Opening February 14 in Hendersonville NC. 14 Phototgraphers (including me)

Collard greens and black-eyed peas. What else can we do to ensure good luck in 2012?

Can you really manage time? I think all we can do is manage how we interact with it. 

Have you ever decided to sit down to answer an email, and then all of a sudden, you're reading a friend's Facebook update, which leads you to a recent post on Facebook which leads you to a YouTube video which leads you to...I don't even know where the whole morning went.

You need... a Timer! I don't mind if you use this online kind, or this low-tech kind or even this rather elegant kind... when you sit down to answer emails, set it for 15 or 30 minutes and when it goes off, get up and get back to your studio!

In future installments, we'll look at email settings and filters, apps, tools and strategies to help keep that inbox uncluttered.

I'm moving GeekTips over to my Artist Geek site starting Feb 3, 2012

I found a little lost gingerbread boy at the market, and brought him home to meet his parents for the holidays...

Watch this space for GeekTips, starting here on Fridays in early 2012. It's a mix of high tech and low tech tips to help you run your art business.

In the meantime, find out more about my new service for Western North Carolina artists called ArtDates. A online calendar and resource page along with an actual calendar book you can carry with you (see, there's that high tech/low tech concept in action)

It's the 2012 edition of my popular Bookmark Calendars. They've been a long time coming... and only 50 available for Christmas delivery. (They are $12 each which includes shipping)

Check it out - you can use it:

1. As a calendar
2. To make notes and lists
3. As 12 Bookmarks (if you use a Kindle, you might tape it to the back) 
4. You can even piece all 12 bookmarks together to make art for your wall (I can do this for you too!)

Take a break and enjoy the sunrise this morning in Sandbridge VA

A dragonfly came into the house last night, and spent nearly a full day trying to get back out. I finally got it outside, and photographed it while it was recovering on the deck. Shortly after the photo shoot, it flew away

I'm heading for the beach on Saturday! Aside from playing music and eating well, I plan on lots of walks and lots of photographs. One of my favorite things is photographing dogs having fun on the beach. Here's one in advance.