by Pamela Beason | Mar 18, 2012 | Everyday Chaos, The Writing Life
When I was in high school, we all took aptitude tests that were supposed to reveal what we were best suited to do in life and thus give us guidance for our paths after graduation. When the results came back, most students felt that they were on the right path in life...
by Pamela Beason | Mar 11, 2012 | Natural Wonders, Saving Money
Some acquaintances consider me a skinflint because I don’t spend money on a lot of the same things they do. They know I’m not poor. I have money in the bank, but as a self-employed investigator and author, my income is variable and the future is always...
by Pamela Beason | Mar 1, 2012 | Natural Wonders
Perhaps because I’m a fairly small human, I have always been amazed by the miniature life that surrounds us. As a child, I collected bugs. I wanted them to live in little circus tents under my bed. They had other ideas about places they wanted to live. Oh well,...
by Pamela Beason | Feb 25, 2012 | Natural Wonders
I recently spent a week camping on Half Moon Caye, a small island about 50 miles east of mainland Belize. It’s a bird sanctuary (mainly red footed boobies and frigate birds) and a World Heritage Site, not too far from another World Heritage Site, the famous Blue...
by Pamela Beason | Feb 14, 2012 | Everyday Chaos, Private Investigator
Everyone who finds out that I am a private investigator as well as an author asks me two things: Is the work fun? What do you do as a PI? You might be surprised by the range of activities a PI carries out in any given year. Some investigators specialize in only one or...