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Photography Course Redo, starting October 1st

Posted on: Monday, September 29th, 2008 in: Photography

Food and travel writer Charmian Christie is going to join me this go-around. She’s set up a separate blog for this endeavor. And if you’d like to join us, you’re more than welcome. Let me know where you’ll be posting your photos, and I’ll add a link to the Photography Project blogroll.

Greening my dream home.

Posted on: Saturday, September 20th, 2008 in: Uncategorized

When I started as a freelancer, I never considered having a niche in green topics, but in the past 6 months or so, I’ve covered subjects like

indoor air quality
eco-friendly housecleaning
water-based foam insulation (no detectable off-gassing and saves on heating/cooling)
geothermal heating and cooling (digging deep to save green …dang it! I could have used that for my [...]

What’s the deal with disinfectants?

Posted on: Thursday, September 18th, 2008 in: Uncategorized

Myths abound when it comes to the use of antibacterial products and disinfectants. The confusion is compounded when eco-friendliness is a concern.
One of my regular clients has a good - nay, great - article that helps sort through the perplexities and make informed decisions for your family, home, or business.
“Green Disinfection - Is It Possible” gives a balanced, [...]

Two more good photography sites

Posted on: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 in: Marketing Smarts, Photography, social networking

In addition to the course at Morguefile, which I’ve talked about ad nauseum here and elsewhere, I’ve found two other good sites for learning about digital photography.
BetterPhoto.com offers courses (for a fee), an online community, and loads and loads of user-submitted pictures at which you can gaze with longing, wishing yours were as good to learn [...]