Gift © by asenat29

For six months or so I’ve been saying that I wanted to teach myself how to redesign this site. What I was really saying, of course, was “I probably never will do this, but I sure would like to.”

But then I met web goddess Casey J. Curtis at the Emerald City ComicCon. Don’t all the best stories begin with anecdotes like that?

Talking with her got me off my dime, finally, about the redesign. The timing was perfect: Today is the second anniversary of Surviving and Thriving. To thank you all for sticking with me, I’ve planned an anniversary-sized giveaway.

Earth - Illustration © by DonkeyHotey

An easy way to reduce your carbon footprint is to bring your own shopping bags. Let me make it easier still.

Here’s what the winner will receive:

I am at war with my body. That was the thought that came to me toward the end of the massage I had on Friday. Sometimes the oddest things come to me when I’m not focusing on a dozen things at once.

Oddest, and usually the most apt. When my defenses are down, the truth sneaks up.

Nope, not giving away a trip somewhere. I’m on vacation, and forgot to plan my giveaway.

But that works in your favor.