring Break is upon us, and after that, Senior Weeks, Prom season, then graduation parties. Catonsville Patch re-ran it […]
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