Business Newsletter & Mission Statement

Last weekend, in preparation for our son, Noah, our daughter-in law, Kelly, and our granddaughter, Yasmin moving back to Chicago from Sao Paulo, Brazil, I began organizing miscellaneous items I had stored in Noah’s room I was elated when I re-disovered two black cardboard three ring binders that contained HI-LITER newsletters from the 1970’s. The…

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Rosh Hashanah Raspberry Pie

One of our Jewish New Year traditions is celebrating Rosh Hashanah with my cousin’s from my father’s side of our family. Another tradition is my contributions to the holiday meal. I baked our dear friend, Joyce’s French Apple Pie and my Black Bear Raspberry Pie. I was given the recipe for the Raspberry Pie as a gift from the owner of the…

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Speak Fluent Brain Color As A Second Language

Shirli  Gajda is a 7th grade Language Arts teacher at the Lake Zurich Middle School North.  We met (and continue to work together) when I had the pleasure and privilege of facilitating What Color Is Your Brain?™ Workshops for their the MSN Teacher Institute Days last Spring. To learn more about the MSN “Fabulous Faculty,” visit my 5/7/08 blog post: Appreciating…

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Personality Traits Book Review

A “What Makes Us Tick!” Book Review Last, June 10th,  I had the privilege of presenting a What Color Is Your Brain? Workshop at the Schaumburg Business Association Good Morning Schuamburg Breakfast meeting, which was sponsored by Itasca Bank and Trust Co. I was thrilled that after my presentation, book sales were brisk! While chatting with Pamela Marte…

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President Lincoln’s Cottage

Our neighbors asked us to watch their house, while they spend a week in Michigan at a summer cottage. Their request caused me to reminisce about escaping the scorching summer heat (before air conditioning) at my maternal grandparents’ summer the cottage in Union Pier, Michigan, when I was a child. Annually, families make their summer migrations to cottages…

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Happiness & The Blue Brain Personality Type Workshop

“Collaborative” is a accurate adjective for the Blue Brainers!  To celebrate the second week of Happiness Happens Month, I want to tell you about the What Color Is Your Brain? Workshop I presented to members of Northwest Suburban Practice Group of the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois, last Thursday, August 7th. Notice the “Blue Brain” adjective of the “Collaborative” Law Institute.  …

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A Lesson From The Birds and The Trees

My husband, Jordan, and I loved watching our resident Mother Robin building her nest within the supports beams below our upper deck. We secretly observed her construction project from the bay window that encircles Jordan’s desk in our lower level garden room. Mother Robin would gather dry grasses from our perennial gardens, lint from the pachysandra garden underneath the dryer vent and twigs from the apple trees . The custom fit…

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