by Nancy Herkness | Mar 28, 2024 | Facebook, Home, Romance, writing
Do you want to know what I’m working on now or or what my future projects are? Do you want to see my latest tiara? Do you want to meet my cats or hear about my travels? You can do all this and more every Wednesday (almost!) at 2:00 PM ET on Facebook when I go live in...
by Nancy Herkness | May 25, 2015 | holidays, Home, Marching band, Memorial Day, Uncategorized
Memorial Day is about remembering. Tradition is cultural memory. That brings me to my annual Memorial Day parade blog post. You’ll find the photos that I took this year almost indistinguishable from the photos I took last year and the year before. And I like it...
by Nancy Herkness | Oct 7, 2013 | Home, Uncategorized, writing
Who knew my do-it-yourself treadmill desk would make me famous? Okay, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration, but the folks at a great website called Work While Walking saw my June 26th blog post and asked to add it to their “Water Cooler” blog. I...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 30, 2013 | Home, Uncategorized, West Virginia
Did you know the United States enforces strict limits on the placement and broadcast power of cell phone towers and other transmitters in over 13,000 square miles in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia? It’s true! Why this National Radio Quiet Zone?...
by Nancy Herkness | Jun 26, 2013 | Home, Uncategorized, writing
I took my maiden voyage on my DIY treadmill desk last night and thought you might want a report on whether it worked or not. Statistics: Time: 78 minutes Distance: 1.9 miles Speed: 1.2 – 1.5 mph Words written: 1,063 Calories burned: 235 Notes: I got so lost in the...
by Nancy Herkness | Jun 24, 2013 | Home, Uncategorized, writing
I did it! I built myself a treadmill desk for less than $200.00! And half of that cost was in the sturdy keyboard tray I decided was necessary for my ergonomic keyboard (since I can’t type decently on anything else anymore). This project started when I read an...