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Tag: Inspiration
I’ve said it before: a great book is one that makes me wish I were back in the classroom so I could teach it. Their […] Read More
Enough people have asked if my husband and I are still watching all the Oscar Best Picture nominees so I decided to post my thoughts […] Read More
A few years ago I shared a post about what corporate comms pros (and their CEOs) could learn from Warren Buffett’s annual letter to Berkshire […] Read More
When I first posted about The Obesity Code, I indicated it was perhaps my most transparent post to date. We’ll this may top that – […] Read More
This month, I celebrate 15 years of blogging! In wedding terms, that’s the crystal anniversary – so it feels like a reason to celebrate! In […] Read More
If you’re like me and want to try to root and grow a holiday cactus, here’s how I did it successfully. And, using these tips, it really was quite easy.
Last week when I was wrapping up my review of The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese, I saw that he was going to be […] Read More
I get asked for recommendations for book club selections on a fairly regular basis. Here are 10 (plus a few extra) that I highly recommend. Hopefully some are new to you.
Barbara Kingsolver’s latest tome is a modern retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic David Copperfield. Told in first person, Demon Copperfield escorts readers through his life from the difficulty of getting born to an addicted mother, navigating abusive foster situations, to devising survival routes at any cost.