Blog Posts by Date Locations Date Tags Categories Stream RSS Posts by Date All of my blog posts, newest first. Choose a year on the timeline to jump to it. 205 posts from 2008 to 2026. Timeline 11 countries 2008 6 countries 2009 3 countries 2010 10 posts 2011 12 posts 2012 18 posts 2013 22 posts 2014 2015 2 posts 2016 2017 2018 19 posts 2019 11 posts 2020 20 posts 2021 3 posts 2022 6 posts 2023 2024 6 posts 2025 4 posts 2026 2026 4 posts Back to timeline ↑ Oct 3 Pushing Myself More - The 2026 Chelanathon Personal Lake Chelan +2 Sep 2 Touching Grass - Summer Self Care Link Toppenish +1 Jul 31 My MSW Program Earned Accreditation Professional Tri-Cities Jul 5 Summer Camping and Hiking, Getting Out Into Nature Travel Tri-Cities +2 2025 6 posts Back to timeline ↑ Jun 6 Making My Own Tools: Shortcut to Convert Letter Grade to GPA Professional Tri-Cities Apr 19 2025 Parade de Bendito Juarez en Jungapeo [YouTube Video] Video Tri-Cities +1 Mar 21 The Different Paces of Life - From Busy to Más Amiable and Unhurried Travel Puerto Vallarta +2 Mar 17 Recuerdos— Back to Vallarta and Excursions Travel Puerto Vallarta Mar 1 Building Services for My Students: Helping to Share Information and Connections Professional Tri-Cities Jan 8 The A in ADEI: Anti-racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Link Tri-Cities 2023 6 posts Back to timeline ↑ Oct 29 Honoring My Mom an Award Called The Judith Dirks Award Personal Tri-Cities Jul 8 Beaches, Parks, and Broken-Down Cars Travel San Francisco +2 Jun 28 The First Leg: Sand Dunes and Family Fun Travel Florence +2 Jun 19 Adding to the Ellipsis After My Name: Earning My Ph.D. Travel San Francisco +1 Mar 3 Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense by Jacob Campbell [YouTube Video] Video Tri-Cities Mar 2 Defending My Dissertation Tomorrow Professional Tri-Cities 2022 3 posts Back to timeline ↑ Dec 9 Using AI to Create a Form: ChatGPT and My Move to Mastodon Professional Tri-Cities Apr 8 Planes, Trains, and Automobiles - Florida Family Vacation Starts Travel Orlando +2 Feb 20 Hierarchy in Academic Sources and Researching Advice for Social Work Students [YouTube Video] Video Tri-Cities 2021 20 posts Back to timeline ↑ Dec 29 E-15 I'll Give You Something to Cry About [Link Post] Link Tri-Cities Nov 26 The Temperature Bacteria Grows In [Link Post] Link Tri-Cities Nov 13 Responsibility and Freedom [Link Post] Link Tri-Cities Nov 8 What Happens When They Drive Your Dream Car Off a Cliff [Link Post] Link Tri-Cities Oct 17 Recuredos en Vida de Patricia del Villar Martinez [YouTube] Video Tri-Cities Oct 10 They Were On To Something with that Yoga Thing [Link Post] Link Tri-Cities Aug 10 Letting Go [Link Post] Link Tri-Cities Jul 20 Opening a Portal to Connection [Link Post] Link Tri-Cities Jun 22 How Do We Figure out What We Really Want: Listening to Our Inner Voice [Link Post] Link Tri-Cities Jun 21 Breaking Through the Eye Wall of the Storm into Summer Travel Tri-Cities +2 Jun 8 Some of the Story of My Dad [Link Post] Link Tri-Cities May 1 Envisioning a Better Future: An Interview with My Kids [YouTube Video] Video Tri-Cities Apr 27 The Right People at the Right Time [Link Post] Link Tri-Cities Apr 10 Completion is Not Final, It's More of a Phase [Link Post] Link Tri-Cities Mar 26 Challenges in Starting Psychiatric Medications Professional Tri-Cities Mar 21 Knowing Ourselves - As Change Agents How We Keep Ourselves Unstuck [Link Post] Link Tri-Cities Mar 7 The Breaking and Breakthroughs in our Lives [Link Post] Link Tri-Cities Feb 23 I Finally Started, My New Project The Mother Dearest Show Personal Tri-Cities Feb 21 Connecting with the Divine - Spirituality and Systems Thinking [Link Post] Link Tri-Cities Feb 7 Our First Episode - Tarot Cards and EMDR in Counseling [Link Post] Link Tri-Cities 2020 11 posts Back to timeline ↑ Dec 26 Pixar's Soul an Interesting View of States of Flow Personal Tri-Cities Jul 21 Pacific City Beach Trip: Rituals are Good Travel Pacific City Jun 20 Be Free, Releasing Sheldon Video Tri-Cities May 3 Cooperative Transformation [YouTube Video] Video Tri-Cities Apr 10 Making it Through The COVID-19 Pandemic with Words of the Day Personal Tri-Cities Apr 5 Transdisciplinary Literature Reviews using Zotero, How I Manage References [YouTube Video] Video Tri-Cities Mar 31 Stop Motion Video for Nana [YouTube Video] Video Tri-Cities Mar 25 Strengths-Based Engagement with Families [YouTube Video] Video Tri-Cities Feb 15 Reconnecting to the Divine: Book Review of Fox's Creativity Book Personal Tri-Cities Jan 13 Snow, No Problem... - Throwback YouTube Video from February 2019 Video Tri-Cities Jan 13 Lets Go Sledding - Throwback YouTube Video from February 2019 Video Tri-Cities 2019 19 posts Back to timeline ↑ Nov 2 Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back [Book Review] Professional Tri-Cities Oct 14 Creation of an Annual Report for CEUs for my LICSW Professional Tri-Cities Sep 27 Creators on Creating Book [Infographic] Personal Tri-Cities Sep 18 Creative Inquiry and the Ph.D. Personal Tri-Cities Aug 30 Choosing a Research Topic - Criteria for Choosing and a Digital Tool Video Tri-Cities Aug 14 The Mise en Place for University Class Preparation Professional Tri-Cities Jul 31 New Republic of the Heart - Book Review and I'm Going Back to School Personal Tri-Cities Jul 23 Floating the River - Summer Fun Video Tri-Cities Jul 14 Getting Out of my Head - My Latest Audio Book Series Personal Tri-Cities Jun 25 Building in Evidence-based Practices to our Parenting Professional Tri-Cities Jun 4 2019 Family Trip to Leavenworth Video Tri-Cities +1 May 24 Presentation at OSPI’s 2019 Student Support Conference - Better Together: Collaboration, Coordination, and Compassion Professional Wenatchee Apr 15 Privilege It's a Thing and We Should Care Personal Tri-Cities Mar 16 Is it Spring Yet? Duck Pond & River Fun Video Tri-Cities Feb 16 The 15 Hats (ahem, Roles) of Social Workers Video Tri-Cities Feb 7 Mutual Aid Model and Children with Special Needs Video Tri-Cities Jan 31 Changing Problematic Behaviors, Principles of Operant Conditioning Video Tri-Cities Jan 21 ADHD Information for Practitioners, Parents, and Schools Video Tri-Cities Jan 15 Working with Vulnerable Populations, a Rationale for Social Work Policy Practice Video Tri-Cities 2016 2 posts Back to timeline ↑ Aug 10 From the City to the French Countryside and Italy Travel Midi-Pyrénées Aug 2 Our European Adventure with a Start in Paris, The City of Lights Travel Paris 2014 22 posts Back to timeline ↑ Nov 14 Tracking Trainings Using Drafts and Launch Center Pro Professional Tri-Cities Aug 30 Mileage Tracking Form and Launch Center Pro Professional Tri-Cities Aug 17 Is My Mac Magic? Personal Tri-Cities Jul 24 Who Said Traveling With a Toddler Was Easy Travel Orlando Jul 19 Probably Time to Eat My Wheaties Travel Puyallup Jul 14 Positive Life Transition, Did Somebody Say Summer Professional Tri-Cities Jun 15 Ever Wonder How You Can Play Video Games and Get Paid Professional Spokane Jun 7 Fishies and Eggs Personal Tri-Cities May 3 Quick Happy Birthday Graphic Personal Puyallup Apr 27 Jump in The Stream, Favorite Podcasts Personal Tri-Cities Apr 6 Review of Buttrick's Practical Typography Professional Tri-Cities Mar 31 Back and it Went by like a Flash Travel San Francisco +1 Mar 29 The First Look, Conference Beginnings and Sights Travel San Francisco Mar 27 Bitten Years Ago, I've Got the Bug Travel Seattle Mar 23 Word Salad and Technical Jargon Professional Tri-Cities Mar 14 It's Final, Plan Tickets Bought Travel Tri-Cities Mar 2 Review of David Sparks's Markdown Book an Investigation to Formatting Documents Personal Tri-Cities Feb 17 Adventures Unexpected, Going iPad Only Personal Tri-Cities Feb 2 Glad Mateo's Cute, Reasons to Not Be Ugly Personal Tri-Cities Jan 31 Podcast Famous, Shout Out on Mac Power Users Personal Tri-Cities Jan 19 Atomic Throw Down Poster Designs Personal Tri-Cities Jan 5 Growing So Fast, A Look Back at the Last Year Personal Tri-Cities 2013 18 posts Back to timeline ↑ Dec 23 For Unto Us [2013 Christmas Newsletter] Personal Tri-Cities Dec 13 My 2013 Christmas Wish List Personal Tri-Cities Nov 25 The Wintertime DIY Painted Mirror Personal Tri-Cities Nov 21 Now Open, New Small Business Owner Personal Tri-Cities Nov 16 Speaking of Speaking, a Busy Week Personal Tri-Cities Nov 10 Mateo the Old Man - DIY Old Man Halloween Costume Personal Tri-Cities Oct 29 The Almost a Year and Wanting to Escape Personal Tri-Cities Oct 19 Playing with Automator Services and Apple Script Personal Tri-Cities Oct 13 The Great Pumpkin Mateo Campbell Personal Tri-Cities Sep 28 Transition to SquareSpace & Giant DYI Growth Chart Ruler Personal Tri-Cities Jun 18 Jacob The Not So Mad Scientist Personal Tri-Cities Jun 12 Been So Long Personal Tri-Cities Mar 28 An Allegory of the Free Market and Capitalism, Atlas Shrugged Book Review Personal Prosser Mar 26 First DIY Project, Useful Cup Holder for the Couch Personal Prosser Feb 23 Gun Violence & Mental Health Professional Prosser Jan 27 New and Fun Functionality Personal Prosser Jan 20 Serving in the Cold, PDC Annual Community Survey Personal Prosser Jan 7 Birth Announcements and the Economics of Children Personal Prosser 2012 12 posts Back to timeline ↑ Dec 28 Are You Ready or Not? Proud Father Personal Prosser Dec 18 Similarities of Bounty Hunters and Mental Health Case Managers Personal Prosser Nov 22 Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering Presentation Personal Prosser Nov 18 Follow Me to Freedom, Leadership / Followership and Shane Claiborn and John Perkins Personal Prosser Nov 5 When it Rains it Pours Personal Prosser Sep 15 Hard for the Economy as For Individuals Personal Tri-Cities Jul 28 My Friends Place Presents - Will Rage for Food -- All Ages Event Personal Tri-Cities May 26 Developing Strengths, Tim Roth's Strengths Finder 2.0 Review Personal Tri-Cities Apr 22 Pasco Discovery Coalition Logo Ideas Personal Tri-Cities Feb 13 How's Your Mental Efficiency, a Review of Arnold Bennett's Book Personal Tri-Cities Feb 11 2012 Have a Heart for Kids Day Travel Olympia Jan 15 Not a New Year's Resolution... But I Think a Start Personal Tri-Cities 2011 10 posts Back to timeline ↑ Dec 27 I Dream of Christmas Personal Tri-Cities Dec 24 The 2011 Holiday Newsletter for Jacob & Minnie Personal Tri-Cities Dec 4 A Look into Joining the Irresistible Revolution Personal Tri-Cities Nov 26 Friends, Family, and Thanksgiving 2011 Travel Astoria +4 Nov 21 Busy Weekend of Drinks, Fundraisers, and Outreaches Personal Tri-Cities Nov 16 Can These Dry Bones Still be Raised, A Review on Chris Hodges's Death of the Liberal Class Personal Tri-Cities Nov 1 The Lawyers & Artists Ball 2011 for My Friends Place Personal Tri-Cities Oct 27 Still in The Right Profession Personal Tri-Cities Sep 29 It Starts Again Personal Tri-Cities Jan 15 Business... Life, Work, and Organizations Personal Tri-Cities 2010 16 posts Back to timeline ↑ Nov 20 2010 Beggars Banquet Excitement Personal Tri-Cities Nov 9 Tri-Cities Wine Festival Personal Tri-Cities Oct 30 Cool Stuff Happening Personal Tri-Cities Oct 29 Safe Harbor Crisis Nursery Promotional Video Personal Tri-Cities Oct 11 Creative Giving? Personal Tri-Cities Oct 11 Finally, it works! Personal Tri-Cities Oct 1 The Job Hunt Continues Personal Tri-Cities Sep 17 Which Style? Travel Las Vegas Sep 16 Two Tourist Capitals Travel Las Vegas +2 Aug 13 Preparing for Real Life Travel Cusco Aug 13 Jacob's (in)credible Adventures Travel Cusco Jul 25 Corrupt Police, Pickpockets, and Broken Computers Travel Cusco +2 Jun 7 Corpus Christi, Fashion Show, and Tipon... a Good Week Travel Cusco +1 Apr 6 Mi Vida Loca Travel Cusco Mar 15 Student's Protest & Jacob Torres Goes to The Hospital Travel Cusco Jan 10 Some Words Are the Same Travel Cusco 2009 22 posts Back to timeline ↑ Nov 7 New Experiences & Broken Things Travel Puerto Maldonado +2 Oct 29 Delays, Couchsurfing, and Boats... Oh My (Brazil) Travel Manaus +3 Oct 7 From Jungle to Jungle Travel Isla de Margarita +3 Oct 3 Sad to Leave the Caribbean Lifestyle Travel Isla de Margarita +2 Sep 28 Out of Trinidad & Tobago and into the New World of Venezuela Travel Goma +4 Sep 27 Quick Update From Isla de Margarita Travel Isla de Margarita Sep 21 From Surreal to Real Travel Tri-Cities +2 Jul 24 Let The World Change You, and... You Can Change The World Travel Spokane Jun 19 Both Good and Bad Can be Crazy Travel Spokane Jun 13 Five Years Each Personal Spokane May 4 Weighing the Balance Personal Spokane Apr 19 Street Lights Personal Moscow +1 Apr 4 The Economy and Social Work Travel Spokane Mar 27 Abject Poverty, Orphanages, and Cuban Cigars Travel Lima Mar 24 Peru Dias Tres y Cuatro Travel Lima Mar 22 The First Glimpse of Lima Travel Lima Feb 19 Cultural Awareness Personal Spokane Jan 30 Whew for a Moment... Now for the Next Step Personal Spokane Jan 19 It's All Relative Personal Spokane Jan 18 Working with Diverse Populations - Juvenile's Involved in the Justice System Professional Spokane Jan 17 Do You Really Understand Personal Spokane Jan 8 Just a Bit Depreciated Personal Spokane 2008 34 posts Back to timeline ↑ Dec 28 Adventure by the Fly Travel Spokane +1 Dec 20 Soldiering for Social Work Personal Spokane Dec 13 Information Overload Personal Spokane Dec 11 Legislative Breakfast Personal Spokane Nov 29 So... It Starts Again Personal Spokane Nov 16 Stupid Flash Debugging Personal Spokane Nov 12 New Church Building Personal Spokane Nov 4 My Website has Been in Every State, Plus Two Personal Spokane Nov 3 Fervent Retreat Personal Ford Oct 28 Who Knew Ordering Pizza Could be Cool Personal Spokane Oct 26 Now You Can Read What I'm Reading Personal Spokane Oct 8 Google Elections Personal Spokane Oct 7 Things Lost on the Trip Travel Spokane Sep 23 The Way Home Travel Kraków +3 Sep 15 What Major Events Make Up My Life Travel Kraków Sep 15 Even While Traveling, Still a Nerd Travel Kraków Sep 14 From Hot to Cold Travel Rome +4 Sep 9 Suck, Suck, Major Suck Travel Riga Sep 8 Cup of Cool Water Continued Travel Barcelona +1 Sep 2 Travelers Cup of Cool Water Travel Vienna +2 Aug 30 Münichen, The Tent, and Good Chicken Travel Munich +2 Aug 25 Prague, So Many Statues and Beautiful Streets Travel Prague Aug 23 Bus Trip and Rainy Searches for a Hostel Travel Prague Aug 22 Berlin Travel Berlin Aug 20 A Long Stinking Travel Day! Travel Berlin Aug 18 Beginnings in Seattle Travel Seattle Aug 17 Just About to Leave Travel Spokane Aug 17 Site Overhaul Complete Personal Spokane Aug 14 Weird Sleep Schedule Travel Spokane Aug 13 New Found Password Personal Spokane Aug 5 Sending My Computer Away Personal Spokane Aug 3 The Waiting is the Hardest Part Personal Spokane Aug 2 Dance Instructor Training Personal Spokane Jul 31 New Website! Personal Spokane