career – Page 6 – Kari Neumeyer

A familiar lump in my throat

As a grammar/spelling Nazi, I cringe when I see errors in print. In my job, I copyedit the work of others. My copy is usually quite clean, if I do say so myself, so I’ve often wondered how something gets to me with misspelled words. Like they didn’t spellcheck it, or even glance at itContinue reading “A familiar lump in my throat”

Home office

So I’m planting some marigolds when the cell phone rings. It’s my boss. I’m chatting with him about all the hard work I’ve been doing and I decide to take the dog with me to the end of the driveway and check the mail. En route, my boyfriend beeps in and I accidentally hang upContinue reading “Home office”

Waiting game

The best piece of advice I got this weekend about getting people to tell you their stories is, “You have to be willing to hang out.” This is especially true in my current position, where my boss encourages me to get out and visit each of the seven tribes I work for. The challenge isContinue reading “Waiting game”

Dog Day Afternoon

Now that was a fantastic weekend. What could be better than spending two days listening to professionals who inspire you to improve your craft, and then going back to your hotel room to be with your favorite two creatures in the world? Of course, when I finished today, this was how I found them: IsisContinue reading “Dog Day Afternoon”

Nurturing my OCD

I have zero design training. Yet here I am, singlehandedly putting together a 20-page annual report. I’ve had one 1-hour InDesign class and no formal PageMaker training, although I seem to have taught myself quite nicely. We’ll have a two-day InDesign training when we switch over to that software next month, but in the meantime,Continue reading “Nurturing my OCD”

1st Salmon

My favorite picture of the day. I’m especially proud that the horizon is straight. I seem to have a problem holding my camera level and it’s not so good when there’s a slanted ocean in the background. This is the remains of the first salmon the tribe caught this season, after it was tasted byContinue reading “1st Salmon”

Get sprung

Yup. It’s here. Sposed to get into the 70s today. Quite a change considering it hailed on Sunday. I plan to take both my dog and my iguana out when I get home from work today, because sadly, it’s supposed to rain tomorrow and Sunday. This is definitely a day when I should find aContinue reading “Get sprung”

The primary concern is the bulb

I’d lived in Washington and worked for a small newspaper about three weeks when my editor asked me if I would cover the first daffodil picking. “You have boots, right?” Thinking she meant steel-toe construction boots, and not rubber barn/field boots, I said yes. With such a high turnover among reporters, it’s smart to sendContinue reading “The primary concern is the bulb”

Now who’s the slow one?

I just posted a press release to the Internet with 2006 in the dateline. When I corrected it, I realized that I did the same thing last week.

Back to school

I’m enrolled in two classes. One is called “Taking Great Pictures” and it’s at the community college. It was my idea, but it’s officially for work. It’s only five sessions, and I tell you, it was worth my employer’s money for the first class alone. Oh the importance of shutter speed. The other is anContinue reading “Back to school”