Articles & Resources
Art Materials and Techiques – Resources
General information and resources for the artist. Includes everything from paint and pigment information to shopping to general knowledge and reference sites. Includes sites that I like and find particularly useful.
Favorite Artists, Art Movements, and Museums
Links to sites and resources for some of my favorite artists, art movements, and art museums.
Links & Resources
Assorted resources that I want to save and can sometimes be hard to find on the internet. Everything from news to aurora borealis descriptions.
The Waste Land and Other Poems by T. S. Eliot
Resources and Links for reading and understanding the poems by T. S. Eliot.
Finnegan’s Wake
Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce – Assorted links and resources that I’ve found helpful for understanding the imagery and allusions in this dreamtime narrative.
Health and Retirement Resources
Useful information sites that I follow for weather, health, Covid & respiratory virus activity and levels, retirement, and related topics.
Northeast Ohio Attractions and Events
Things to do in Cleveland, Ohio and surrounding communities. Updated regularly. Local attractions, upcoming and ongoing festivals and events and farm markets. Focused on things that we (a local older couple) might find fun, especially including covid-safe and outdoor activities.
Live Webcams – Bars, Music, and More
A collection of online webcams for live music, fun bars, pretty beaches, and other interesting places from around the world.
Local and National News and Information Sites
Links to a variety of local and national news, information resources, and fact-checking sites that I follow. Because this way I can keep track of them and find them again!
Trees and Shrubs in Edible Landscaping
These are a few of the trees and shrubs I added to our yard in 2019. All but the bayberries produce edible fruit and provide food and habitat for birds. (A few didn't make it, but that's more due to things like the deer eating them before they got big enough, not any...
What Growing Zone am I in? Ohio Plant Hardiness Zone Maps – Updated with the New 2023 Maps
Plant Hardiness Zones What garden zone am I in? This information will tell you what plants are hardy in your area and therefore can be grown with assurance that they will have the best chance of surviving and even thriving in your local environment. By starting with...
Ohio Vegetable and Flower Seed Starting and Planting Calendar
One of the biggest challenges I face with a large garden is keeping track of when to start my seeds indoors and when to plant the seedlings outside. If I start them too early, then the plants can become huge and root bound weeks before it is time to move the plants...
Turkey and Corn Chili
This recipe is courtesy one of my co-workers, who entered it in a chili cook-off at work back in 2012. Ingredients 1 tbsp vegetable oil 2 lbs ground turkey 4 green onions, finely chopped 1 tbsp chili powder 1/2 tsp dried oregano Pinch cayenne pepper 2 roasted red...
Technical and Marketing Continuing Ed. Resources
Technical and Marketing Continuing Education Resources Online Courses Edx: https://www.edx.org/ EdX offers interactive online courses from MITx, HarvardX, BerkeleyX, UTx and many other universities. Topics include business, computer science, economics, finance,...
How to Use First and Last Frost Dates to Plan Your Seed Starting Schedule
Vegetable and flower seed starting and planting schedule for Zone 6 Garden planning and preparation, seed sowing and starting... with gardening, timing is everything, and knowing how many weeks you are before the first and last frost dates is important in determining...
Marketing and Email Resources
A collection of blogs and online resources for digital marketing and email development. Marketing Only Influencers: https://onlyinfluencers.com/ Marketing Sherpa: https://www.marketingsherpa.com/ Campaign Monitor: https://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog Hubspot...
Why you must claim your business for Local SEO on Google and Bing – a case study.
You already know that Local SEO is important in digital marketing for making sure your business gets found online by people searching for services in their area. But do you know what can happen if you don’t claim and verify your business information on the major search engines? How bad it can get?
How to Rank Higher in Local SEO by Optimizing Your Google Knowledge Graph Panel
Local SEO and Knowledge Graph Optimization is how you help search engines understand what your web page is about and thereby influence what Google shows for your website and business.
Supercharge SEO With LSI Keywords to Boost Your Website SERPS
Key Point: Submitting Your Website to Google is NOT the Same as Ranking in Search. You can be indexed, but that is no great help if your website shows up only on page # 47 of the Search Engine Results Pages (SERP), because NOBODY clicks through all the pages even up...
How to Submit a Website to Search Engines
One of the great resources for making a business visible is having an online presence, including and even especiallly a website...unless...nobody knows where it is or how to find it. And when you type in the business name, all that shows up is your Facebook page (if...
Best Free Stock Photo Sites
Updated April 16, 2020 I’m always on the lookout for sites that offer quality free stock photos that are free for modification and for commercial use. In particular, I want photos that grab attention and clearly convey the message and feel for the website or...
Add a Dynamic JavaScript Copyright that Auto-Updates to a WordPress Website in Divi ThemeBuilder
A copyright establishes your ownership and rights to the content on your website and helps to protect you legally if your content is stolen. You should keep the copyright updated to show the year the website was started and the current year. Keeping the copyright...
Four Ways to Keep Your WordPress Site Secure
The primary opportunities for hacker to compromise a website are in plugins and in user access (hacking usernames and passwords). Happily, there are a few things you can do right out the gate to help keep your site secure. In part because of its robust support and...
Best Event Calendar Plugins for WordPress (2019)
Looking for a solution that will allow you to showcase all the events in your local community on your WordPress site, and that is also easy to use by those who are adding and updating the event listings? Do your requirements also include the ability to manage multiple...
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