Meaningful Message of Chanukah The meaningful message of Chanukah is exhibit the  courage and conviction to  over come oppression and gain freedom to practice your religious and cultural beliefs without fear of persecution.   Grand Discovery While searching for traditional Chanukah songs on YouTube, I found a grand song sung by folk music trio of Peter,…

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UFOs Landed In Our Backyard We had to remove 2 dead trees from our backyard. For 2 years we could not decide what to plant in the 2 circular spaces where the Blue Spruce Fat Alberts had graced our back yard. The empty circles looked like 2 UFOs  had landed in our backyard. Gardener One…

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Life-Long Lesson Today’s post is from my family business memoir, No Bunk, Just BS (Business Sense), which is my 6th book. “Do the Right Thing!” is a life-long lesson children are hopefully taught and carry with them into adulthood. With the world turned upside down with the war in Ukraine, COVID, the US economy this…

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No Bunk, Just BS Book Today’s post is from my family business memoir, No Bunk, Just BS (Business Sense) 50 Timely and Timeless Truths Business School Cannot Teach You!, which is the latest book I have written. Chapter #5 This post is an excerpt from Chapter #5: Achieving and Maintaining Success Truths. Truth #9 Truth…

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Fishing For Words I will not be trawling for fish. I will be fishing for words and ideas for my new What Color Is Your Brain?® When Mangaing People and Projects. Blog Posts Please note: I  will not be writing my blog post for a while. Brain Color Writing Process My Yellow Brain will be…

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Happy Book Birthday! What Color Is Your Brain?® was published in 2007. I always think of its birthday in October. It is hard to believe that my book is 14 years old this month! Printing Last week, my aquisition editor Brien Cummings sent me an email that said: “We are in the process of stocking…

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Graduation Certificate My Orange Brain is excited to share that I have received my “Graduation Certificate” from my non-invasive radiation treatments for my skin cancer. The certificate confirms “YOU LOOK RADIANT”. My certificate was granted to me “for outstanding compliance and completion of Image Guided-Sperficial Rationa Therapy” with Congratulations from my care team. Redheads Sandy…

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Feeling Overwhelmed Many people, including me, have felt that heart break that the past 14 months have been filled with:  Coronavirus, unemployment, children learning from home, political battling, injustice, and prejudice. Life has been emotionally, financially, and physically challenging, and devastating for so many women, men, and children. Whenever, my Blue Brain and Heart are…

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How I Learned to Love Poetry When I was a young girl I was fortunate to attend Mac-Do Lodge Camp for Girls in Delevan, Wisconsin. Minnie A. Cohen, the owner and director of our camp,  always read inspirational poems during our Sunday night campfire and award ceremony. Sharing Poetry It was those Sunday night readings…

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