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Re: 50 years of travel tips

Sarah Lewis — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:05:50 -0000

I don't think that's accurate. Authors are compensated per page read—if you return a KU book without reading much, the author gets little or nothing. But if you read the book, they are paid a portion of a shared fund based on pages read, regardless of when you return it.

Details here: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201541130

Re: Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?

Sarah Lewis — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:36:06 -0000

I'd also add food canning. Reliable food out of season and/or location is a serious game-changer.

Re: Vegan Enchiladas: So Good You'll Come Back For Seconds (and Thirds)! - by Karissa Bowers

Sarah Lewis — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:28:12 -0000

The ingredients list what's needed for the cashew cream, but the instructions don't mention making it. Is it as simple as blending together the ingredients?

Re: InCoWriMo Address Exchange 2022

Sarah Lewis — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 14:43:42 -0000

You were already on my list because of your comment about living your "very best 100 year old lady life"! ❤️🙌

Re: InCoWriMo Address Exchange 2022

Sarah Lewis — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 13:28:17 -0000

I'd be delighted!

Re: InCoWriMo Address Exchange 2022

Sarah Lewis — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 17:56:00 -0000

Any other newbies feeling slightly overwhelmed with a touch of imposter syndrome?! 👋Hi, I'm Sarah, and I feel ya!

If you don't have pretty stationery or mad fountain pen skillz or are not actually sure what to say, and maybe you're inexplicably attracted to this idea but have grave doubts about your ability to be a pen pal… let me be your safe space. 😁

A few of my interests to get the ball rolling: reading all the things, singing, crocheting, web development, recipes/cooking, dad jokes, clever solutions to problems large and small, places that smell nice (yes, this list is getting weirder as it goes). I aspire to make zines one day but haven't oomphed myself up yet. I have ADHD, which I discovered when getting my now-13-year-old son diagnosed (which turns out to be a super common scenario).

Sarah Lewis
10230 Wateridge Cir #182
San Diego, CA 92121
USA

P.S. Still feel a little iffy about writing? Reply with your address and I'll write to you first, with a recommendation for something genius (and not at all inappropriate) you should be doing in the shower.

Re: InCoWriMo Address Exchange 2022

Sarah Lewis — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 16:48:48 -0000

I would love to receive a small bit of watercolor. 😍Thank you!

Sarah Lewis
10230 Wateridge Cir #182
San Diego, CA 92121

Re: Sorting WordPress Taxonomy Terms Naturally (Alphanumerically)

Sarah Lewis — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 21:06:19 -0000

You are my hero. Seriously. Saved me a ton of work figuring out how to do exactly this, and now my "Event #10" is after "Event #2". Thank you so much for taking the time to document.

Re: $5 VPS Showdown - January 2019 - DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. Vultr

Sarah Lewis — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:53:06 -0000

Thanks for the helpful comparison! Heads-up, the DigitalOcean affiliate link doesn't seem to be working.

Re: Show excerpt field in post editor

Sarah Lewis — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 13:38:13 -0000

Thanks for noting this here—saved me a bunch of further digging.

Re: To Ligature or Not to Ligature

Sarah Lewis — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 00:31:32 -0000

Thanks for this thorough intro to ligatures on the web! I particularly appreciated the side-by-side example style and the liberal CSS—both help immensely with application of the principles.

Re: 5 Different Ways to Declare Functions in jQuery

Sarah Lewis — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:09:07 -0000

I'm not really following the re-use argument, but this article helped me understand the difference between #1 and #2 in practical terms: https://javascriptweblog.wo...

Re: Add live reloading to Jekyll with Gulp and Browsersync

Sarah Lewis — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 13:54:55 -0000

Thanks so much for figuring this out and sharing. I'm just getting started with Jekyll and was unsure how to glue all my favorite tools togethers—you saved me a bunch of trial and error. :)

Re: Eat24 Shacks Up With Yelp

Sarah Lewis — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 15:56:50 -0000

Alongside the awesome whiteboard logo art…

Re: Eat24 Shacks Up With Yelp

Sarah Lewis — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:21:43 -0000

Why are you anti-Unfortunately?

Re: Betwixt | When clients micro-manage

Sarah Lewis — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:15:41 -0000

I think your approach here is spot-on (and really appreciate how you broke it down into goal-directed steps and examples).

One thing I'm actively trying to do in the ounce-of-prevention category is set expectations very clearly from the start, provide frequent (but automated) updates, and reinforce the process throughout. I haven't quite nailed it yet, but I'm seeing a big difference from how projects went even a year ago.

Re: Transformers, Asana edition: turn any task into a project

Sarah Lewis — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 14:56:58 -0000

Thanks for this! I can definitely see where this will come in handy in the future.

Re: New on Zapier: YouCanBook.Me, Sniply, Ninja Forms, LeadOutcome, Surveypal and 6 More Apps

Sarah Lewis — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 13:10:13 -0000

Picking a favorite zap is a challenge, because I have a whole bunch that have made my life a lot better.

My current favorite: the new Beeminder integration was the final piece I needed to track (and motivate) the number of pins I make to a specific Pinterest board (using the RSS trigger). This replaced the need for a person to track the data manually, which will save me money on a daily basis.

Re: AC Podcast: The Power of Small Actions

Sarah Lewis — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:53:50 -0000

I'm with you—I struggle most with trusting intuition... or more accurately, paying any attention to it at all, let alone nurturing it.

In an effort to be a bit more self-aware in 2015, I bought Danielle LaPorte's Desire Map Day Planner. I'm still working through the full Desire Map workbook, but the practice of identify, daily, what I want to feel as a result of my work... that seems like it will help me tune in by coming at my intuition a little sideways (sneaking up on it!).

Re: Happy Weekend & Favorite Reads of the Week

Sarah Lewis — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 01:06:00 -0000

What a great list of good thinking, Lisa! I especially liked Breanna Rose's take on streamlining process. And I'm suddenly finding myself with a latent desire to try basket weaving...

Re: What Is Unclaimed Property? - DailyWorth.com

Sarah Lewis — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 10:21:26 -0000

A couple of months ago, I think you mentioned this idea in one of our mutual groups online. I searched in the states where I've previously lived, and found a possible match for "$100+" (it was in a city where I worked but not lived, and my name certainly isn't unusual). I figured, "Well, it *could* be me!" and started the claim process.

Last week, I got a letter asking for verification documents, and the specific address they wanted to verify was my former employer! I dug a little and found a W2 with my name and their address, and mailed off the verification yesterday. I expect the amount will be fairly small, likely just some quirky mis-timing with benefits, but it's exactly like that delightful sensation of finding money in a pocket! :)

Re: Giveaway: OHA Skin Products

Sarah Lewis — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:15:27 -0000

My biggest health challenges:
- Finding the balance between "the best choice" and "convenience"
- Prioritizing taking care of myself, especially when it comes to exercise, which feels more like a chore than an indulgence
- Keeping my immune system strong. I've caught just about everything going around this winter, and not only is that unpleasant, it has a negative ripple-effect (too tired to exercise, etc.)

Re: How to Be a Guest Blogger

Sarah Lewis — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:00:17 -0000

Are there topics you're particularly interested in for guest posts, either to capitalize on previous popular posts or to fill in gaps?

Re: Preserving ordering with WHERE IN() clause in MySQL | Ivan Jovanovic

Sarah Lewis — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:25:32 -0000

Exactly what I needed for a mildly complex query I'm working on! Thanks for taking the time to post this.

Re: CSS Tip: Negative Text Indent Not Working

Sarah Lewis — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:01:59 -0000

Thanks so much for posting this. I didn't have text-align: right explicitly set in my rule, but it was inheriting it, and your post was the clue I needed. Much appreciated!