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The heck with the economy and newspapers and magazines folding, I shall continue to write and read and pursue happiness. Speaking of happiness… an author named Gretchen Rubin has published a book (her 4th) called The Happiness Project. She spent a year exploring how to become happier. Her book just hit shelves. I have it … Read more
DO tweet facts that can benefit others, retweet valuable content, create “How-To” blog posts, announce events and seminars, recommend books, movies, blogs, websites but try to keep it to one (or maybe two) topics. Humor is always great—be tasteful, or at least not vile, disgusting, sophomoric or foul. DON’T tweet other people’s content without giving … Read more
Hey, be careful of some kind of Facebook “Group” that claims to be about fighting the proposed Facebook plan to start charging $5 a month in June. It’s not true and the website that the “group” says to go to, to learn more about the proposed charges, is a malicious site that took over my … Read more
Today I read an article written by the mother of one of the Columbine high school killers. It was fascinating, moving, insightful. click here to read article. I raced thru the pages in the magazine. When i was finished i had this recurring sad thought — soon there prob won’t be any more magazines and … Read more
This so reminds me of when art switched over to digital. A lot of us holdouts thought digital art wasn’t “real” — to be a real artist you had to use a paintbrush. But that attitude of trying to stick with what you know and resist change wasn’t working for me then and it won’t … Read more
Since Dad died in October, Mom has decided to sell the house. She is now faced with the daunted task of emptying out 41 years of debris. Yesterday Steve and I went to help. We helped Mom get rid of books — that’s always a hard thing to do for any writer! But guess what … Read more
The key to happiness is wanting what you’ve got. I can’t let my moods be determined by what’s going on in the world. I’d end up in a loony bin! Let’s all have a fantastically restful, loving, kind holiday season. Cheers.
In the January issue of The Resident will be three of my articles—Nonprofit Foundation That Helps Children Worldwide Launches New Website; Author Profile: Abby Sher, Amen, Amen, Amen; Travel to Caribbean Islands St. Kitts and Nevis. Also in January, appearing in City Dog Magazine is an article about Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, of course starring … Read more
Hi, A new website I created just launched moments ago. It’s for the Little Baby Face Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps children all around the world. There will be a writeup about it in the January issue of The Resident magazine. Check out the site and tell me what you think! Cheers, Dorri