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HAPPY THON’09 SURPRISES!
August 1st began the Secret Society of Happy People HappyThon’09. A perfect time to post my friend, Mari Baskin’s Guest Blog about Surprises. Mari is a “Creative Wordsmith and Graphic Designer Extraordinaire! ” I admire and enjoy her words and work. I trust you will too.I wonder if the world is evenly split between the…
Read moreDAILY THUMB EXERCISES
Work on my new website and developing What Color Is Your Brain? workbooks, for the last few weeks, has given my fingers and thumbs intense aerobic workouts. Recently, I was reminded of how much exercise some individual’s thumbs receive. While I was purchasing my new cell phone, I noticed that the young man who was…
Read moreGREEN BRAIN TECHNOLOGY AT WORK
My Green Brain has been diligently and systematically at work:1. Writing and editing information for my new website. 2. Researching, purchasing and learning how to use my new cell phone. 3. Developing new workshop materials for clients.4. Completing post workshop printout materials for clients. I should be back on track with regular blog posts next week. I’ll let you know when the…
Read moreHAPPY PEOPLE SECRET SOCIETY
I just received the following “Orange and Blue Brain” message from Pamela Gail, founder of the Secret Society of Happy People . Pamela and I met on line last year, when I wrote a blog post and included information about her society. With all sad news in the media, this message made me smile! Pamela…
Read moreFOUNDING FATHERS & 4TH OF JULY
I received the following in message from our neighbor, Dan Lampier, who just returned home from his service in the Marine Corp. What I read was thought-provoking information, which is not written in most history books. I was reminded of the sacrifices the have been made to allow all us to enjoy our precious and…
Read moreGREEN BRAIN BABY STEP ACHIEVEMENTS
I’m excited to share my Green Brain Achievements with you! For those of you who are Blue Brainers and find technology and Excel spread sheets a challenge. I want to encourage you to take an Orange Brain leap out of your Comfort Color, as I did. My successes might sound ridiculous to those of you…
Read moreBloggging Brain Break
I followed Joanna Young’s advise on her Confident Writing Blog and took a “Blogging Brain Break.” It was lovely and encouraging to read Joanna’s post and other individual’s comments. Her words offered me permission to take excellent care of myself and enjoy some “breathing space” for the past 6 weeks. My “Responsible Yellow Brain” no longer…
Read moreSpring: Re-designing My Website
Please, forgive my absence. I have been preparing and presenting Brain Color Workshops and reviewing and revising old pages, creating new pages and designing an interactive Brain Quiz for my website. Spring offers new growth, and for me its my “Green Brain” editing and formating. I’m excited and eager to share my re-designing with all of you. As my computer, website, garden and brain…
Read moreAmerican Idol Brain Colors
Many routines have changed in our home, since our son and his family have moved home from Brazil. When Noah and Kelly lived in Brazil they watch American Idol as an entertaining connection to the US. They now have my husband, Jordan, and I hooked on the show. The beginning auditions were amusing, bordering on the ridiculous and…
Read moreWriting A Business Book
Exciting news! On Monday, I sent the first draft of my new “Business” book proposal to my agent, Jonathan Malysiak at The Jonathan Scott Agency. I was delighted they Jon was enthusiastic about the book.The project will incorporate and utilize all my Brain Colors: “Green Research”, “Yellow Organization”, “Blue Creativity” and “Orange Resourcefulness.”This “thought-provoking” writing process…
Read moreWriting Guild and Workshops
This morning, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators of Illinois (SCBWI) listserve offered me a GRAND Connection. It was Sheila’s George’s post about a writer’s organization and workshop. I immediately emailed Sheila for more information. I was delighted to learn about the International Women’s Writing Guild and the Susan Tiberghien’s “A Writing Life / A Creative Life:…
Read moreInfluential Blogger
Yesterday, I was catching up emails from my gmail account and to my surprise and delight I had a google alert from Janette Toral, who lives in the Philippines. Janette is the author of the Influencialblogger.net, a reflective thinking blog recording lessons learned from insightful and creative authors, leaders, books, blogs, and events. Listed in on of her…
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