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27/05/2026

Eleven members from the Women Learning Photography Together meetup will have their photos in an exhibit at the Southwest Community Center in Portland Thursday, June 4-Thursday, July 16. My photos are among them and feature different locations in Oregon and Washington.

The opening reception on June 4, 6-7:30 p.m., is open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

29/04/2026

Scams targeting writers are growing. Today, a colleague shared a message from Reedsy. Reedsy's website has designers, editors, and other service providers to help writers with their books. Martin, who spots scammers for Reedsy, called a scammer who was impersonating the company and making thousands from unsuspecting authors, recorded the call, and posted it on YouTube. Here's the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JObtritky4I

20/04/2026

I'm honored and deeply grateful for my memoir receiving first place in the 2025 Journey: Overcoming Adversity in Narrative Non-Fiction category. The first-place and grand prize winners in 28 categories of Chanticleer's annual competitions were announced on Saturday night at the Chanticleer Authors Conference in Bellingham, Washington.

18/03/2026

Every few years someone declares that technical communication is being completely reinvented.

But the profession has been evolving for decades.
Women in Technical Communication: From Typewriters to Touchscreens: A History by the Women Who Did the Work captures that history through the voices of women who built long careers in the field—adapting through wave after wave of technological change.

I'm among the 69 women who contributed stories to this book.

From typewriters to PCs to smartphones, these international stories show how the profession grew and changed over time.

Here's more information:

Women in Technical Communication: From typewriters to touchscreens: a history by the women who did the work

18/03/2026

The research on why cats land on their feet when they fall:

It takes backbone to solve an enigma like the “falling cat” problem.

17/03/2026

Are you curious about which jobs are the most and least vulnerable to automation? The Washington Post conducted an analysis about this. You can enter your title for a vulnerability ranking.

Most web designers will be fine. Many secretaries won’t. Women largely hold the most vulnerable occupations. Look up your job to see how at risk it is.

19/01/2026

“Don’t allow anybody to make you feel that you are nobody. Always feel that you count, always feel that you have worth, and always feel that your life has ultimate significance.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

11/01/2026

What happens to Christmas trees after the holiday festivities are over? Countless are tossed in the trash each year, and many wind up slowly decomposing in landfills, releasing harmful methane as they do. But along northwest England’s Fylde Coast, wildlife volunteers have come up with a novel way of repurposing their evergreens: using them to battle coastal erosion.

Each year, volunteers plant recycled Christmas trees along the Fylde Coast in the U.K. to help fight coastal erosion.

04/01/2026

One of the things I love about living on the west side of the Cascade Mountains is finding flowers in bloom year-round. Here's a closeup of one from a short walk this morning.

30/12/2025

Today only: The 2026 "Celebrating 365 Days of Gratitude" eBook is available for free. A few of my gratitude essays are included in the book again this year.

Download the book at this link:

New for 2026! The Community Book Project: Celebrating 365 Days of Gratitude People from all walks of life join together in this thought-of-the-day collection of essays. This book brims with appreciation without crossing the line to sappy or too “woo-woo.” Instead you will find evidence that harn...