(Video) Why you feel what you feel
Wanna control your emotions? Ferreting the “why” forms step #1 of that essential life skill quest, as explained n this TEDTalk.
Author: PamG
Attorney / Writer. Content provider for Small Businesses and Law Firms. Pennsylvania appellate briefs, litigation briefs/ motions/ pleadings. Strategic writer; blogger; technical writer. Plain language respects the psychology of the reader and the message, enhancing conversion potential.
When all else fails, find a tree
Change, a constant. Friend, a betrayal. Life, a death. Wrapping your head around the vagaries and vulgarities tossed by the Universe eats Herculean strength. Nature replenishes.
Yearly Index: Transforming Hobonichi Weeks → MultiYear Writer’s Notebook
You stare at the Hobonichi Weeks Yearly Index, scratching your head. Turns out, with a twee bit of imagination, you can make that miniscule-spaced sucka sing your tune.
Massaging Mental Health: A “Dear” Morning
Soundalikes occasionally coax the meaning of its aural twin.
(Video) 9 minutes, to nourish your mental health + cement gratitude
OpIn a hurried world, we overlook Nature’s ibuprofen. Make an exception—just for this day, this moment—to feed your spirit what it craves.
Writers’ October 2019 6-Word-Story Challenge
Muscles require exercise to grow. The creativity muscle presents no exception.
How to Exploit a Hobonichi Weeks Calendar for Writer’s Notebook Lists
Take the time on the front end to produce a notebook yielding what you want when you need it, in a fluid manner. The "why" of my notebook? Rapid in-&-out lookups, keeping my concentration intact throughout editing /revision sessions.
American Goldfinch (Local, North America)
American Goldfinch, snapped @ home in NC. “A day without a smile is a day wasted.”
(Video) The Power of Believing You Can Improve
LawdHaMercy if we really are stuck, indefinitely, with the present self. Honey, don’t you believe it for a nanosecond!!
Urgent Care Facility: Do the Research, Today
Your emergency medical treatment options: buy a case of Vaseline so the bill will do what it’s gonna do, but with minimized bend-over pain; or, self-educate about local Urgent Care facilities.
African Penguin (South Africa)
African Penguin. Snapped @ The National Aviary, Pittsburgh, PA. (Covering momma Pam’s booTay.)
Crested (Southern) Screamer (South America)
Crested / Southern Screamer (South America). Snapped @ Sylvan Heights Bird Park Scotland Neck, North Carolina.
(Video) Slow Reading Yields Lingering Writing Gains
Reading slowly led speaker Jacqueline Woodson to a life of writing books to be savored.
Google Search Results: Dictate the Listed Publication Date
How does Google determine the date (first published vs last modified) to show next to your entry within its search results? Simple: you tell it!
White-Throated Sparrow (North America)
No shame in my game. I’ll belly-flop, in a heartbeat, if it might translate into a fun pic of a feathered buddy, ie this gloriously handsome White-Throated Sparrow. Snapped outside @ Food Lion, Rt 96, Zebulon, North Carolina