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What Color Should Your Writing Room Be?
photos: ©iStockphoto.com/photodjo Color has a profound psychological impact on our lives. It’s used every day to stimulate our senses, excite us, calm us and, yes, induce us to buy products. Each color family has its own set of characteristics that trigger certain responses in us. With that in mind we should tread carefully when adding…
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Why I Read – A Short List
Many years ago, a friend, mentor, teacher and author gave me a T-shirt that said: So many books, so little time. That phrase has been burned into my brain ever since. When it comes to books and book stores, I’m like a kid in a candy store. I borrow way more books than I can…
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Five Things to See or Do in a New Place
I often find myself in new places for business and because I’m in and out of a city quite quickly, I don’t always have much time to spare. However, when I do get some downtime, whether I’m traveling for work or pleasure, I always do a bit of research before I set out to explore.…
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When I Was Just a Little Girl…
I used to think that one could only be “beamed” up to another place and time using a Star Trek transporter but I was wrong. Music has the ability to do that too. And I’m not talking about nostalgia or even memories – I’m talking about being moved to another dimension – in this case,…
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Baring Your Soul for a Memoir – Cat Uncovered
The secret is out. Now that my life is officially an open book, the world (I have friends on six continents) knows that I am not Wonder Woman. It is an image I struggled for a long time to preserve, but with the publication of Any Color but Beige: Living Life in Color I have…
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The Color Quiz: What does it Mean?
Okay, so how did you do? Several of you have e-mailed me worried about your low color scores. First let me say that this is not a standardized psychological test – I made it up for fun. The operative word here being fun. The good news is that by taking this little quiz you may…
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Are You Living a Colorful Life?
In my book, Any Color but Beige: Living Life in Color, I finally realize that the picture-perfect life I created for myself was missing something essential – color. Once I identified what was wrong, I found happiness by living life in color. Use my little quiz below to determine if you need to add more color to your life.…
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Travel Essentials VII: 5 Things You Should Always Have in Your Suitcase
I consider myself both a veteran and inveterate traveler. There are certain travel rituals that I practice that enable me to hop on a plane with little or no notice without having to think about what to pack. All I do, in advance and courtesy of a spreadsheet is combine “mix ‘n match” pieces of…
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The Versatile Blogger Award – Now I Get It!
I am grateful to two fellow bloggers who have nominated me for a Versatile Blogger Award – and it’s not just about the recognition and exposure for The Chronicles, although that’s a huge part of it. It’s about more than that. It’s about helping me define exactly what my blog is. In other words, I…
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