Monthly Archives: August 2016

Easy Energizers

I’m always on the lookout for healthy ways to energize our days so we can keep our creativity and focus revved up throughout the day. Here are easy fixes we can all try:* Fruit fix: Adding one cup of fruit … Continue reading

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Beautiful Dreamer

Having just seen an “American Masters” show about the amazingly creative Walt Disney, I was inspired to seek out some of his words of wisdom and wanted to share them with you: “If you can dream it, you can do … Continue reading

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Lab Coats

“The lab or the factory: You work at one, or the other. “To work in the lab is to embrace the idea that what you’re working on might not work. Not to merely tolerate this feeling, but to seek it … Continue reading

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Something Wonderful

I love these words of wisdom from The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, a beloved children’s fantasy published in 1961, from the chapter, “Castle in the Air:” “You must never feel badly about making mistakes,” explained Reason quietly, “as long … Continue reading

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Last Cab

When my dear friend Linda sent me this wonderful anonymous online story, it touched me deeply and I couldn’t help wonder this: What if it had never been written? “I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting … Continue reading

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Read on!

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”   Cicero Bookworms, take heart! Not only is there evidence that reading books makes people more empathetic and mentally agile, but recent research published in “Social Science and Health” has … Continue reading

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Motion Potion

“Action seems to seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together, and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.” William James … Continue reading

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Game Plan

“The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write, and keep on writing.” Ken MacLeod “Nothing will work unless you do.” Maya Angelou William Styron called writing “my tortoise-like art” and pursued a strict writing pattern: He rose at … Continue reading

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Lightning Strikes

“Less thunder in the mouth, more lightning in the hand.” Apache adage When a pithy saying takes you by the scruff of the neck and shakes you — figuratively speaking, of course — it’s time to sit up and pay … Continue reading

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Something Wonderful

The Joy of Work Give us, oh, give us, the man who sings at his work! He will do more in the same time — he will do it better — he will persevere longer. One is scarcely sensible of … Continue reading

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