Moxy needs a facelift

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I’ve been thinking for a while that I need to redesign my blog. I’d like for it to mirror the new design of my etsy store, which also needs to be done. Basically, I’d like to create a cohesive campaign for both, incorporating my personal aesthetic. There’s the rub. What the heck is my personal aesthetic?

Well, there are some sites that I could use to make it easier…since I’m looking for a starting point, I thought I’d use logoyes - a site offering logo design with tons of choices of images, colors, fonts, etc. I made the logo above using their cool “bold” symbols, and then I made this business card - literally in two clicks.

There were lots of excellent templates for the business cards - I chose this one because I thought that little mound at the bottom went well with the tree image. One small problem is that I’m not starting a landscaping company, so I may need to rethink the color and image, but I still like it.

Basically, if you need a nice, professional logo and business card, I recommend logoyes.com. Don’t be that person with the homemade looking business cards! Boycott WordArt!

Officially filed under “WTF!?!”

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What is really going on here? Thank goodness for Jenny McCarthy and all the other parents who are keeping Autism under a spotlight.

My email from WebMD:

March 6, 2025

Girl’s Autism Symptoms Linked to Vaccines
Federal health officials have conceded that several vaccines
contributed to autism-like symptoms in a 9-year-old girl, Hannah
Poling. For years, there’s been debate among parents, researchers, and
the government over whether a mercury-based preservative in vaccines,
thimerosal, causes autism. Read the full story.

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Jon Poling, the father of Hannah Poling.

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Q&A: Vaccine Benefits and Risks
Expert View: Pediatrician Steven Parker, MD
Measles Vaccine: No Autism Link
Thimerosal Down but Autism Rising
Autism Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

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“Most people are advocates of vaccinating, and that seems like the
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Look at this great post - she’s making hexagons, but she cut out the paper-piecing step! Sounds good, actually. I like the idea of half the work!

some good books

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Inn at Lake Divine coverI have been absent far too long. I’ve been a little worn out with the internet and it’s fathomless black hole tendencies on my time. So I’ve been steering clear. But I had to share the latest book I just finished: The Inn at Lake Divine by Elinor Lipman, my new favorite author. There’s a good synopsis on her website, so I’ll spare you that, and just say that I laughed out loud and I shed a few tears. I loved the heroine’s voice, wit and irony. I loved the hero (even if he doesn’t show up until half way through the book, maybe because of it), I loved the premise, and I especially loved the first chapter. Basically, I loved the whole thing. Lipman wrote a funny essay about the book here.

I also just read Tell Me Lies by Jennifer Cruisie and Warrior for One Night by Nancy Gideon. Both were great and quickly read, but not touching and real the way Lipman’s book was.

I think all this reading is another reason I haven’t been blogging. So, sorry about that.

 
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