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Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections
Jared Bramblett hosted the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge with a theme of “Reflections,” challenging us to: . . . create an image that uses reflections to force the viewer to question and interpret the reality of the shot. The reality of this shot is that there is no “Lab Latte” on the menu. Join…
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You Flatter Me, Blogger Friends!
Recently, I read a blog post by Peter Bregman, one of my favorite business-related bloggers in the Harvard Business Review Blog Network. He posted a thoughtful commentary titled: “Do You Really Need to Say Thank You?” His post was an excellent reminder of the virtue and value of those two little words — “thank you.” No matter…
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An Elegant Holiday Dessert Option for the Non-Baker
As you may have gathered from some of my other posts, I rarely cook since my husband actually enjoys it and gets annoyed with me puttering pestering interfering helping in the kitchen while he is exercising his creative cooking skills. As we were brainstorming ideas for dessert to bring to our upcoming dinner club (kicking off…
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In Memory of Bryce Courtenay and The Power of One: It’s Never Too Late to Start Writing
“Always in life an idea starts small, it is only a sapling idea, but the vines will come and they will try to choke your idea so it cannot grow and it will die and you will never know you had a big idea, an idea so big it could have grown thirty meters through…
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Unhappy Holidays? Focus on the “Stuff” that Matters
‘Tis the season for Martha Stewart-esque images of perfectly decorated homes, elaborate craft ideas shared on Pinterest, and a pervasive pressure to create the ideal holiday memory for your family. Has the holiday to-do list already grown three heads and taken over your life as we countdown to Christmas over the next 30 days? Have you asked yourself…
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