Last night there was the TEDWomen, and for us here in Nevada County, TEDx Grass Valley. Outstanding. That our greater Nevada City/Grass Valley area draws and supports such a spectacular array of fantastic women is somewhat mind-boggling. I’m not the write-a-summary-review kind of girl. Hopefully, someone else will write something up. Hopefully, I’ll see it [...]
My sister sent me an article from the March 22, 2010 issue of the New Yorker called “Everybody Have Fun” by Elizabeth Kolbert. Turns out that books, studies and research all conclusively lead to the “disturbing fact” that “escalating consumption has not brought Americans increased satisfaction.” Frankly, I was disturbed by this conclusion. It reads [...]
While tech toys aren’t required for a good time… oooh boy can they be fun! And who knew that Lance’s Christmas in March column (in recent issue #100 of The Simplifier) would translate into a fun creativity outlet around here? What’s it all mean? Well, friendly Santa Lance and his trusty canine reindeer sidekicks made [...]
Let’s get merry, people. Actually, let’s make that a capital M for some major Merry making! Friends and family are gathered, card games are being played, food is in the oven, truffles on the table, and shrimp dip is on the way (my favorite accompaniment to Ruffles and the one time a year I indulge). [...]
While writing about organizing, simplifying and the Natural Professional is a given in my world, I’ve been feeling something has been missing. What’s my unique slant on it all? I’m not talking about a marketing perspective, though it will help with that. I’m talking about my personal message for the world. I believe everyone has [...]
I knew they weren’t around. I figured they were on vacation or something fun like that. Maybe they were off on a romping-good food-time across the countryside of Italy. Or maybe they were off trying a meditation retreat in India, or learning to climb overhangs in Argentina, or something fun like that. I never thought [...]
Lance turned up this online article from USA Today called Happiness: Staying positive in negative territory by Sharon Jayson. Take a read through and you’ll see all kinds of similarities to what we’ve been talking about in our newsletter for quite some time, namely, it’s all you being in charge of your life. Some psychologists [...]
