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7 Color Hacks That Will Dramatically Improve Your Day
7 Color Hacks That Will Dramatically Improve Your Day from Kristen Palana I was recently asked to write an article detailing my advice for using color therapy to help boost the mind, body, and spirit on a daily basis. I don't consider myself a color therapist per...
Out of the Loop: In Search of a Life More Ordinary
This post is an excerpt from my new book, Free At Last: Live, Love, and Work Abroad as a 21st century Global Citizen --- When I was eight years old and in the third grade, a new girl arrived in our musty wooden classroom at the four-room Bark Street School (built in...
Episode #10: I Think I Have a New Website. Mission Accomplished?
(*This is the last post of an ongoing little mini diary I've been keeping about the process of redesigning my website.) All right. Here it is, the post you've all been (OK, I have been) waiting for. I think my website has thoroughly been made over! I...
Episode #9: “But Won’t Divi Mess Up Your Website Forever?”
(*This is an ongoing little mini diary of the process of redesigning my website. Posts will be added daily or almost daily until I have a beautiful and functional new website.) When I have posted about my website redesign progress in my three online Udemy web courses,...
Episode #8: Bloom and Monarch. A Website Redesign
(*This is an ongoing little mini diary of the process of redesigning my website. Posts will be added daily or almost daily until I have a beautiful and functional new website.) I've heard about the power of the Elegant Themes plugins, Bloom (for powerful and pretty...
Episode #7: Swimming With Divi. A Website Redesign
(*This is an ongoing little mini diary of the process of redesigning my website. Posts will be added daily or almost daily until I have a beautiful and functional new website.) Well, my new website is still under construction and I have much to add and change still...
Episode #6: The Plunge! A Divi Website Redesign
(*This is an ongoing little mini diary of the process of redesigning my website. Posts will be added daily or almost daily until I have a beautiful and functional new website.) It's actually a bit hard for me to stop and write at the moment, because yesterday I dived...
Episodes #4 & #5: Website Redesign. Know Thy Tools -The Divi Podcast & Tutorial
Today's Episode: Incubate, More Research, and Maybe a Touch of Procrastination (*This is an ongoing little mini diary of the process of redesigning my website. Posts will be added daily or almost daily until I have a beautiful and functional new website.) Friday...
Episode #3: Child Themes, Test Sites, and Creating a Diversion- Step By Step Website Redesign
#3: Website Redesign. Step By Step Diary Episode Three: Child Themes, Test Sites, and Creating a Diversion (What's that over there?!!) Today I was wondering if by using a child theme, I could make changes to my website without edits being published directly and seen...
Episode #2: Site Inventory and Navigation Chart. A Website Redesign.
(*This is an ongoing little mini diary of the process of redesigning my website. Posts will be added daily or almost daily until I have a beautiful and functional new website.) I'm sure my University and online students wonder sometimes if I practice what I preach...