Have you often wished for a bigger budget for promotional items and gifts? You’re in the same situation as many small business owners, but that doesn’t mean you can’t say “thank you” in many imaginative, inexpensive ways.
Your tokens of appreciation don’t need to be lavish. And clients don’t expect (or want) a constant barrage [...]
Guest post by Charles H. Baughman, MD
Colorectal cancer can affect anyone - men or women alike - and your risk increases as you age. But some people are at greater risk for the disease.
· People with a personal or family history of benign colorectal polyps.
· People with a personal or family history of colorectal [...]
Have you ever written a report or business letter and felt something was missing, but you couldn’t figure it out? It might be that you didn’t think to express parallel thoughts in parallel form.
Parallelism is very helpful when you’re creating documents that have items bulleted and numbered. It helps the reader quickly grasp your meaning. [...]
Which to use? Due to or Because of? Here are a few tips to keep you aligned with the latest style guides.
Due to modifies nouns and is generally used after some form of the verb to be (is, are, was, were, etc.). Jan’s success is due to talent and spunk (due to modifies success and [...]
In a quandary about how to abbreviate days of the week and months? Welcome to the twenty-first century! Let’s take three excellent style guides and see what they offer.
THE GREGG REFERENCE MANUAL, NINTH EDITION says, “Do not abbreviate days of the week and months of the year except in tables or lists where space [...]
I recently started a post on this subject at my Webgrammar social networking site. Here is another wonderful response from writer, poet, educator, editor, and more.
Guest post by Holly Jahangiri
It will make me very sad to see them go.
I like to literally curl up with a good book - and not worry about the batteries [...]
I recently started a post on this subject at my Webgrammar social networking site. Here is one response, with more to come.
Guest post by Angela Allen
I think books are on their way out, and it makes me sad. I think there will always be books, but they will fall into two categories — the disposable [...]
According to Wikipedia, Saint Valentine’s Day (commonly shortened to Valentine’s Day) is an annual holiday held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The holiday is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in AD 496.
It is traditionally a day on [...]
This just in from my sister, Jan Pierson, who lives in Olympia, Washington:
“Life in rainy Washington State isn’t always without its beauty and sunsets! I am blessed living on the bay and I know it.”
Jan is my gorgeous, talented younger sister who sometimes writes under the pen name Calamity Jan. She is [...]
I love Bellingham, Washington. I lived there the first 19 years of my life, and it was a place of beauty, change, and joy. Most of the time.
I admit I feel cold/chilly when I’m in the area, and always take snuggly clothing when I visit.
Today my cousin, Doug Cruea, sent his family a picture [...]
