I’m so excited…
…to be bringing this old blog of mine back to life! If you’ll notice, there’s a menu item called “Original Posts From 2009” – those blog posts are from way back when I went back to College to study web design and coding.
I look back on those posts now and the memories are so fresh – it hardly seems as though 10 years have passed. But that’s the way my life’s been going lately – it seems to be rushing by, full of interesting stuff – some good, some not so good.
And I want to share my thoughts, the laughs, the lessons I’ve learned, and hope that the visitors to this site will find some value in it, or at least see it as something interesting to read on a rainy afternoon.
From the Blog
What exactly is SSL and why does my site need it?
The fast and simple answer is that since July of 2019, Google will mark your site as unsafe if you don't have an SSL certificate. And that...
Empty nesting – in one fell swoop
So, due to a series of unplanned events, I find myself empty-nesting with a vengeance.
My gardens
When we moved to Quebec from our farm in Ontario, I specified that I wanted a house with 2 things:
A pool, which I had wanted since I was a little girl, and little to no landscaping, so that I could do it myself.
Welcome
Hi, I’m M.A. Bell and I’m writing this blog to chronicle my transition from full-time Mom to successful graduate of the intensive Web Technology A.E.C. Program at John Abbott College, and, hopefully, on to a job as a web designer
Let Me Introduce Myself!
Hi! This is me - OK, not really!
Until I can find a photo of myself that I can stand to put online, this cute retro woman will have to do.
But what I can do right now is tell you a bit about myself.
I live in a small town on a small island just west of Montréal, Québec. I work full time as a web designer and developer, in my own company that I started in 2009.
When I’m not designing a new website or blogging here, I'm usually found either at the stables with my horse, Chips, in my garden (when there's no snow on the ground!) or reading a book.
I'm not going to tell you how old I am - numbers don't really matter that much to me - but I am definitely in the "Second Act" of my life.
