Country Mouse Monday: Heidrun Meadery field trip and....

We've been hunkered down and working hard here at Blissbug these past few weeks. What can I say?

It's been Summer As Usual around here.

Which means we've been staying ahead of the zucchini bounty, making pesto and harvesting tomatoes. and thinking ahead to winter crops. In addition to attending BlogHer 14 and building our little businesses. Serious bliss.

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Get to work. Make your life.

Waiting at a stoplight to make a left-hand turn, I was stunned at the progress made on the new community college building on the corner. Three weeks ago, I swear it was just a pile of dirt, and now here it was three stories high, with a roof on it and everything.

"Holy Shit," I said to the steering wheel. "That happened fast."

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Really. What are you waiting for?

BlogHer '14: Take Back Your Blog

Between my moments of Oh Hey, I'm Not Alone and Holy Shit, I'm a Total Freak -- which pretty much sums up my whole experience of BlogHer '14 (and I'm sure more than one of you would have been able to predict that), I did actually have some revelations. Which is good since I went into it feeling like I was at a crossroads.

Basically: why bother? why even blog?

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BlogHer '14: This is not That

Pheeeew, I am so glad to say that today at BlogHer was so much better than I expected after the disappointment of last night.

It's doing me good to be adrift in a sea of corporate shills. Very clarifying, to say the least.

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