Lisa Stone

Once upon a time, I abruptly abandoned a ten-year-tradition of reading glossy magazines in the bathtub. Why? Because I loved my laptop more than bubble bath and I fell madly in love with the sites it showed me: Flickr.com and Etsy.com. I loved these sites, spending hours mooning over layouts of backyard gazebos I could stencil by hand with soy ink, doughnuts with sprinkles, and bedazzled lingerie Ithe most frequent use of which would be to snag my best t-shirts while I cleaned house on Saturday mornings). Practical stuff. I used these sites black and blue. I linked them. I linked them again. And then, one day, like the fickle woman I am, I found a new love: Pinterest.com. And lo, it was yummy.  Read more >

Hi everyone, Remember this? "Do or do not. There is no try."~ Yoda to Luke Skywalker just before Luke looked blue murder at his little green mentor Ever wonder how Yoda got out of this episode without floating face down in the swamp? Perhaps the Force inspired Luke to listen to the being with 800 years more experience.  Read more >

This week, I'm devoting this post and BlogHer's weekly newsletter to making it easy for you to take action to protect yourself and those you love in one minute from your computer. The Environmental Protection Agency is issuing new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards at the end of this week. The problem? A utility lobby doesn't want to have to act on these standards, and is pressuring Congress and President Obama. Specifically, according to the non-partisan, nonprofit Moms Clean Air Force: "Hazardous air pollution comes from our oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power plants. Many utility executives have cleaned up their plants—and it has not hurt their financial health, or our economy. But now a handful of other coal utility companies, armed with powerful polluter lobbyists, is urging that clean-up be delayed—and fighting to weaken clean air standards for the most toxic pollutants."  Read more >

I would have to learn to really cook, build an entirely new room onto my house and tesseract time to accomplish what I really want to do for every holiday. But this year, I'm not going to beat myself up nor invest hours in a holiday pout. Don't have to, thanks to the uber-list developed with your advice: BlogHer's Holiday Countdown Calendar. Whether you are a foodie, an extreme couponer or looking for the right unusual gift someone definitely does NOT have (eco-friendly toothbrush; I'm giving two), read on for the best advice from BlogHers -- so far!  Read more >

Hi everyone, I want to talk with the writer in you. For seven years, through hundreds of thousands of blog posts, 15 in-person BlogHer conferences, and lo, those many NaBloPoMo and NaNoWriMo writing exercises, one of the most popular conversations across the BlogHersphere has been and is: "How can I turn my blog into a book?"  Read more >