My first-ever podcast “EVER NEW with Kris M. Smith” will debut on January 15, 2022 on my Facebook page and elsewhere. Here’s the scoop.   ABOUT THE PODCAST   “EVER NEW with Kris M. Smith IS ABOUT LIVING OUT LOUD, FORGING LASTING CONNECTIONS, AND VISITING WITH EFFERVESCENT THINKERS AND DREAMERS. IT’S AN UPLIFTING HOUR THAT…

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Here are the links to tonight’s interview. Pick the one you’re most familiar with. (These links are evergreen. You can click on them anytime!!!)   Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/165307246844830/posts/5988841137824716/ YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIlGD5nZsIM Twitch Link: https://www.twitch.tv/NDBMedia   And here is a link to my first interview with Roger on June 3 2009:  http://tobtr.com/549461   Tonight, for the very first time…

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In just one day’s time, I landed one confirmed interview with Roger Noriega (date and time TBA), and Kim Rain Roddenberry has suggested me as a potential guest with another gentleman. Awesome!   You can sure tell the most proactive folks on my Friends list, that’s for sure!  Thank you, Roger and Kim, for jumping…

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Mark Monlux Self Portrait

COMMISSION CON   I’ve been invited to “Grand Poobah” Mark Monlux’s Commission Con ZOOM gathering this afternoon. I’m honored and feeling very nervous about it. Mark Monlux has a vendor table in Artist Alley at Seattle’s Emerald City Comic Con every year, and has for years. An award-winning comic illustrator, you’ve likely seen some of…

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Had an absolutely wonderful time at the B&G Sponsored Event Bazaar today. Met so many wonderful vendors and guests. Sold some books and bought some amazing things…   I’ve collected business cards from some of the finest-quality vendors who were in the room I was in and I want to share them (and their websites or Facebook…

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My  Forks Appearance    Two weeks from this hour, my appearance in Forks WA at Raincon will be a one-day-and-four-hours’-old memory. I sure hope it’s a good one!  (June 15 at 1 PM at the Rainforest Arts Center.)   I’ve been “rehearsing” in my mind every night for the past few weeks as I fall…

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS, TACOMA-AREA RESIDENTS! It’s just seventeen days until the May 18th B&G Sponsored Events Mother’s Day Bazaar. This is a bazaar honoring ALL of the people who serve as primary caregivers to dependent youngsters–biological moms, adoptive moms, grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings… you name it and claim it, and we’re here to honor you!…

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Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay

I’ve decided I need to join the 21st Century. I ordered a smartphone yesterday. It should arrive in the next day or two.   Then I can start figuring out how to use it. But the one I chose doesn’t have a huge learning curve, so I should do okay.   I chose a Motorola…

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