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  • Pull It.

    What constitutes plugged in? Why “plug in”at all? Years ago, I was everywhere. Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, blogging, Twitter. Constant email checking, newsletters, magazine subscriptions, trade groups. Self promotion for business meant being everywhere. My perspective has changed. Social media companies would like you to think all this input matters. In fact all American media companies…

  • May: A Season of Renewal

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    Breakheart Pond, Exeter, Rhode Island, USA As soon as the buds appear, my spirits lift. Five months of bare trees, dry sticks under grey skies. It’s more than enough. The snow sometimes beautifies the landscape, but by March or April, I desperately await the appearance of the new leaves. To walk under the green canopy,…

    in the center of the image, a pond reflects the blue sky above. The pond is ringed by green trees in bloom
  • Celebrating Éire

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    ©lifeasjack.com All rights reserved. Let’s raise a glass to all things Irish on this fine Monday. While in Ireland it was at one time a solemn day, we’ve certainly adapted it differently in the U.S. In my travel’s I’ve found Ireland to be beautiful and her people to be a pleasure to speak with. I’ve…

    A view of divided plots of land, separated by stone walls and hedgerows in the irish countryside. The fields are a lush green, and the sky blue with whispy clouds