About
Theoretically, this blog is about my quest to be less a type A stress puppy and live a more balanced and creative life. Downshifting is a great concept! In practice, though, this site is an eclectic repository for whatever I’m wound up about after I’ve had my first cup of coffee.
Why the name? I learn a lot from the cheerful little dogs who run our household; their value is in just being. And from a philosophical perspective, aren’t we all smug puppies, oblivious to our blessings and our strengths?
Why do I blog? I wrote a more extensive post about that here, but the bottom line is that I enjoy the discipline of daily writing.
Jeri:
I’m married to my best friend - a wonderful teddy bear of a guy with more integrity and a softer heart than anyone I know. I’m raising two bottomless-pit teenage boys who are actually turning out to be pretty decent people.
I work in IT project management for an Alaskan telecom because I got addicted to Chinese fire drills in college.
I come up with more creative projects than I have time for, but my favorite avocation is jewelry design. Maybe I was a magpie in a previous life. I also write creatively, both nonfiction and fiction, paint, garden, sew, build websites, and embark on various home decorating projects.
I’d really like find a windfall somewhere so I can leave my day job and just do the creative stuff full time.
Bryan:
Itinerant blogger Bryan is an ace corporate attorney, intrepid daily ferry commuter and a total goober for dogs. He’s into sports (go Seahawks!), science fiction, Star Trek, movies, gardening, and did we mention dogs?
His job brought us south from Alaska a couple of years ago, and we’re enjoying being closer to family. We now live on the beautiful Kitsap peninsula in Washington state, home of liquid sunshine, lush green rainforests, and water, water everywhere.
He, too, loves boating and fishing, and captains the SS Hummingbird when the open water calls.