Poverty Consciousness
Image by jonrawlinson via Flickr Poverty consciousness. You hear that a lot these days. So what does it mean? Do you live your life with the idea that you will never have enough money? With the ‘if only’ and ‘I can’t’ and ‘I wish’? If only I could have that. I can’t do that. I…
Secret Meeting
Cover of Every Friday Today I had a secret meeting. Every Friday from 1 to 3 pm I do a series on How to Green Your Home. It’s conducted at The Computer Guy’s store in Hampton, Iowa (my local community). I advertise it in the Franklin County News Today, on Facebook and Twitter and word…
The Lion Sleeps
Image via Wikipedia For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die. Edward M. Kennedy1932-2009 (visit http://oldfeminist.blogspot.com/2009/08/in-his-own-words.html – I took all of this from her – and her blog rocks! I’m pretty sure she won’t mind a bit.)…
Going Green Has Never Been Easier
Cover via Amazon Green event this Friday, live with Deb Brown.Here are the details (keep reading, lots of good info here also): FRIDAY AUGUST 28TH 1 TO 3 pm The Computer Guy Store 115 First Ave NW – Hampton, Iowa Big screen tv, volume set so you can hear, information you won’t find anywhere else.…
Pictures for a Saturday
my cat, Twin. He never comes out when people are around. Except for Kev and me.Tomatoes in the kitchen window turning, pretty flowers outside one of the flowers in my garden look close, there’s a crane there looking inside the tree onions in my garden (and weeds) pink lilly at Judy’s house poppies – aren’t…
Running the gap
Image by mikebaird via Flickr Imagine what you want. In life. For your business. At your home. In your family. Now imagine where you are in life. In your business. In your home. In your family life. Is there a big gap between the two? For most people, the answer is yes. Find ways to…
Pain Is Inevitable
Cover of Pain Is Inevitable, Misery Is Optional I had the honor of listening to a keynote speaker, Hyrum Smith – cofounder of Franklin Covey, at our Melaleuca Convention. If you’ve not heard of him, I suggest you get on the ball and do your due diligence. Mr. Smith gave a high energy, no nonsense,…
Losing my religion for equality
Image via Wikipedia I came across the following article on a Neal Donald Walsh email newsletter. I believe this point of view needs to spread about. Losing My Religion for Equality by Jimmy CarterJuly 15, 2009 Women and girls have been discriminated against for too long in a twisted interpretation of the word of God.…
Do You Need a Sign?
Image via Wikipedia Of course you do. Even the smart folks at the Small Business Administration (SBA) think so. They call your retail identification sign a silent salesman, advertising your business day and night. But what if you have a home-based business out in the country, or feel that people are driving to the big…
You’re creating everything. What’s your story?
Image via Wikipedia One of the principles of Feng Shui is that everything is connected ….and the Law of Attraction tells us we create our own reality.If you wanted proof, quantum physicists have now proved the observer changes what is observed. Which means the very act of you observing something changes it and you’re creating…