This month, in the brutality of Alabama summer heat, I am going to start training for a marathon, and it’s all Artney Walker’s fault....

Nail polish: Penny Talk by Essie This month I've had the honor of being the Blogger of the Month for Alabama Women Bloggers. I...

On July 1, 2015 I decided to abandon this blog and begin posting regularly at my portfolio site Javacia.com. But now I'm back.

A month ago I announced on this blog that my husband and I had bought our very first house . And I'm happy to report that we're ...

Guest Post by Jennifer Brown Banks     W hen I got word last month that my site had won a “Top Blog” Award, I was doing the happy...

Do you dream of seeing your byline in your favorite publications? Do you have an idea for a blog or business, but you're not quite...

Currently  is a feature Dani Hampton of  Sometimes Sweet  and several other bloggers I follow occasionally post on their sites.  Current...

Nail Color: Play Date by Essie How ironic that the nail color I've been wearing most of the month is called Play Date. My feminist f...

Image by David Schiersner via Flickr/Creative Commons It's a good thing I've been exercising every day for the past seven mont...

This old Facebook photo shows that maybe I do more live tweeting than I thought... Despite my love for social media, I don't do a ...

This summer I saw Beyonce and Jay-Z perform live . This summer I went to BlogHer '14 where I saw Kerry Washington, partied with Rev...

At the start of this year I had no plans to attend BlogHer '14. I had attended several major blogging conferences in 2013 and deci...

The other day a reader asked me, "   How are you doing these poster type things you've been using as the main photo on your blo...

Last year, I left BlogHer ’13 feeling like a loser. In fact, I wrote a blog post about it . But I must admit that after that post w...

Today is an important day. It marks the end of my GirlTrek challenge to walk/run 100 miles in June and... Exhausted after a 6-mile wa...