Glorious new year’s challenges

This new year seems to be roaring out of the starting gate! With all that’s been going on in my life since the first of January, I’m finding myself hard-pressed to keep up with the blogging here on Winehiker Witiculture. California Wine Hikes, now in its third season, is booking tours at its fastest rate thus far. My day job as a technical writer is keeping me hopping like a one-legged Lindy dancer. And I have speaking engagements lined up for this quarter.

I also need to get out and hike - just to balance the stress I’m feeling - but fitting in a few hours’ hiking has been rather tough to do as well. (It’s dark after work!) Yet hiking is what I’ll be doing this Sunday as I take in a 7-mile loop with friends at Henry Coe State Park.

It’s all rather breathtaking! The real challenge that’s upon me, though, is that in addition to all of the above, I’m moonlighting.

It’s not that I’m hard-pressed for money or that I regularly engage in spending my off-hours staying switched on. On the contrary, when I hear knocking sounds on that Door of Opportunity, I find myself hard-pressed not to listen. This time around, I couldn’t not listen. And it’s because I write this blog that I heard the knocking in the first place.

Naturally I wish I could tell you some of the details about what was behind that Door, but I’m contractually obligated from divulging my client until the job is done - hopefully during the first week of February.

For now, I hope you’ll remain content to know that I am rewriting 40 pages of content for a Napa Valley winery website. I’ll definitely share that website with you next month after my client approves my work.

~winehiker

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4 Responses to “Glorious new year’s challenges”

Dr. Debs
January 17th, 2008 21:28
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Nothing wrong with shifting priorities and taking on new challenges–good for you, Russ. And I’m looking forward to the February unveil…
Mark V Marino
January 22nd, 2008 21:06
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Hey Russ,

Cool! Good for you! Please let me know when the time comes to release the news since this is my area I will follow up getting the word out if you will allow it!
I am always looking for news in the area and it is always coming in good luck to you in this one!
winehiker
January 22nd, 2008 22:00
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Dr Debs: Me too - thanks!

Mark, it’s a pleasure for me to know that you said that!

I’ll be sure to share the news when the site goes live.
Joel
January 24th, 2008 12:30
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Congrats Russ! 2008 looks like its shaping up as a banner year for alot of wine bloggers. Glad to hear things are going well.

Miss you on WLT though!