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Children’s Books Published!
Say something that matters.
Welcome to my blog! Sometimes I’ll offer advice about public speaking. Maybe I’ll tell you a story. Or perhaps I’ll make you laugh, teach you something interesting, or help you think a bit differently on a topic. Please consider subscribing so you don’t miss any of my posts.
Children’s Books Published!
Lifted Up Blog
Front Porch Lessons, Part 1
This time of year I enjoy rising early to prepare a simple breakfast that gets transported on an old hammered-silver tray to my front porch. The peaceful morning is a perfect setting for considering what lessons are offered up to me from the garden...
It’s Got A Good Beat And It’s Easy To Dance To
Tomorrow is the 63rd anniversary of the first day Dick Clark hosted a local television show in Philadelphia called Bandstand. The clean-cut 26-year-old had been a college radio disc jockey at Syracuse University, and in 1951 he landed a job in...
Auto-Signature Revisited
If you’ve ever had a business email account, it’s likely that you’ve used an auto-signature. People set up an auto-signature so that every time they type an email, the system inserts the text they have established as their “signature” at the end of...
6 x 6
Are you old enough to remember when a certain brand of tea bag included a message on the paper end that connected the string to the bag? It...
Is there a rainbow in the house?
I kept just one memento from my former job: a plexiglas award from 2002 for Outstanding Finance Team Member. Wow. I hope you are duly impressed. At...
Broken
I was standing on a step stool, searching for the honey in an upper corner cabinet. My elbow accidentally nudged a can of tomatoes that obeyed the...
Are You Finished Yet?
The twelve-page booklet is copyrighted 1963: 101 Ways to be More Attractive. The information was compiled by staff members of Patricia Stevens...
Flutter By
Have you ever heard of someone hating butterflies? These colorful winged creatures seem to live a peaceful life around flowers. They don’t bite or...
Solitary Refinement
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you’ve heard of “tiny houses.” These houses typically fall in a range of 300-400...
To work or not to work….that is the question.
When I first announced last year that I planned to retire from my day job, the reactions could be separated typically into two categories: 1) The...
Bad Carb!
In 1991 I was at least twenty pounds overweight. I signed up for a nutrition/exercise program that I attended on my lunch hour a few times a week....