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A writing space with Jacki Carr sharing stories, haiku and life in the 40s decade.
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Business Unusual feat. Erin Chmelik (opens the original)
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I met web designer and candlemaker, Erin Chmelik when she was beginning to contemplate leaving her job working for another and going all in on herself. We did a six pack of coaching calls and then another six pack. I remember she drove out to my house when I moved into the mountains of Colorado to meet me in my pop up camper that I made into my office. Very fresh air, fresh coach frequency. When she launched her website design business, I hired her!Through the years, we have continued to support
Poetry on a Tuesday | Persephone Ate (opens the original)
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Sending you a poetic tasting that came pen to paper during my Writing Club this morning. Wholly, JackiPersephone Ate9/22I tasted the fruit of desire and decided then and there, I will always eat // The thrill of broken flesh upon my teeth as the liquid escapes my lip’s edges to dance down my chin, I must be part vampire // Read more
Writing in Fragments | Vol. 2 (opens the original)
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Would you even believe I picked up another book with fragmented style of storytelling? As you read my first time in July with this writing style here: I am reading The Crying Book by Heather Christle, and yes, it is actually a book about crying. It is written with the dots and hop-scotch stories and everything. I love crying and the cover of the book is stunning. I sent a text of me holding the book to my
The Labor of Love & the Labor of Labor that goes into Planning an(y) Event (opens the original)
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I have been having a lot of conversation with small business owners and mothers and event planners about the behind the scenes it takes to bring an event to life. This can be an event for your brand, this can be your child’s birthday, this can be a book club or coffee tasting. I hear how most people scoff at event pricing and nit-pick every single detail. One time someone didn’t come to my event (that was AMAZING, by the way) because I was supporting a local business that served burritos. She sa
Business Unusual feat. Julie Schreiner (opens the original)
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When I think of Julie Schreiner, I think of her sipping a hot coffee in a ceramic mug made by a local artist and she is barefoot in the lush California soil of her backyard checking on her garden beds. She lingers at some perfectly weird shaped squash, pulls a couple weeds with a tipsy spill of coffee into the soil which she figures might wake the veggies as it waker her, too. Four mini alpacas come over to say hello while the chickens free range as her kids wake up to say hi. I know what you ar
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