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“Details, Details” workshop
Join me at the Royal Oak Public Library on Wednesday, May 2 (7:00 – 8:30 PM) for an evening workshop focusing on how to identify and describe the colorful specifics that editors look for in personal essays, columns, and feature stories. Discover how to make your writing sparkle and stand out from dozens of other submissions. This free program is designed especially for new writers. Registration is required to reserve your space: 248-246-3715 or visit the Royal Oak Public Library web site for more information.
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Let there be light
“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” ~Albert Schweitzer Lake Michigan / Cindy La Ferle ______________________ To view additional content, or to share on social media, please visit the home page. On Sunday, we had a doozy of an ice storm that left us with the sad wreckage of fallen branches and uprooted trees all over the neighborhood. And — for more than 250,000 people in southeast Michigan — no electricity for a couple of days. Throughout the region, schools and businesses closed; traffic lights…
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Generosity of spirit
“Being generous often consists of simply extending a hand. That’s hard to do if you are grasping tightly to your righteousness, your belief system, your superiority, your assumptions about others, and your definition of normal.” ~Patti Digh, Life Is a Verb Fruit stand on Old Mission Peninsula / Cindy La Ferle ______________________ To view additional content, or to share on social media, please visit the home page.
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The gift of empathy
“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Private journal / Cindy La Ferle ______________________ To view additional content, or to share on social media, please visit the home page.
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The zen of relationship
“How a person seems to show up for us is intimately connected to how we choose to show up for them.” ~Marianne Williamson, Return to Love Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach / Cindy La Ferle ______________________ To view additional content, or to share on social media, please visit the home page.
