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Making A Difference: The Girl Effect
As a woman, wife, and mother of a young teen, it is hard to read some of these sobering statistics about the harsh realities of life for so many girls my daughter’s age in the developing world:...
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Rescuing The Invisible Children
My daughter brought this Kony 2012 campaign to my attention. And then this video (click here) popped up the same day in another blog I follow: Kind Over Matter. The video brings light to a tragic...
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What A Marvelous Mantra
“So Very Happy” signed and numbered lustre finish 8 x 10 print © 2008 Studio Mela: Goodies for Your Happy Little Nest
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Paula Ticks, Paula Talks: Tick Tock, Time for Politics—Time to VOTE
I support President Obama’s re-election because he did all this (and saved America’s iconic auto industry!) while cleaning up the worst financial mess in modern history—all amidst an unprecedented...
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The Muse Is IN: An Owner’s Manual For Your Creativity … A High Octane New...
If you’ve ever wondered how to get your creativity running like a well-oiled machine, Jill Badonsky’s just-released book is like having an ace mechanic by your side helping you power up your genius and...
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Young-ha Kim: Be an Artist, Right Now!
Why do we ever stop playing and creating? With charm and humor, celebrated Korean author Young-ha Kim invokes the world’s greatest artists to urge you to unleash your inner child—the artist who wanted...
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Forward, Upward, Onward Together
This weekend, The Bahamas kicks off its celebration of 40 years as a sovereign, independent democratic nation—a stable country with a long history of 325 years of peaceful governance as a British...
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Get Started: Revving Up Your Creative Energy
I like this quote. It’s a great reminder for me, and for anyone who wants to rev up their writing, art, business, or any creative endeavor—including life! Lowered expectations at the beginning of a...
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The Greening of Grand Bahama
It’s the last Saturday of the month—and that means it’s time for Grand Bahama’s Farmer’s Market, known as “Da Market” at the Bahamas National Trust Rand Nature Centre from 9 am to 1 pm each month (and...
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Pineapple Perspectives: Welcoming Voice & Vision
The humble pineapple—a staple of feasts among Taino and Carib tribes—was prized for its exotic rarity in colonial times when a pineapple dressing your table or entry was a luxurious sign of ultimate...
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The Saturday Book Shop
Welcome back to The Saturday Bookshop! This first book I want to show you today is near and dear to my heart because it is by my dear friend and internationally-acclaimed artist, Chantal Bethel. I had...
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The Saturday Book Shop – December 26, 2020
It’s a glorious blue-sky, warm-sun and briskly BEAUTIFUL day-after-Christmas here in the warm-winter tropics of South Florida. Far too fine to be doing anything but masking up and being out enjoying...
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The Saturday Book Shop – January 2, 2021
“A hymn of love to the world.” That’s what author Elizabeth Gilbert says about the book I want to share with you today—and what a true description it is. I am totally enthralled by Braiding...
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The Saturday Book Shop – How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with...
Pronoia is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings by Rob Brezsny is a book that I gladly turn to in both joyous moments as well as crazy, horrible...
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The Saturday Book Shop – Salute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The enduring legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and his life’s work is celebrated in the United States this weekend. Seemed an apt moment to spotlight the last book he wrote, which is, sadly, still...
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The Saturday Book Shop – Trees, Glorious Trees
Welcome back to The Saturday Book Shop (which originally started here.). The ongoing and everyday marvel of trees is on my mind this week. Books and trees. Trees and books. They are intertwined and...
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The Saturday Book Shop – The Lost Spells
Just one exquisite little book today: The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane and illustrated by Jackie Morris. The simple majesty of this book gently opens your heart with quietly elegant poetry, rhyme,...
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The Saturday Book Shop – The Snail with the Right Heart
Most book stores do not have a section labelled “Simply Enchanting”, but they ought to, and this book definitely falls into that category of undefinable magic (mixed with true science) that will no...
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The Saturday Book Shop – All Along You Were Blooming
The words of Morgan Harper Nichols wrap you in gratitude, in grounded open empathy, in beauty, in heart song — and especially in hope. All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living by...
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The Saturday Book Shop – Small Wonder
Small Wonder is a collection of essays by one of my all-time favorite authors: Barbara Kingsolver. This collection of essays was originally published in 2002 and written in response to the tragedy of...
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