AWBU recap: Everyone wants to “be gotten”

As we sat around a picnic table in the candle-lit dark, I felt that familiar need to move. I felt my eyes wandering, my fingers itching to gather my purse and politely excuse myself.  I wondered if I was an outsider to the conversation swirling among us, and thought that surely they wouldn’t miss meContinue reading “AWBU recap: Everyone wants to “be gotten””

Thoughts on the eve of AWBU

It’s been more than a year since I decided to go hang out with a bunch of bloggers in Mountain View, AR at the Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged Conference.  If I’m honest, I was seduced by the free boots from Country Outfitter, but as you can read here and here, it was an interesting andContinue reading “Thoughts on the eve of AWBU”

TEDxFayetteville: I have smart and awesome friends

A few months back, I was lucky enough to be part of the TEDxFayetteville planning team. We produced a pretty neat day of TEDx talks.  If you’re not familiar with TED, here’s how you learn more. Basically, it’s a movement of people sharing ideas and stories.  There’s a big conference each year that mere mortalsContinue reading “TEDxFayetteville: I have smart and awesome friends”