by Laura Creekmore | Feb 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
It just doesn’t seem real. One of my first mentors, my longest boss, and a friend, Rex Hammock, died this week. I went to work for Rex in 1994, my second “real job” after college. Hammock Publishing found me by a series of coincidences that...
by Laura Creekmore | May 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
It’s really funny — for several years, I haven’t blogged regularly. I still write a lot about issues I care about, but I tend to do it on Facebook, where I have a lot of friends who like talking about these issues too. I have been meaning to copy...
by Laura Creekmore | Feb 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’ve been a member of the United Methodist Church my whole life. I’ve been angry at the church since I was in high school. That doesn’t sound terribly healthy, and I assure you there’s more to it than that. I’ve gotten a lot of good out...
by Laura Creekmore | Jan 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
The morning after the 2016 presidential election, my children were distraught. My two girls the most—they had been so excited to see a woman elected to the most powerful position in the world. They both knew, to differing degrees depending on their ages, that the...
by Laura Creekmore | Aug 23, 2013 | Privacy
Anytime I see new technology mentioned in the popular press, someone will mention this throwaway line: Well, that’s great, but of course the privacy issues will have to get worked out. We say that all the time. Digital cameras. iPhones. Google Glass. Facebook....
