Posted in Everyday, Blog Stuff on Jun 16th, 2007 No Comments »
I have many deep thoughts on my mind, both introspective and contemplative, and I am starting to feel my circuits cross from lack of time to process via writing. I am to the point at which these thoughts bounce around in my head with no anchor, and my mind can not find stillness in […]
Posted in Blog Stuff on Jun 6th, 2007 No Comments »
Does anyone who went to Blogher last year (2006) remember whose blog had song titles (or lyrics) as blog post titles????
Posted in Blog Stuff on May 9th, 2007 13 Comments »
Welcome to the new era of Jen, and the new era of The Pile I’m Standing In. I’m very excited about the change happening in both, and I felt my blog needed a new look to reflect how I feel. Poke around a little to see what’s new, and definitely check out the […]
Posted in Everyday, Blog Stuff on May 8th, 2007 4 Comments »
I’m completing my third and final hour of writing at the wine bar, and I’m feeling quite frustrated by failed expectations. It seems that I feel inspired to write at any time of day or week OTHER THAN the time I have set aside to do such things. On Sunday morning I jumped out […]
Posted in Blog Stuff on Apr 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Here is the final installment of the podcast I did with The Kindlings Muse. It was great fun, and I hope to have the opportunity again - if for nothing else than to wear that cool Madonna-mic again.
For as much as I hate it when the media pits two extremes against […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Blog Stuff on Apr 5th, 2007 No Comments »
I should really call these posts ‘Twenty Minutes of Fame,’ since that’s about how long each segment is, but that just isn’t catchy.
Here is part 2 of the Kindlings Muse panel discussion with Dick Staub. In this segment you get to hear Dick put me on the spot with a question about […]
Posted in Blog Stuff on Apr 4th, 2007 1 Comment »
I had a wonderful time with the folks over at The Kindlings Muse on Monday night, but it reinforced why I prefer the medium of writing over voice or video - namely, that I hate the sound of my voice, and when I’m trying to figure out what to write next you don’t hear me […]
Posted in Books, Learning, Blog Stuff on Mar 31st, 2007 3 Comments »
Last night Bryan and I went to see Annie Lamott read from her new book, Grace (Eventually), which she nearly titled Forgivishness.
I was first introduced to Annie’s writing when I became pregnant with Ruthie and my sister-in-law gave me her copy of Operating Instructions. I think I read that book in one […]
Posted in Blog Stuff, Living In Community on Mar 29th, 2007 3 Comments »
On Monday evening (April 2) I will be participating in a round table discussion as a panelist with a group called The Kindlings. The topic is online community and whether it can be real and engaging to those involved. I’m very honored to be participating, and I hope it will help me flesh […]
Posted in Blog Stuff on Mar 27th, 2007 3 Comments »
I have not been reading Kathy Sierra’s blog for very long - Bryan suggested only a couple weeks ago that I should check her out. Then yesterday I read about all that has happened to her - the death threats and such.
This is the dark underside of the blogosphere, as Ted Leung put it. […]
Posted in Blog Stuff on Mar 17th, 2007 1 Comment »
It’s Saturday afternoon. The kids are asleep, Bryan is snoring on the couch, and Return of the Jedi is on cable (HD!). I have just enjoyed a relaxing hour of catching up on some beloved blog reading - as much as two months worth of posts! That may sound overwhelming to some, […]
Posted in Blog Stuff, Living In Community on Mar 12th, 2007 8 Comments »
I’ve heard of other blogging groups getting together for meet-ups in the area, and thought it might be fun for the Friends of This Pile (heretofore called FoTP) to have a local Meet-Up as well! Are you interested? I’d love to meet you in person (those I don’t know already), and I think […]
Posted in Blog Stuff, Living In Community on Mar 6th, 2007 No Comments »
If you’re anything like me (read: narcissistic), The Truman Show was the movie that made you want to smoke a cigarette when it was over. I could have made millions had I capitalized on my vivid childhood imagination, for I had envisioned ‘reality tv’ long before it was even a whisper in the womb. […]
Posted in Blog Stuff, Travel on Feb 24th, 2007 1 Comment »
I have to admit that I wasn’t all that excited about coming to Northern Voice this weekend – but only because it’s been a busy month of traveling, and I was feeling overwhelmed. On the way to a party on Thursday night for friends who were in town I said to Bryan, ‘Would you […]
Posted in Blog Stuff, Travel on Feb 23rd, 2007 2 Comments »
Because you can never pack, unpack, and repack a suitcase (or three) too many times in a two month period, we are on the road again. On the heals of our trip to Portland last weekend in which our children also went in separate directions to be cared for, I had three days to […]