• Burned Out and Always On: What 11 Months of Research Taught Me About Social Media Work

    Burned Out and Always On: What 11 Months of Research Taught Me About Social Media Work

    I spent 11 months studying burnout in the social media management role as someone who grew up in blue-collar hustle culture, and I want to share what I’ve learned.

  • I leave my Christmas tree up until February.

    I leave my Christmas tree up until February.

    Yup, I really do, and like almost everything I do, without shame. To me, Christmas is more than a one-day event or a 25-day holiday season. I can’t say when the start of Christmas time is, but I know it doesn’t rely on a dip in temperature, a specific date…

  • The Best of Maine: 5 Days of Coastal Beauty and Outdoor Adventure

    The Best of Maine: 5 Days of Coastal Beauty and Outdoor Adventure

    Clearly, I’ve struggled to keep up with my Wednesdays at 9am postings. I’m hoping you’ll overlook my inconsistency (just this one time) so I can tell you about our most recent trip to a new state, Maine! Pushing about 7 years ago at this point, I decided I wanted to…

  • The “Hot” List: Three-Day Summer Trip

    The “Hot” List: Three-Day Summer Trip

    Thank you McFPro PTO for a Fourth of July weekend road trip. Here are a few hints of where we went: If you guessed Hot Springs, Arkansas you win… absolutely nothing. But high five for knowing your National Parks and US history! I really love that for you. We pulled…

  • Homemade Fig Newtons

    Homemade Fig Newtons

    My Big Daddy is a pretty tough guy. He rodeoed growing up, following his dad, S. E. “Pete” Baker into the sport of bull riding. He college rodeoed for Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas, and then started at the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office sometime after, serving in patrol,…