February is a short month usually marked by cold weather (at least in the Northern Hemisphere) and by a particular holiday which helps to warm those frosty winter nights—Valentine’s Day. While there are strong arguments that the holiday has gotten Read more
February is a short month usually marked by cold weather (at least in the Northern Hemisphere) and by a particular holiday which helps to warm those frosty winter nights—Valentine’s Day. While there are strong arguments that the holiday has gotten Read more
Have you ever had the experience in daily life where someone provided you with instructions for a certain task, and upon trying to follow them, you found them to be incomplete and inaccurate? That’s not meant to be as rhetorical Read more
For several years I flew search and rescue missions with the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) in Colorado. One of our jobs was searching for lost hikers and missing airplanes. As part of our training, we learned that when you search Read more
Generations of British children learnt to read with Ladybird Key Words Reading Scheme books in the 1960s and 70s. The books were designed as materials for teaching a small child to learn to read, using a system of key phrases and words Read more
Learning a foreign language is, I believe, one of the most useful ways to improve your writing skills. The modern day English language is a flexible, ever-evolving language. It’s developed from Saxon, Celtic, Old Norse, and Norman French, with words Read more
My husband is what I call an “accidental saver.” Every evening, he empties his pockets of coins and dumps them into a plastic dish on his desk. Over months, the pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters pile up and spill out Read more
Kevin Cuddihy (Your Friendly Neighborhood Blogger) made me do this. Last month, he asked STC bloggers to offer one resolution for 2014, so I went public with this: “In gratitude for escaping any damage in the 1,000-year rainfall, 100-year flood Read more
During the holidays, I saw a line of people sitting on the sidewalk in front of Best Buy. Not wanting to miss an opportunity to stand in line for something, I asked the greeter at Best Buy why everyone was Read more
To start out the new year, I reviewed XML Press book sales for the last three years. The actual numbers weren’t a big surprise; we track sales closely. But I decided to look deeper and see what I could learn. Read more