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Melody Watson: Tap into your creativity
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Creative, ADD, optimist, nomad. I design websites with Squarespace & blog about whatever catches my attention.
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Almost makes me nostalgic for adolescence
Almost......
Hard pressed to imagine a better lunchtime view
It kinda' blows my mind a little to have discovered, on the Ham's Restaurant website, that there is no visual evidence of this view behind their Greensboro Lakeside location. There's a simple shot of their Nice Enough To Look At But Nowhere Compares ...
She's on a quest for the perfect pair of pants
After lunch with friend of 12 years, I found myself wandering through the decadent perfection that is Anthropologie. You might say we were both overdue for just this kind of spontaneous excursion. Friend is a Stay At Home Mom of two and she lives, qu...
In response to my rambly email concerning an idea I thought she should look into
This was in my email inbox yesterday morning. At least she didn't ignore the note I sent her, which is what most people would probably have wanted to do if I'd sent them such an email while as hyper as I was when I wrote that one to her: um.... tryi...
Hot Flashes, Southern talk & the In-House Squarespace Evangelist
Somehow it happened again. *Betty Lou, has moved me into her house so we can collaborate on the new blog-based website featuring southern road trips that she started with her travel buddy *Rhonda Sue. They're using Squarespace. Naturally. Let me set ...
What you get from standing in the middle of the road at sundown
Taken Friday evening, I knew something cool was going to show up when I snapped this shot. I'm in one of the more rural parts of NC I've ever spent time in and keep seeing things that make me have to grab my cameras. When my friend walked outside and...
TMI Tuesday: numbing cream & social angst
Dear Mom: TMI means Too Much Information. To continue... So earlier today, not too long before I was due at an appointment about 15 minutes drive from here, I decided to check my email. Because I wasn't already rushing frantically enough. This is whe...
Long way down; shared my nostalgia
When I came back to this WV house for this month's hideaway, I did the caravan thing with some friends who wanted to visit this area for a bit, and do some hiking. May I say, sometimes having a travel companion is way more fun than not? It's been sin...
She spent 30 minutes choosing a flat iron & it was time well-spent 'cause now I have a new blog post
Not only are two of my currently-in-development website collaborations with Southern Women Writers - thereby giving me renewed enjoyment in reading the words of really funny women whose voices have that distinctively southern flair - but Dena Harris,...
I now make house calls for sick websites needing Squarespace
This week turned interesting in new and unexpected ways. I've now added "house calls" to my professional offerings. Web ones. Early one morning this week, friend-who-is-also-a-client discovered that a couple of her websites had been hacked into, the ...
Dear Friend Whose House (And Kitties) I Took Care Of While You Traveled
Welcome home, dear friend. It seems only fair to mention a few things, seeing as how your life may be affected by one or more of the items on this list. Maybe not, but you never know... Your cats are no longer ...
Fun things about house sitting & how they are affecting my week
The best part of house sitting is, I think, that spending a week or two in someone else's home lets you sort of "play house" like you did when you were a kid. I had a fabulous imagination then, and I don't mind harnessing my inner 8 year old now, eit...
Dark chocolate edamame at Trader Joe's
Earlier in the week, my friend Sara and I were in Trader Joe's, a sentence I don't usually get to say, seeing as how Greensboro doesn't have such an establishment. (And I'd really like to know why, too, while it's on my mind.) As we walked up and dow...
Girl bonding: all it takes is a single scent
So I'm in Raleigh for a few days. Well, actually Cary. But whatever. Lots of girl bonding. Good dinner, catching up on interim life stories we've each missed, a bottle of wine... Now:...
It's because of a little trip to Atlanta
So this isn't the real blog post. This is the post where I tell you hello and that the surprise party I came to Atlanta to attend...
Better tweak the priority pendulum
More than once I've promised to send some photos to a friend. Photos we took weeks ago. For some reason - certainly no good reason - I keep forgetting my promise and as of yet, those photos haven't been organized and sent. This oversight came up in a...
Just when I was starting to worry about the wuss factor
On the phone with my brother yesterday morning, I heard him talking about some nearby caves in the woods near the house where I'm currently staying. He said, "You should go out there and see them while you're in West Virginia." His suggestion reminde...
Just under a week in WV...
It's been less than a week since I arrived for my little working retreat in my grandparents' empty home in WV, but not by much. For the most part it's gone as expected. Since I'm awake at 4am with the next round of The Headache That Has Yet To Go Awa...
Filling every minute of these last few days in the Carolinas
These have been some seriously social times. I've been to parties, gatherings, met friends for coffee and lunch, stopped in for an hour here and there. Having spent the weekend with my parents in SC, I returned to Greensboro last night, where I'll st...
Sadie's Anger Relief Tea
I n e v e r knew!...
Some people are having Oscars parties tonight
From a phone call this afternoon: Friend: Hi girl! How are you?! Me:...
Precariously Controlled Chaos - Pre Beach Trip
It's that time of morning when optimism outweighs resignation. That time of morning in which I'm confident that I can achieve superhuman feats. Do you have days like this? Today's more tricky than most because I'm trying to fit everything in between ...
Distracted much?
It's more fun to think it's because there's so much going on, and not that I'm losing my mind. Business has never been better, my social and personal life is lovely, I'm planning this move - there's rather a lot going on! Which is how I justify the g...
The best birthday ever?
This morning at about 8 or so, I started writing a post about turning 40 and how, after a year of moaning and groaning that started with the discovery that turning 39 was a horrible shock of the worst kind, suddenly I'm thrilled to be this age. But t...
Cause I have magical powers like that
Dena Harris went to hear live music last night. In public. After 5pm. I know because she went with me. While working from The Green Bean during the afternoon, I bumped into Sean who wondered if I was coming out last night. "Out" was a reference to th...
Stole 100 questions; you're welcome...
Yea, I stole 'em. Stole these questions from my friend Dena's blog. (Thanks, Dena!) She stole 'em from her friend Tamara's. Yes it's long. But you're hot really focusing that well today, anyway, are you? Plus you're tired from all that shopping. Go '...
Marimba intro, then check out Nathan Daughtrey's holiday CD
Let me tell you about my new favorite CD. It's my friend Nathan Daughtrey's, "The Yuletide Marimba." Before I met Nathan, I'm not altogether certain I knew what a marimba was! Only a vague idea. It occurs to me that you also might not know what a mar...
That magic chair, a home gym & all kinds of clarity
Let's be very clear: there is such a thing as A Magic Chair. I know because last night I sat in that chair for hours... and today I have clarity. Lots of it. So you see, it's obvious I have this chair to thank for the illumination that settled around...
Kendra's quesadilla and some business talk
Earlier today I watched Kendra Adachi's video in which she teaches people how to prepare a quesadilla. (And you might want to watch it too. I'm just sayin...) Then I kept thinking about quesadillas. It's a simple video, and that's probably why I lov...
If all my shows were like "Those Creative Women" it would be a lot harder to take this break
It's true, Saturday was a bit of perfection. If you're a guy and you haven't already picked up on it, this was a seriously girly hoo ha. Consider yourself warned. I'm gonna' tell you all about it. No. That's a lie. I'm gonna' tell you a little about ...
