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Today is a fresh new, tabula rosa, waiting my signature. I've determined that I will focus on FUN, creativity, gratitude, and MORE GRATITUDE for all I am blessed with. There has been so much negativity for the past eight-plus years encircling this planet like the rings of Saturn, that I know it is time to simple tune out the negatives. It's a challenge to hide from "bad" news, and stories of lack, and I see the power of thought with clarity as never before.
Today, as soon as I complete this litt… Continue

I've kept quite busy lately, writing queries, and editing volumes of neglected editions that have lain dormant on the shelf, or on the desktop for God only knows how long. I write when I am stressed. Quite frankly, I also freeze up when I am stressed, so I'm not sure what this emotional turbulence does to the quality of my work.
I have discovered something about myself during the passing nerve-racking year. It's been a year that has affirmed the adage, "No good turn goes unpunished." I never bel… Continue

It's a fabulous day in America! President Obama just signed a bill prohibiting wage discrimination! This is a spine chilling event in the lives of all Americans, not just for women. All of us benefit when discrimination ceases. I could not be happier. This is the first bill of legislation signed by the new president. It was pushed ahead of other bills as being critically import.

In the President's words, "Equal pay is by no means just a women's issue, it's a family issue," Obama said. "And in t… Continue