Jen of All Trades and Master of None

'The Father Of Motor Truck Transportation' Ted V. Rodgers Unified A Fractured Industry, Giving Birth To Its Prosperity By Jennifer Botchie ATA Web Editor Ted V. Rodgers April 7, 1888 - Sept. 13, 1960 ATA President, 1933-47 A bronze plaque in the lobby of the American Trucking Associations headquarters in Alexandria, Va., honors Ted V. Rodgers, the associations' first president, calling him "the father of motor truck transportation." By all accounts, that description is not much of a stretch, as Rodgers has been frequently described as someone who almost single-handedly united what was a fragmented industry in the 1930s. Starting with his tenure as president of the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association and continuing as ATA's leader, Rodgers was not afraid to travel extensively and use his persuasive powers to ally di...

I "started" this blog a year or so ago with the intention of getting back into blogging. My previous blog, Abingtonian Adventures , wasn't exactly relevant anymore, seeing as we no longer lived in the Abingtons, outside of Scranton, Pa. The fact that I'm finally writing my first post should pretty much sum up what this is all about. You see a lot of discussion of what one's "brand" is on social media. I have neither the time, talent or energy to have a perfectly-curated Instagram feed - I just like sharing fun and/or interesting pictures. I sometimes get deep on Facebook, but normally I'm pretty low-key, almost flippant. When I started pondering what my brand could possibly be, that's when I hit on "Jen of all trades and master of none." In short: I'm a SAHM with two daughters, ages 7 and 4. But this isn't just a mommy blog. I'm a freelance writer. Blogging may be a writing exercise, but this isn't just a news...