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not easier

penny on July 3, 2023

it’s not easier
a parent lost to cancer
again why again

On August 24, 2022 we lost my mother-in-law to cancer. She’d been diagnosed just over a year prior. It’s been a challenging time for our family as we learn how to navigate parenting our remaining parent. I’ve struggled greatly this past year to figure out how to move forward (or why). The community has been incredibly supportive and I do not have words to properly express how much they mean to me and to our family.

If you would like to make a donation in her memory, a scholarship fund was established at the university where she taught for nearly 30 years. Please contact me if you would like further information.

For the best explanation of grief I’ve ever found, I point you to the ball, button, and box analogy. I hold that my box has many balls of various sizes, so the button often gets hit when I least expect it.

I’m not certain how frequently I’ll write at this site or what its future holds.

Each day is a new adventure.

my pen at work, july edition

penny on July 30, 2015

I still find these sorts of “where else you can find me” posts very difficult to write even though I know they’re beneficial (I’m not alone). They’ll appear here occasionally.

Some other spaces you can find words I’ve written:

Over at PennyWise Consulting, I focus on the technology my clients use. That shifts as my clients change, but at the moment there’s quite a bit of WordPress. I also write about the process of how I work and help you build technology literacy. Monthly I write for The Patterned Blog, where I offer tech advice for creative types in a series called Ask Penny.

Is the thought of visiting all those websites overwhelming? I also send monthly email newsletters that summarize the posts of the past month and highlight additional items of specific interest. You can sign up at the following links: PennyWise Consulting arrives in your inbox during the last week of the month (I sent it out earlier tonight). While little acorn creations distributes its newsletter during the second week (July’s newsletter).

What would you like me to write about?

balancing act

penny on June 4, 2015

Last weekend I was in Columbus, Ohio at the summer show for TNNA, The National NeedleArts Association where I was balancing helping Happy Fuzzy Yarn and working on projects both as PennyWise Consulting and little acorn creations. As has happened in the past, my flight home was cancelled so my week has been shifted all around, my schedule didn’t just go splat it tried to roll over and with a sore throat try to play dead. I’m catching up on everything and the cats are catching up on snuggles (more on that tomorrow).

my pen at work, april edition

penny on April 30, 2015

I still find these sorts of “where else you can find me” posts very difficult to write even though I know they’re beneficial (I’m not alone). They’ll appear here occasionally.

Some other spaces you can find words I’ve written:

Over at PennyWise Consulting, LLC, I focus on the technology my clients use. That shifts as my clients change, but at the moment there’s quite a bit of WordPress. I also write about the process of how I work and help you build technology literacy. Monthly I write for The Patterned Blog, where I offer tech advice for creative types in a series called Ask Penny.

little acorn creations has many of the making posts that used to appear here. I interview makers, gather up tips, tutorials, and techniques, and share what I’m working on. It’s still quite focused on knitting and crochet at the moment, but as I’m making more, the writing topics will expand as well. Now that it’s warmer I’ve started to pin inspiring wood working projects in addition to everything else. Now I just need to clean off the workbench!

Is the thought of visiting all those websites overwhelming? I also send monthly email newsletters that summarize the posts of the past month and highlight additional items of specific interest. You can sign up at the following links: PennyWise Consulting arrives in your inbox during the last week of the month (I sent it out earlier today). While little acorn creations distributes its newsletter during the second week (April’s newsletter).

I also was given a very special space to write this month, I was invited to write a guest essay for Tom Bihn‘s blog! You can read that essay at Lessons from a Kitten.

What would you like me to write about?

my pen at work

penny on January 29, 2015

I find these sorts of “where else you can find me” posts very difficult to write even though I know they’re beneficial (I’m not alone). They’ll appear here occasionally.

Some other spaces you can find words I’ve written:

Over at PennyWise Consulting, LLC, I focus on the technology my clients use. That shifts as my clients change, but at the moment there’s quite a bit of WordPress. I write about the process of how I work, help you build technology literacy and even how to think through IT. Monthly I write for The Patterned Blog, where I offer tech advice for creative types in a series called Ask Penny.

little acorn creations now sees more of the making posts that used to appear here. I interview makers, gather up tips, tutorials, and techniques, and I also sometimes preview current projects, as I did last week. It’s quite focused on knitting and crochet at the moment, but as I’m making more, the writing topics will expand as well. My garage workshop is unheated so that may wait until spring, though we’ve discussed the feasibility of bringing the scroll saw inside.

Is the thought of visiting all those websites overwhelming? I also send monthly email newsletters that summarize the posts of the past month and highlight additional items of specific interest. You can sign up at the following links: PennyWise Consulting arrives in your inbox during the last week of the month. While little acorn creations distributes its newsletter during the second week.

What would you like me to write about?