About Me
🤔 Why Fresh Perspective?
Maybe you noticed my blog name or even the "fp18" in my URL ... To me, fresh perspective is the reward for thinking independently.
Take my cover picture. It's awesome, isn't it? Some far-off place full of intrigue and stories ...
Actually, it's in Kansas City! It's a well-known landmark — the WWI Memorial right across from Union Station. But thanks to fresh perspective, it could easily be the portal to another dimension.
As a redheaded left-hander, I was destined to do things differently. I started my career in print publishing, but once I learned HTML, the immediate gratification of making a correction and seeing it online in seconds resonated with me.
When I'm not writing content or researching and writing code, I'm:
- an adoring mom
- a cat and all-around animal lover
- a diehard alternative music fan
- a semi-successful gardener
- a nascent monarch nursery operator
🐍025 Year of the Snake Update
My site turns 7 this year; that's old in web years. So while I figure out whether to bail on updating in VSC — since I'm forgetting how to do things — and jump to an easier CSM, I figured I'd at least post an update. I'm sending people here after all, and an outdated website doesn't scream up-to-date skills.
Ironically, it's because I am so busy learning that I let my site get stale. Between learning to use SEMRush to elevate my SEO skills, using ChatGPT to fill in keyword gaps because I don't have access to a paid account, and experimenting with Canva's growing arsenal of AI tools, I'm fulfilling my lifelong learning goals without trying. Curiosity killed the cat; but it's an important trait no digital marketer should be without. 🐈
🗓️ June — whoohoo! My baby girl — now Dr. Baby Girl after earning her Ph.D last year — is getting married on the solstice. Between wedding prep and getting back to my final book draft, I've been too busy to crank out anything new ... except an ode to my daughter's garden. 🌻🐝 Enjoy!
💎 More Content Gems
I gave my work experience highlights the Canva treatment.
Did you think Stranger Things was a cool sci-fi show set in the '80s? Think again ...
Canada doesn't give unelected immigrants the keys or threaten its neighbors. Be like Canada.
The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum is a testament to female tenacity.