This a guest article written by Virginia Cooper, a retired community college instructor. Read more informative articles from Virginia Cooper at her website learnaliving.co today! Image via Pexels When it comes to capturing once-in-a-lifetime moments, such as your wedding day, your newborn’s first photoshoot, or even a simple family portrait, it’s essential to ensure that you capture it perfectly. While smartphones and personal cameras are readily available, hiring a professional photographer
April 15th, 2024
Snap to It: The Benefits of Investing in a Professional Photographer Over DIY (Guest Blogger)
January 8th, 2024
My Grades for My 2023 Goals — How Did I Do and What About 2024?
Last January I stated several goals for the year. So a year later, let’s see how I actually did. 2023 Report 2023 Running Grade: D- I stated in 2023 a goal of running one half marathon and 500+ miles for the year. I never ran a half marathon in 2023. And didn’t come anywhere near the 500 mile goal, so a D- is being generous. I will
January 8th, 2023
Goals for 2023
I don’t know if I would consider the following things new year’s resolutions. Actually, I think those kinds of things are silly. Why wait until a new year to change yourself? There’s no better time than the present, as it is said. Most new year resolutions fail early in the year anyway, but that’s not really what this post is about. It is about what I want to accomplish this
January 5th, 2023
Podcasts I’m listening to in 2023
Podcast listening is a big part of my week, and on some days, it can be for hours. I listen a lot on commutes. My core list of podcasts changes occasionally, so here’s the list of the ones currently. I don’t listen to every episode of every podcast. The podcasts listed first are the ones I mostly listen to. The Tim Ferriss Show I’ve listened to Tim for years now,
December 29th, 2022
Race Review – Harrisonburg Half Marathon
This was my first race event in three years. I signed up for it for the following reasons: 1) I needed a race to force myself to run after a three year hiatus 2) It was only 25 minutes from my home 3) I knew others running it. Maybe a fourth reason was that it was the the 1st Annual race. Usually my race reviews are two parts. One part
December 16th, 2022
Oh Grief…time for random ramblings again
If you read my other “random ramblings”, you know they are the thoughts as they come and I type them. Might be boring, might be interesting, but they are my current thoughts. I have a lot actually…. It’s the last month of 2022, how has the year been for you? It’s been a good year for me production-wise, but this week, I lost a very close friend to Type 1
December 15th, 2022
10 Random Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Me
I was born in Baltimore, MD and come from a long lineage of Baltimore ancestors going back to pre – Revolutionary War and had an ancestor that fought in the Revolutionary War and also was descended by Jamestown settlers. My ancestors also were among the first to settle in Jamestown. I am terrified of certain kinds of bees – Wasps, yellow jackets, and hornets. I will run faster than lightning
December 8th, 2022
Newest Offering on Dande – Services Wanted (Beta)
Dande (formerly called “Wishmay”) started as a site for people to post things they want to buy, in hopes that other viewers might possess these things and be willing to sell to the party that wants to buy. It is basically “buying in reverse.” To date there have been things posted every now and then, but we have not hit crazy traffic volumes by any means. Not to worry though,
April 16th, 2022
Why we changed our e-commerce name from Wishmay to Dande
The idea for a project called “Wishmay” came to me several years ago while out on a 7 mile run. My mind often starts to ponder different things while running — what else is there to do on a 7 mile run?? On that day, I began wondering if I had ever seen a website where nothing is for sale, only things people are looking for. And then the sellers
April 13th, 2021
The Wishmay Site — Impressions So Far
It’s been several months now since we launched the Wishmay site, a branch of LivestockCity where people post things they want to buy. Nothing on the site is actually for sale, but viewers browse the items and sell to the buyers. The site launched on Black Friday in 2020, although we hadn’t even completed the Stripe payments integration at the time. That integration was finally completed towards the end of