answering Santa’s letters!
Here’s a feel-good story about one New Yorker’s quest to help answer childrens’ written requests to Santa.
Filed under: take a listen on December 9th, 2008 | Comments
canned food as art
Here’s a video showing off cool displays of canned food in New York to encourage people to donate for the holidays.
Filed under: Uncategorized on December 8th, 2008 | Comments
how to write a novel…
Every November, many folks participate in NanoWrimo (National Novel Writing Month). Basically it’s a great program to help you get back on the writing wagon, the goal is to write, on average, 1600 words a day to meet your goal of for a 50,000 word novel. For the official how-to, go here.
Overall, if you sign up through their website, they give you encouragement to write every day through emails, you can logon to their message board to for help/advice and, and much more. What a great way to get that novel written you’ve always dreamed about! Start planning for 2009 November NanoWrimo or just be inspired and start typing away today. It’s never too late to start your story.
Filed under: you can do it! on December 6th, 2008 | Comments
a spanish town knows how to create energy!
This is a cool story: a small town in Spain has covered mausoleums at its cemetery with solar panels in order to generate power, it’s very inspirational! If only the U.S. could be inventive like that, but let’s hope this idea spreads.
Iraq soliders sending money home
A short little article about Iraq soliders sending money to help support the wildfire victims here in the states.
singing in a group
‘This I Believe’ are wonderful essays written by a variety of people, the latest one is by Brian Eno, the famous composer, who finds singing with a group on a weekly basis helps him in all kinds of ways. Singing is an amazing form of expression and I admire how some people are so good at it and how it comes so naturally for them.
Read Bryan Eno’s Essay here.
helping others with their business
Microloans are such a great opportunity for both parties to help each other and help the world! Check out this company, Microplace, who is working with business owners around the globe to grow their business. GIves a warm, fuzzy feeling know that small loans really are making a difference in people’s lives.
Filed under: you can do it! on November 24th, 2008 | Comments
describe your life
I don’t know if any of you have read “Ode” magazine, but it’s got a pretty cool interactive bulletin board. This summer a meditation instructor asked the question “If you had to write the story of your life, how it is or as you hope it to be, in six words or less, what would it be. Check out the interesting responses