“World Sleep Day® is designed to raise awareness of sleep as a human privilege that is often compromised by the habits of modern life.” Boy, does that statement ring true. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) considers insufficient sleep a national epidemic in the USA.
Read MoreWe’ve just entered countdown mode for our upcoming Via Francigena (VF) trek. We depart Las Vegas on April 7th, so there’s less than a month to go and there’s still quite a bit to do. Deciding to hike the VF was a big decision and pretty exciting in itself. Now, we’re getting down to the nitty-gritty and the excitement sometimes spills over into slight panic mode.
Read MoreFor me, the cover is the biggest part of the book buying decision process. If I pick up a paperback and there’s a picture of a half clad woman next to a bare chested Chippendale-built guy on the cover, I make the snap judgment that the book is a romance novel. Likewise, it’s usually easy to tell, just by looking at the graphics and title, whether the book is a murder mystery, a suspense novel or a non-fiction book. If I still think the book might be something of interest after a scan of the front cover, I’ll read the synopsis and the author’s bio on the back, and then make the decision as to whether or not to buy it.
Thus, in my mind, the cover of the book is extremely important, so let’s make it good. The process used to require a good graphics program and a lot of time. Now, however, there are some great tools to speed the process up.
Read MoreHi there and welcome to Just A Little Further!
We are David and Marcie Lynn and we've lived aboard our Liberty 458 cutter-rigged sailboat since 2000.
What began as an urge to travel slowly and economically at our own pace ended up an adventure of a lifetime.
Well, here we are ... nearly 90,000 miles under the keel, 5 continents, 5 Great Southern Capes, 36 countries and almost two decades later, still taking one passage at a time and going just a little further.
