Posts under ‘BlogHer’

Editor’s Note: This post appeared earlier this week on BlogHer, but since I’m headed to the Iowa State Fair this weekend, I thought it was most appropriate to point you in its direction.
The first time I visited the Iowa State Fair, I arrived armed with an annotated map.
My friend Leah, whose father is the [...]

I’m excited and honored to announced that one of my recent posts, A healing garden and an affirmation, has been selected as a finalist in the BlogHer ’10 Voices of the Year competition in the Opinion-Editorial category. The piece will be honored as part of a gala event and art auction benefiting the Nature Conservancy [...]

Note: This is reblogged from BlogHer, where it appeared yesterday. But I wanted to share this with those of you who don’t read me over there.
I have spent a good portion of my life trying to balance out time for creative work and time for work that actually pays the bills, fitting in [...]

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared yesterday on BlogHer, but in case you’re not a BlogHer reader, I wanted to share these great ideas in case you’re still planning your New Year’s menu!
The year is almost over, and it’s time to settle on the menu for New Year’s gatherings. I love using New Year’s Eve [...]

The year’s almost over, and if you haven’t started thinking about New Year’s Eve plans, now’s the time! I wanted to share two sets of resources with you that might be helpful as you do your New Year’s party planning. Both of them are round-ups of cocktails I posted on BlogHer, and I hope they’ll [...]

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on BlogHer on Monday, but I felt it was important enough that I wanted to cross-post it here. I encourage you to visit BlogHer and read the thoughtful comments readers have been posting, as well — I really appreciate hearing everyone’s thoughts on this particular issue.

Late last week, a [...]

I’m not going to lie…I don’t know if it’s just because I’m a blogger who is patently unafraid to step out from behind my computer screen, but I have often discovered there are huge perks to being someone who writes inane garden and food posts while also showing up at social events.
It’s not logical, but [...]

I had grand thoughts about doing some kind of “Welcome 2009” post. You know, the kind with resolutions and other weighty reflections on the year that has passed and the year that’s to come.
But instead? Instead, I am compelled to start the year by drawing your attention to Deb On The Rocks, a very, very [...]

Although I promised not to report any further on BlogHer ‘08, I do have one pressing obligation that I vowed to have off my plate before the end of the weekend: posting notes from the blog re-branding session that Diana of Of The Princess and The Pea and I hosted together on Sunday morning.
The attendees [...]

If you’ve been following my Twitter account over the past few days and weren’t a BlogHer ’08 attendee, you’re probably about ready to abandon me, either because you wanted to be there and are madly jealous, or because you couldn’t give a whit about the conference and you would prefer I stick to my regular [...]