It’s tempting to go from Halloween fun to Christmas cheer, yet 2020, more than any other year, is the perfect time to keep Thanksgiving in your heart. There are a million ways to show thankfulness and gratitude to the cast of characters who’ve graced the stage of your life this year. My vote is for […]
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GRATEFUL BLESSED EXPECT APPRECIATE Today is a wonderful day to celebrate the release of the latest cards in THE PERFECT AGE® greeting card line. In this topsy-turvy year, a heartfelt greeting is just what your clients, friends and family need! GRATEFUL MESSAGE INSIDE: GRATEFUL Your spirit’s beauty fills the world with hope for the
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In honor of “Shark Week,†I’d like to say I’ve learned this fact: If it weren’t for the shark events (problems) in our lives, we wouldn’t have any lessons, spice or drama. In other words, our lives would be dull. Yet we don’t usually think of them in that light. Some of us are afraid
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The conversation lights up whenever I tell someone I’m a book shepherd. Usually I hear, “I’ve often thought about writing a book,†and even more often, “I’ve been told I should write a book.†As we chat, questions come up about the whole writing/self-publishing world and it’s fun to give my perspective on the who,
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My new book Well Seasoned: The Beauty of Age is a tapestry of thought provoking messages regarding Age, Worthiness, Confidence, Friends and Writing. You’ll love reading Anna Marie Peterson’s perspective on life. As an active 102 1/2 year old, she has a few important things to share with us! Here’s the first page of the
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My goal was to interview Lorraine Zomok for this blog. I only had 30 minutes until our P.E.O. Tea at the Spicery next door, but as soon as I stepped into Memory Lane Trinkets and Treasures, she met me with questions about my new book. Just like a schoolgirl who came home to show her
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During our three hour writing your life story workshops, we take a deep dive into the past for particular events, and someone’s story always brings me home to a memory or two from my own life. You’ll enjoy this memory, written by L.S., about an event from her young life. As soon as I heard
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I think I know why more of us don’t write the stories of our lives. We feel like a small creature swimming in the ocean of our experiences. They feel WHALE-ish: BIG. MASSIVE. TOO MUCH. The dilemma is that there is too much to count. In frustration, we put away the idea of writing anything
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Do you have the patience of a farmer when it comes to publishing your first book? After visiting my first home-state of Minnesota last week, I got to see the grand finale of the farming year—the HARVEST. Growing up, I don’t remember the semis in the fields and the monster tractors, yet it was
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