LIVING A CAVALIER LIFE
I’m just a little cavalier about it all…
So… Who is Donna Cavalier anyway?
Latest Thoughts
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What Lurks in the Predawn Hours?
Read more: What Lurks in the Predawn Hours?I sat in the dark, curtains open. I’d been sitting at my desk for an hour or so, with only the glow from the computer screen providing some light. The world outside the window matched the room, mostly dark, with only a dim light rising above the rooftops across the street. Dawn was coming, but…
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Exhaustion Has Landed
Read more: Exhaustion Has LandedWe are moving. Again. Moving sucks. That’s the gist of this post, so if you’d rather not read further, that’s okay. You’ll have learned all you need to learn about my current state of life, and you won’t have to listen to me whine. Why are we moving? We live in a beautiful home. Our…
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You’ll Never Shine If You Don’t Glow
Read more: You’ll Never Shine If You Don’t GlowNearly two years ago, I wrote a post titled, “Words That Make A Difference“. In it, I divulged that a Smash Mouth song, “All Star”, saved my life. I was battling deep depression and didn’t see any hope for the future or any reason to continue. I quoted one of the lyrics’ lines and how…
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My Cheap Portable PC: A Budget-Friendly Laptop Alternative
Read more: My Cheap Portable PC: A Budget-Friendly Laptop AlternativePurchasing a computer, especially a laptop, can be really expensive. The higher the specs, the steeper the price. But what if you could put together your own portable PC setup at a fraction of the cost? Through my journey of overcoming financial limitations, I’ve learned the value of smart solutions. Having worked with an impossibly…
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Despair Where Once Lived Hope
Read more: Despair Where Once Lived HopeThe human race has failed us. We had a moment of glory when we gave birth to the grand idea of the Internet*. This changed the world in the most significant ways, and for a while there, it felt like it was the greatest gift we could have given ourselves. I remember a slice of…
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How Did I Miss This? Eye-Opening Day
Read more: How Did I Miss This? Eye-Opening DayWarning: Everything you read here will sound alarmist and melodramatic. I apologize for that. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t justified. For the last few years, I have wondered how our country has turned into what it is today. How did we become so completely divided, but more than that, how did we turn the…
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Feelin’ The WordPress Vibe
Read more: Feelin’ The WordPress VibeWhen WordPress was born 20 years ago, it broke new ground and changed the world in so many ways. It bettered the lives of millions of people, including mine. Just as WordPress caused this positive disruption two decades ago, AI is now poised to do the same. So to honor WordPress and the love I…
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Does This Thing Have Wheels?
Read more: Does This Thing Have Wheels?Back in the day, being mobile generally required wheels, but of course, the word “mobile” evokes images of phones now. When WordPress began in 2003, mobile phones existed, but they were far from smart. I bring this up because although I am a long-time smart phone user and a much longer-time WordPress fan, today is…
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A Trip Down Website Memory Lane
Read more: A Trip Down Website Memory LaneAs WordPress gears up to celebrate its 20th anniversary, I’ve ventured down memory lane and taken a look back at some of my early WordPress websites. But this begins before the birth of WordPress. The earliest website I built – that I can recall was launched before WordPress was created. Back in the good old…