I had this site up previously and it was hacked. I’ve upgraded to the latest WordPress version and added a few things to prevent that from happening (hopefully) again.

I’m looking forward to creating serious chats about small business – and having fun, too.  You see, I’m an entrepreneur of sorts. Throughout my life I’ve been trying new things. You might wonder exactly how I have anything to write about that would have any value. After all, everyone tries things.

And you may be correct! You’ll have to be the judge of ‘value.’

But here’s just a few of the adventures and experiences I’ve had that will give me plenty of topics to discuss:

  • House Parent for mentally challenged, Erie PA
  • Cook/Housekeeper for the very wealthy on Fishers Island NY
  • Vinyl Repair Business in Lexington KY
  • Workshops to ‘go for your dream’ – everywhere I live
  • Healing Seminars (Therapeutic Touch) – Lexington KY, Ripley NY, Greene NY and Havre de Grace MD
  • Village Greene, weekly advertising/community paper, Greene NY
  • Sunshine Artist Magazine, feature marketing article 1994-96
  • SPO magazine, editor/publisher for monthly regional magazine for field trialing beagles, Whitney Point NY
  • Small Business Consultant – Greene NY, Binghamton NY, Havre de Grace MD
  • Executive Director of the Skipjack Martha Lewis, Havre de Grace MD
  • Lockhouse to Lighthouse, semi-annual publication highlighting tourism, etc for city of Havre de Grace MD…. which became…
  • havredegrace Magazine – semi-annual publication (full color, glossy 8×10) and supporting website
  • Web Design/Maintenance for several small businesses and my own

In addition, I have 20+ years working in the corporate world from keypunch operator (yep, believe it or not, it was a glamour job in 1963!) to administrative assistant (1984 for Xerox in Albany NY) and a wide variety of positions in-between those two. I spent many years as a “permanent temp,” which I still believe is a perfect way to learn most anything!

Everything I’ve done – I learned by doing it. I rarely stopped to think, “Wait, I don’t know how to do this!” I would just jump in (or, in a couple cases, was ‘nudged’ in) and give it a try. Thus….. EllieOops!

Needless to say, I’m not the best friend of all those ‘planner’ types. But more about that in future posts and coming book. Where is all this going? This blog will be excerpts of my coming book… with the same title as this blog. I’ll share the fun, foibles and amazing discoveries I’ve encountered… and still do!

I hope you’ll keep returning. Certainly there are lessons to be learned, but you’ll also find it seasoned with humor! I look forward to hearing from you.

May you enjoy abundance spiced with a touch of daring-do in your life!

Warmly, Ellie