I've been writing Straddling the Gap for over six years.  I have lots of posts with recipes and patterns and craft projects.  I have lot...

I guess as I look at my last posts from JULY that I haven't been keeping up here.  Cool new job that started last February keeps me very...

Once upon a time (about 1999), someone decided to write an online diary and the blog was born.  A blogger was (and still mostly is) someone ...

That's the name of a blog written by a 9 year old boy (he only identifies himself as "G" which is probably the wisdom of his p...

I've lived in Arizona now for 17 years and I love it here.  It's a great state, full of interesting places, climate, plants and anim...

There's been a lot of intermittent cricket sounds here at "Straddling the Gap."  I guess you could say I'm having some ...

Another fun day at Bloggy Boot Camp at the Zona Resort in Scottsdale. 9:15 a.m. O.K., I'm late and missed half of the first great pr...

8:00 a.m.  It begins today. BBC in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona, my home.  It's my first and I'm a little nervous. My dear...

One of the things I worried about when I was gone was losing traffic - the fear of every blogger.  When I came back yesterday, I was really ...

Lent was long, but Easter is finally here!  Although there were some posts previously written that were published in the last 40 days,  I...

One of my blog resolutions for 2013 was to increase my use of different kinds of social media.  Just in case you don't read the right ...

Yesterday I talked about how most New Year's resolutions die very quickly and I offered a SMART method for setting goals and sticking to...

I'm sitting here on New Year's Eve about to begin the festivities with close friends.  2013 is coming very fast, so I have barely en...

Anybody who reads this blog knows I live in Arizona.  I love living here.  I'm not a "native" in that I was born here, but any...

A friend of mine lost her teenage son to leukemia today.  I haven't spoken to this friend - ever.  I've never met her in person.  Ye...

The Summer Olympics begin on Friday in London.  I love the Olympics.  I could settle in front of the TV, eat stuff an Olympian would never l...

This week marks the one year anniversary of Straddling the Gap.  It's gone by so quickly, but I have learned so much since last June.  W...

I've often said that I don't have nearly enough time to do the projects that are swirling around in my head.  Recently, I found that...

Hardly.  But I have spent a good deal of time recently getting plugged into all things social media.  It started with the SITS Girls Spring ...

I'm participating in the Spring Fling!  It's sponsored by the SITS Girls, which is a collective of over 40,000 bloggers who work tog...