Okay, so you have a commercial business website. Do you know how many visitors you need each day or week to make a sale? Shouldn’t you? I helped a client once who was only attracting 14 visitors a day. Sales were few and far between. When I left him he was getting over 800 visitors […]
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Moving On
Pierce County Executive, Bruce Dammeier announcement. Despite the increased conjecture over the last couple of years, I was not ready for the announcement that Russell Wilson had been traded to Denver. And the reactions of people I talked with were across the board. Some frustrated Seahawks fans wished him good riddance, while others thought it […]
Gas Change Money Grifters – A Short Story
Calling Doctor Weirdo Mystery – The Introduction of a New HeroEpisode 12 – Gas Change Money Grifters It had been a cold winter . . . a mostly unhappening, boring weekend except for the fact that Russia had invaded Ukraine and the price of gas was climbing as ex-president Bush claimed when we were younger. […]
Across the Fence: Mapping Surprises
Has it ever occurred to you that the road atlas you may still own might not be up-to-date or totally wrong in places? And that nobody bothers to update it, obviously, as so many people rely on GPS these days? My husband and I still study maps – most of you know this by now. […]
The Case of the Wayward Unagi Slipper – A Short Story
I was installing some weather stripping at the bottom of my office door. I was kneeling down on all fours and when I stood up, I realized my Drew left foot house slipper was half off the sole. I had repaired both the right and left slippers numerous times with super glue and so I […]
Uneasy Reunion – Family and Death
“For death may come, with brow unpleasant . . . May come when least we wish him present . . “ Death is always nearby. Today it’s on the opposite side of the world, but our latest news brings it close and into our living rooms. Our very intimate local production house meets death with […]
Head Over Heels – Lakewood Playhouse Musical – Review
I think Head Over Heels is Showboat in disguise. Both musicals are about pretending and searching for love and acceptance. Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Head Over Heels by The Go-Go’s is a musical adapted from The Countess of Pembroke written by Sir Philip […]
A Ray of Hope
Pierce County Executive, Bruce Dammeier announcement. Let’s face it. It’s been a hard week. Like many of you, I have been closely watching the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine. Certainly, Putin vastly underestimated the spirit of independence of the Ukrainian people. Sadly, he is not backing down, and we are seeing the war escalate – […]
Across the Fence: Time-Wise Business
The other day, I drove home by way of Gravelly Lake Drive in Lakewood and passed by the tiny strip mall across from where the video shop was about a decade ago. Before the latter went out of business because everybody turned to new media. Now that people re-discover the treasures they have on video, […]