I write print, web, and ad copy. My 15-year career as a writer encompasses targeted formats for press releases, feature pieces, and web-optimized storytelling.
Ballast Consulting Group
Ballast Consulting Group develops, implements, and manages finely-tuned finance and accounting processes for the unique DNA of small business
Superstitions We Love
If you’ve ever crossed your fingers, knocked on wood, thrown salt over your left shoulder, or held your breath as you passed a graveyard, you’re participating in a tradition as old as civilization itself: looking for good luck.
Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums
The march of the Fifes and Drums is an indispensable part of the Colonial Williamsburg visit. The shrill fife and the resounding drum broadcast a wave of sound throughout the Historic Area, announcing the red-and-blue-uniformed regiment moving through the streets of Williamsburg.
Standing along Duke of Gloucester Street as the Fifes and Drums march by, today’s guests experience exactly what the soldiers of the 18th century felt as the vibrations of sound resonate not just in their ears, but t...
Five Years of Productive Partnership
Economic ties between the Space Agency and the state of Kentucky offer benefits to science and business.
Labyrinths: Following a Twisting Track
There’s an ancient riddle in which a man from Crete says, “All Cretans are liars.” The riddle is this: If the man is telling the truth, then he, too, is a liar, for he is from Crete, and, therefore, he must be lying about being a liar and thus telling the truth. This vortex of self-referential logic is known as “The Paradox of Epimenides” and can turn around on itself for infinity.
It is fitting, then, that the birthplace of this riddle produced another eternal winding puzzle: the labyrinth. ...
Maestro of Missing Music
In-depth bio of Williamsburg's Director of Orchestras and a distinguished career in musical preservation.
Press Release: Theodolite for Apple Watch
Theodolite for iPhone and iPad set a new benchmark for Augmented Reality apps on iOS, and now this powerful tool is optimized for Apple Watch, placing a suite of finely tuned measuring instruments on your wrist. Theodolite for Watch combines a compass, inclinometer, and GPS into one indispensable app, in a brilliant evolution of a centuries-old instrument still critical to today's navigation measurements on land, at sea, or in the air.
Colonial Williamsburg History Podcasts - Image Enhanced Colonial Williamsburg History Podcasts - Image Enhanced
Host and producer of Colonial Williamsburg's Past & Present podcast from 2008-2003. This weekly show was conducted in a guest interview format, with occasional forays into location recordings and musical examples.
When Walls Talk
Long-form bio on a Virginia historic home restoration expert.
Outsourcing Your Life
We probably all want to prioritize life’s richest experiences: time with our families, exploration and travel, discovering exciting and satisfying new pastimes and hobbies. But life’s daily grind has a way of interfering with our higher callings.
Research from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that Americans spend 1.81 hours per day in household chores, and parents and caretakers can add another 1.43 hours to that number. Tally that with hours spent at work and commuting betw...
NASA Facts: NASA and West Virginia, Partners in Growth
NASA publication 2005-03-85-LaRC details the research partnerships that exist to benefit West Virginia and the agency.