It’s been too long since I last updated this blog, which is a shame. A lot has changed since then. For example, I now have five children; the oldest has graduated from college and graduate school with an MFA degree, and the youngest just turned three. I temporarily (for 2 1/2 years) set aside Activism My Way and Just a Secular Homeschooler and closed Ronda B. Handmade. I changed the name of the Wining Wife® blog to Well-Caffeinated Mom, which reflects where I’m at in life much more accurately.
My most recent projects have been focusing on relaunching everything. Since June 2022, I have lost both of my parents and my husband’s parents. My younger brother’s health has been patchy, and I took more time away from work than I’d like to admit to heal. I’m excited to be relaunching Activism My Way and Just a Secular Homeschooler and getting back to what I love doing – writing. I’m also working on a new novel, We Were So Young, and several shorter fiction projects. My big goals this year are to get everything back to where it was before COVID-19 stole so much and to see my creative work in print. I also plan to start getting more of my non-fiction published.
I do hope you will check back often to see what I’m up to and that you’ll follow my new projects!
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Hello there, and welcome to my page! I have been working as a full-time freelance writer and editor since 2008 when I decided that while I rather enjoyed philosophy, the Ph.D. program I was in was not a good fit for my life goals. Since then, I have published many papers and articles, started two blogs, worked as a senior editor for a magazine, served on the board of a start-up non-profit organization, and walked across fire.
I strongly believe that it is important to work to make the world a better place – one project at a time. I’ve worked with Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program to construct living quarters for those in need, written content for Stonewall Alliance, and edited the newsletter for my local natural foods cooperative. One of the blogs I founded, Activism My Way is dedicated to helping people get involved with causes they feel passionate about.
Although my academic background is in philosophy and social and political theory, my heart has always been in writing fiction and poetry. I have a novel in progress, and I am working on putting together a collection of short stories to share with readers. I also worked as part of a creative team on a project with a hip hop artist that involved world-building and creating an amazing back story to a concept album. I have worked with several authors to edit their novels (as well as dissertations, children’s books, journal articles, and non-fiction projects).
Non-fiction topics I have written about include pop culture and philosophy, project management, business startups and management, insurance, technology, and much more. I also have created web content for a wide variety of clients (ranging from gas station owners to hotels to lawyers), and I’ve had an opportunity to interview some amazing people (Michele May, Kevin Sorbo, Barbara Taylor Bradford, and Mark Victor Hansen to name only a few). Needless to say, I love what I do.
I enjoy photography, and my subjects these days are usually my children as well as food, beverages, craft projects, and other such things for my blog, Wining Wife™. My favorite subjects are landscapes, nature (particularly clouds, flowers, and trees), and architecture.
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