What better way to start the new year than with a post about GRATITUDE? Gratitude isn’t just about being thankful. Gratitude changes us neurologically, makes our brains stronger, just makes sense. Gratitude burns away the shadow of life’s circumstances, like the sun burns away fog–that empty mode we can lockourselves into, where we’re unable to shift […]
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Why Writers Need Their Own Author Website
Many book authors decide that they do not need their own book author websites. These authors feel that they can get enough exposure by listing their book on the various online book sites.Yet, if you are truly interested in giving your book the best online marketing opportunities, you need to have your own author website. […]
Sassman Memory Farm
It all started with a single strand of Christmas lights put up by a brother in memory of his sister, who had passed away due to cancer. Now, 19 years later, the Christmas light display at Earl Sassman’s Memory Farm at 3446 Point Pleasant Road in Elk Grove has grown to 150,000 lights and can be seen from […]
Having Never Really Lived
When the 14th Dalai Lama was asked, “What about humanity surprises you the most?” he said: “Man, because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices his money to recuperate his health. Then he is so anxious about the future that he doesn’t enjoy the present. As a result, he doesn’t […]
Feed for Thought; Grain Corn Harvest
Feed is the largest single production expense on the dairy farm. No feed means no milk. Period. Regardless of all the other factors that enter the equation, such as cow genetics, health and management, the dairy feeding program most affects productivity and profitability. So, from the dairyman’s standpoint, the marketing slogan “Got Milk? easily translates […]
Steal This List/10 Writing Craft Techniques
Today’s post reflects how lazy (and totally out of ideas) I am, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be rewarded for stopping by. If you’re a fiction writer, that is. Because I’m passing along an article by Janis Hubschman called “Steal This List.” In it, Janis shares ten writing craft techniques that have saved her hours (if not years) of frustration. […]
