Author: westseventhfreelance

  • …and in the beginning (of the mid-life career change) is more shameless self-promotion! http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/photo-challenge-beginning/

  • It is already old news. Minnesota, and much of the upper Midwest, is really in the deep freeze. With the backyard thermometer reading -20 (Fahrenheit), I decided it would be the perfect opportunity to visit The North Pole – restaurant, that is, in Newport, MN, a few miles outside of St. Paul. Mary North and…

  • When I was 20 and a grad student at the University of Michigan, I worked as a Domino’s Pizza™ ‘phone girl’. Seriously. It was safer in the shop that delivering to drunken frat boys. Memories of this job popped into my head as a new Domino’s commercial sped by on the TV screen just now.…

  • WOW! I am starting off the New Year with a bang. The results are in from the latest job entries: *In house Travel Writer: “Thank you for your interest in the Associate Travel Writer (in-house) position at D****P***G*. We have reviewed your application, and unfortunately we are unable to offer you a position at this…

  • The New Year is already hours old in Australia and coming quickly to friends in Europe. I am thinking in terms of  retrospective. How did I get here and where am I going? What started the writing/ blogging life? In first grade it was “The Busy Bee” poem, published on the ditto machine by Mr.…

  • I took this picture today (not knowing the photo challenge topic :)). The photograph lends itself to the introduction of a topic that really intrigues me– using photography with therapy to improve self-esteem. This is not a new concept, but one about which I hope to learn more. The woman in the photo, an acquaintance,…

  •   Joyful kazoo choirs commence!!

  • Hazel’s NE, Confection by Chef Ali Koroglu- follow him: @chefboyali on Twitter http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/12/20/photo-challenge-one/

  • Glidden Parker had much to do with the Twentieth Century history of fine ceramic art. Most of us, unwittingly, know him for the legacy of the pieces left behind in a drafty barn; pieces sold in the 1950’s to Paul Secon, co-founder of Pottery Barn. But it was Glidden’s research and work which served as…

  • My first post on WordPress was October 18, 2012. It didn’t get views, but the second was the first of many photo challenges and introduced me to many of you! Since that time I have tried many themes and ideas, sticking primarily with the notion of developing skills in photography. The cats, Dylan and Bagheera,…