Author: Jennifer Hartnett-Henderson
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Sell Your Work Online
Where’s a good place to sell your photographic (or other) work online? How do you evaluate those marketplaces? Recently, Molly Jacques, a freelance illustrator, wrote The Freelance Diaries: Supplementing Your Income. In this post she covers 3 things you can sell: sell the original product, sell a digital product and become an affiliate. Molly’s overview got me thinking…
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Drink Beer Better in 2015
If you’d like to have a richer experience while drinking a pint, here are 3 great resources to expand your enjoyment: The first is a video series. The craft brewing revival and industry today owes much to the UK writer Michael Jackson, aka “The Beer Hunter”. The craft beer revival started around 1965. Jackson popularized the idea…
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3 Delightful Bay Area Gardens
If you have a bit of extra time over the holidays or on a weekend, here are 3 of the most delightful Bay Area Gardens that I’ve discovered this past year. They range in age from older than a century to practically new and in purpose from garden design and plant sales to a museum-quality…
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3 Mouthwatering Restaurants in Portland
Today I’m putting into practice the advice from yesterday’s post to Step One: Go Exploring (practice noticing) and Step Two: Share What You Discover (not everyone got to go with you!). On our recent trip to Portland, we had the opportunity to explore 3 new or new-to-us and rave-worthy restaurants. Located in the Pearl, Mediterranean Exploration Company is part…
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3 Great Reads for the Holidays
How to be Interesting in 10 Simple Steps by Jessica Hagy was on an end-cap at beloved Powell’s in Portland. It’s a great sketch noted thought starter for how one might want to approach things differently in the new year or anytime, whether you want to be interesting or not. For example, Step One: Go Exploring…
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Get Up, Dress Up, Show Up and the Growth Mindset for New Cameras
Last week, I heard a talk by inspirational speaker and ex-baseball player, Mike Robbins. He’s a pretty cool guy with some great clips on YouTube about the power of appreciation. In the talk, he referred to the work of Carol Dweck, a professor at Stanford, on the Growth Mindset. Dweck says that some individuals have…
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3 Lessons from Trail Running
1. Not every race (substitute your noun here) is a good one. Some you are just happy to have gotten through. The accomplishment is getting out there and moving. You got out there, you got in there, and that counts. 2. Not every season is a good one. Sometimes it’s not just one race or…
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When Things Change
For a few weeks in the fall my running schedule and shorter days made it possible to see some glorious sunrises: The colors were amazing and I was stunned into stopping, filled with awe. Not all days have been so vividly colorful. Daylight savings meant getting up later in the sun’s path through the day. But the weather also…
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Road to Trail Running Convert
Last December I decided to shift from road running to trail running because I like exploring outdoors and wanted more adventure. Trail running means hills. I started with the flattest trails I could find in Arastradero Open Space Preserve. Even these shallow grades made me gasp despite my relative fitness on the flats. But the…
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Embrace the Mess
I am taking Kelly Rae Roberts’ virtual class called Hello Soul Hello Mantras because I love her mixed media artwork. Mixed media is outside my comfort zone and embarking on this journey requires that I embrace the mess of the process and the uncertainty of getting there. So my mantra throughout is “Embrace the mess.”…
