My many year old coffee pot died this weekend. It would turn on, but didn't do anything else. I didn't panic. It's one of the cheapest Mr. Coffee pots made, so ordering another one from Amazon for $20 with free shipping since we're Prime members was not that big of a deal. The problem is having coffee now. Well, that turned out to be okay too. Last year, when I was using a … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2018
Say Cheese!
Back in 2014--wow, that feels like a lifetime ago--at Pikes Peak Writers Conference in Colorado Springs, Kim Killion and Jennifer Jakes with The Killion Group put on a Cover Design workshop followed by a photo shoot workshop to show just what goes into getting as much out of a shoot as possible when shooting for stock photos to be used in cover designs. My wonderful … [Read more...]
Purpose
This year, I decided to get focused and organized and figure out what my purpose is. Based on a recommendation from a fellow writer, I bought a goal planner: Powersheets. It is an intentional (huge emphasis on this word) goal planner for 2018. Lara Casey—author of books on growing the intentional (there it is again) life and founder of Making Things Happen movement—created … [Read more...]
Wise Words for 2018
Happy New Year, everybody! New Year's Day can be a banquet of promise and possibilities. (Sometimes the banquet's first course is big helping of New Year’s Eve recovery, but we're not here to judge.) Lots of people are making resolutions today that they hope to keep. Some of us have whole lists. Mine starts with: My treadmill will be used for its original purpose, not … [Read more...]
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