My best pandemic project. We have a small garden bed along the front of the house with perennials that don’t really get going until summer. I was inspired by Gail Brown Hudson’s article in Northe...

Making maple syrup from our silver maples in the winter that wasn’t. Tap the trees , collect the sap , boil the sap , finish the syrup 2024 sugaring by the numbers 6 days from tap day to boil...

Words matter. Thoughts on inclusive language in your communications, documentation, and team standards. Using inclusive language is good business and a basic requirement in public service. Guide...

The summer of 2023 was about change. Different sun exposure after the removal of eight mature trees in 2023, including six green ash killed by emerald ash borer. (We saw our first adult EAB Ju...

Making maple syrup from our silver maples. The process of collecting maple sap and boiling it to make syrup is called sugaring. We’ve been sugaring since 2020. Tap the trees > collect the sap ...

My experience creating a free personal website using two popular options: WordPress.com and GitHub Pages. This winter I built a personal website. Well, two (and a half) websites. There are many p...

Snacks and small plates are my favorite way to eat. My most beloved dishes are appetizers. When I have leftover ingredients or a craving, I “saladize” those apps! Background I enjoyed this video ...

A process I developed at my last job. As technical program manager for the tools team, I needed to ensure we were focusing on the right work and seeing projects through to completion. Before this ...

When software development teams adopt agile methodologies, new conflicts can arise between the development and documentation teams. This is a post I wrote at my former job when a dev team told the...

The computer is great, but I did not know the mouse would make such a difference. This October, I needed a new computer. I knew I would buy a laptop. After doing a bit of research, I settled on a...