Things that make me smile

Received this notice in my inbox: “Dalai Lama (OHHDLInfo) is now following your updates on Twitter.” I realize this is only because I’m following him, not because he’s hoping to gain insight from my tweets, but still, it makes me smile. And if you’d like to follow me, I’ll follow you:  www.twitter.com/JenniferLawler

Q&A with . . .

Randy B. Hecht is a journalist who works in English and Spanish for publications in the US, Latin America and Japan. As founder of Aphra Communications, she works with partner Alex Talavera on multi-lingual, multi-cultural research and publishing projects. Q: This is the second time you’ve tried freelancing.  What happened the first time, and what…

Too many choices

The other day I was at the grocery store trying to buy some salad dressing. You’d think this would be a fairly straightforward task: pick the type of dressing (ranch, Italian) and the brand (Kraft, Newman’s Own) and put it in your cart. But as I stood there staring at the vast array of possibilities…