Category: Published by Amelia


  • A Capsule of Time During Cross-County Travel

    I became very reluctant to plan any cross-country trip after the several disasters our interstate trips had become. But, these travel nightmares were never due to lack of planning or insufficient foresight; in fact, the failures of our trips were in spite of those things. So, leaving at the drop of a hat and spending…

  • Why You Should Build an Evergreen Forest of Content

    We live in a world where so much information is available at our fingertips. Still, despite the vastness of the internet, there’s a chance to write unique content covering a topic no one has happened to publish online just yet. So, what is the best way to ensure that you’re setting out to write truly…

  • Websites as Living Organisms

    One of my favorite things about online publishing is that what’s posted online isn’t written in stone. A major drawback of traditional publishing is that once something is in print, it’s out there forever, immutable without the release of another edition. One common example of this drawback with traditional printing is how school textbooks must…

  • Motion in Writing

    A writer must always be in motion, just as we all should be. This motion should always be clear in our writing, reflecting our soul constantly reinventing itself on the fly. It’s important for us as writers to never stay still for long. We must go out of our way to be out of our…

  • Why You Always Should Underpromise and Overdeliver

    Throughout my professional life in digital marketing, I often would witness patterns that underscore foundational truths about business, trust, and ethics. Over the years, I have found that the simple salesman ethos of underpromising and overdelivering isn’t just a professional virtue. In fact, it’s a life principle that can save time, heartache, and resources. Much…

  • Scenes from The Museum of Everyday Life, Glover, Vermont

    On a cold and cloudy Monday morning in February 2023, Emily Slatin and I decided to take a day trip to Glover, Vermont to check out The Museum of Everyday Life. When we arrived after a three-hour trip, it appeared a small, unassuming outbuilding, but inside was a grand variety of obscure curiosities. I’ve never…