Well almost two months ago I had hoped to awaken from my blog slumber, but looks more like I hit the snooze and rolled over and went back to sleep. I may have hit the snooze button, but haven’t been sleeping, that’s for sure. I have since quit my job and moved into the brave new world of self-employment, which has been a dream of mine for a long time. Actually, I am starting 3 new businesses at the present time.

Firstly, I started a one-man web services consulting firm (not sure if a team of one counts as a firm), Web Exponent and am currently busy on a huge project at a local company in need of some web strategy help. I made my first bonehead move by putting the wrong phone number on my business which I swear I double checked. Doh!

Secondly, I am working on an outdoor product company with a friend. The company is called Goat Head Gear and we are hopefully about 8-10 weeks away from launching our product. There will definitely be more to come on this subject.

Lastly, I just started working on a new project with my neighbor that will also have a web sales component but we are early in figuring things out at this point.

Add to all of this, I am also helping one my longtime friends with a web software company he is starting. So somewhere in all of this I need to spend sometime with my family, exercise, and fulfill my responsibilities at church. Sadly blogging has fallen by the wayside a bit. I am hoping to start sharing more about Goat Head Gear on this blog as I think it suits the subject matter … Continue Reading

I am hoping to make a return to more frequent blogging after a long and unintentional hiatus. Not sure how many of you missed me, but I have been meaning to get back on the horse and looks like now is the time.  Please check back frequently and share what you like with your friends on Facebook and Twitter.

ThisIsFlyDaily.com shares this nice looking video trailer for the fly fishing photography/videography blog fly-focus.com.  Check out the blog.  There are some really cool images posted that make me want to get out and go.

FLY-FOCUS Trailer from Marcus Sies on Vimeo.

I received word today from Alltop.com, that my blog has been added to their fly fishing and outdoors topic pages. I am pretty stoked by this as they are pretty selective on the sites they include. Alltop is a cool site that acts like an online magazine rack that aggregates the best of online content and categorizes it for easy reading. Alltop is a company started by author/entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki. Check out the site and make it a part of your online habits. Thanks Alltop.

• Alltop Fishing News
• Alltop Outdoor News
• My Alltop page

In case you have noticed, Under the Aspens has undergone a move and face lift.  I moved from my Blogger blog to a WordPress blog.  The move offers me more flexibility and allowed me to customize the look and feel to my liking.  I am pretty happy with the results and will continue to make improvements over time.  The graphics are all original for this site and I will soon have them available as wallpapers for the computer or iPhone.  Anyway, I hope you like this new look.  Please feel free to leave your comments below.  Thanks.