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Autumn Light
Wednesday, October 04, 2017
This poem is from my fifth and last, so far, poetry eBook, Between this collection of poems and my earlier poetry books, I did two fiction books one short stories and the other flash fiction. I have in my files enough poems to do at least three or four more books (and write another one ever day), but suffer from a lack of the ambition required to begin the very tedious task of pulling the material together for books.
All my eBooks are available wherever eBooks are sold.
autumn light
I've read
all my housemates' poems
and it's time
to write my own
and I'm thinking about
the autumn light I read about
in one poem, thinking how true
it is, the idea that autumn light is different,
orange, reflection of pumpkins
scattered for sale
in a parking lot, jack-o-laterns
for the poor and hungry and untutored
in the grace of Lord Jesus Christ, Savior
of all, but especially savior of those who will
buy a pumpkin for the poor, demonstrating
their deep and Christian concern for pumpkin farmers
and others less fortunate among their human
fellows, that's why autumn light
has an organgish tint, I think, although I'm sure
there will be some who prefer a more scientific
explanation, not involving in any way, pumpkins and t he poor...
but who would you rather believe in, some
grubby scientist or Santa Clause...
and of course, summer light is entirely different,
thick and heavy and shimmery,
steam-soupy venting from the Devil's
subterranean glen of the simmering wicked,
air full of curses and foul fulminations,
air with all the sweetness of a rattlesnake's
insistent tongue...
entirely different
from winter air, flowing across the prairies
direct from the high mountains
where giant snow leopards leave their lairs
to hunt at night, sharp, frigid, unrelenting light that
pushes the heart to pump, makes the lungs expand
to draw the richness of oxygen that turns
the pumping blood red and rich, air re-conditioned
in the light, cleansed of sweat-heavy
summer air hanging on past its time,
air that breaks the morning dark
for sharp winter light, sharp, that's the word
for winter light, sharp like the daily-sharpened
blade of a hunter in the woods cleaning his kill,
or the butcher, behind his counter
of fresh cut
not at all like spring air, soft and
almost weightless, airy light
that floats above the passions of
spring re-birthing, light
with a smell of hope that all does not end,
that come again, spring to light to clean the thick musk
of a house closed for months, tight against winter's
sharp intrusions, smelling of days like a prisoner's
cell, confined, waiting for release, spring-lit air, the release,
clouds of re-commitment to life and all its pleasures...
but all the light,
it's autumn's I love the best,
escape for me from the weight of summer's
so I slept this morning
outside in the dawning autumn light, covered
against the chill but welcoming its relief
from the hanging dog of
this, again,
to remember a sweater in the
This week, another standard collection of poems, plus pictures, all from a trip we made down the Blue Ridge Parkway in October, 2009.
autumn light
though I bear no ill will toward his kind, I am not believed
Sandra Mortola Gilbert
Barry Seiler
Digging in the Streets of Gold
among the rituals of the darkening night
Diane Glancy
The Imaginary Indian
how lucky are we to have the seasons
Gary Blankenship
Watching Leaves Blow in the Wind
morning after rain
Frances Trevino
She Told Her Mother Not to Worry
Observations on a Woman in Her Thirties Preparing for a Date
on the death of Tomas de Torquemada
Naomi Shihab Nye
there is no other light like the sunlight here
Howard Moss
Have You Forgotten
it does it again
Frances Trevino
Joyce Carol Oates
Honeymoon: 40 Years
Pamela Kircher
Desperate Angel
a winter sky
raulsalinas (Autumn Sun)
Prayer for a Newborn
about the cold winds that blow
here come da judge
A little goof of a poem.
though I bear no ill will toward his kind, I am not believed
walking across
the Home Depot
parking lot
a crow
very concerned
about my path
behind his
over his shoulder
yellow BB
in panic
and I try
to convince him
I'm not following
that it's just
a coincidence
that we're both
the same way
this Sunday
on this Home
parking lot
I can tell from
his yellow
doesn't believe
maybe he's a
psychic bird
who is tapping
my subconscious
from when
I was a child
a nickel a piece
to the curandero
the block
who made his
every Saturday
a true
of blackbird pie was
but not
I just wanted
the nickel
I bear no
ill will
toward black
of any variety
why, if
he's tuned to this
early memory
he might be
with me trailing
and I would too
be hurrying
my skinny
trident feet
I was
First from my library this morning, two poets from
Unsettling America - An Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry
. The book is a Penguin Book, published in 1994.
The first poet is
Sandra Mortola Gilbert
. Born in 1936, Gilbert is Professor Emeritus at the University of California - Davis. She is a poet and literary critic who has published in the fields of feminist literary criticism, feminist theory, and psychoanalytical criticism.
Frank Costello eating spaghetti in a cell at San Quentin,
Lucky Luciano mixing up a mess of bullets and
calling for Parmesan cheese,
Al Capone baking a sawed-off shotgun into a
huge lasagna -
are you my uncles ,
only uncles?
bad uncles of the batten
cliffs of Sicily - was it only you
that they transported in barrels
like pure olive oil
across the Atlantic?
Was it only you
who got out at Ellis Island with
black scarves on your heads and cheap cigars
and no English and a dozen children?
No carts were waiting, gallant with paint,
no little donkeys plumed like the dreams of peacocks.
Only the red eyes of a thousand buildings
stared across the echoing debarkation center,
making it seem so much smaller than a piazza,
only a half dozen Puritan millionaires stood on the wharf,
in the wind colder than the impossible snows of the Abruzzi,
ready with country clubs and dynamos
to grind the organs out of you.
The second of the two poets is
Barry Seiler
. He is a native of the Bronx with a BA in English from Queens College in New York and an MFA in creative writing from the University of California - Irvine.
Digging in the Streets of Gold
My parents were fish.
The came from Europe, swimming.
This was before Hitler was invented,
when a wheelbarrow of money
got you a loaf of bread.
Twice, they voted for Stevenson,
and he dropped dead on the streets of London.
Mamie was drunk. McCarthy mad.
They did their jobs.
They didn't weep over the Rosenbergs.
They tried to buy their way
out of history.
The rising elevator was their armor.
The wold at the door the family crest.
Two weeks before he died, my father smiled wisely
over murdered Kennedy, and he lifted his shovel
and bent his back,
and went to dig in the streets of gold.
This October poem from last year.
among the rituals of the darkening night
October dusk
a yellow moon,
like a giant balloon
with the quiet
of night
and a thousand grackles
scream their demands
to the falling sun,
shaking the trees
with their agitation
October night
and still the thousand grackles
under cover of their
dark shaking
From her book,
Lone Dog's Winter Count
, this poem is by
Diane Glancy
. The book was published in 1991 by West End Press.
Born in 1941, Glancy is a poet, author and playwright of Cherokee descent.
The Imaginary Indian
He looks at his winter count his whirlwind of time.
He knows the ages pass roughly as a rockslide
Where was he since the 1st water he came from?
Is not the eardrum a spiral shell?
Do not words still crawl to dry ground?
Lone Dog knows the winter count starts with death.
then spirals outward from the core.
He traces pictographs of furry horses dirt lodges
the lost buffalo tracks.
Lone Dog knows afterwards
warriors chase beavers the squirrel wild turkey.
The spotted horses with "hail" war paint.
He knows afterwards the faceless warriors hang beaver-
tails on their scalp-shirts.
He follows with his finger the black moon
the exploding sun.
Having been through two seasons and back again in the last week and a half here in South Texas I am particularly sensitive to seasonal change.
how lucky are we to have the seasons
on this dim Sunday morning
when the passing of seasons is
so clearly in the air, I am reminded
of how limited I am, we are,
by the limits of our lifetime, how
we are perpetually in the middle,
never seeing the beginning of things,
gone to our graves before the end arrives
reminding me how luck I am, we are,
to see seasons passing, the steady passing
of time in our time, the beginning and ending
of seasons, markers complete despite
the limitations we live and die
with, the temporal necessity
that binds us
This poem is by my poet friend
Gary Blankenship
Though better at it than me, Gary is, like me, a second life poet. He lives in Bremerton, Washington.
Watching Leaves Blow in the Wind
Standing at the sink, peeling potatoes,
Would she still shiver in anticipation
If I brushed her hair with my hand?
If I kissed that hidden hollow,
Would she still remembering so anxious,
I rose with rug burns on my knees?
If I kissed her tiny freckles,
Would she turn them away from e,
Offering darker spots instead?
Once she used to say
I drew int her so deep
She could taste me in the back of her throat.
Forgetting the easy quip,
I let her speak for me.
She said through all the years
Of our thrusts and parries,
There is still a spot I missed,
A place not yet touched or tasted.
If I stroked her electric skin,
Would she stop peeling
And let me find the spot?
The wind has stripped
The wild cherry of leaves tonight.
Will we lose our wrappings,
And go where we are blown?
The harvest moon at morning, 2015..
morning after rain
it is a soft
morning, rain puddling
every low place, remnant
of last night's midnight storm,
ripples reflecting the baby blue sky,
robins' egg blue, the blue of blood pulsing
beneath a baby's soft skin
and above the sky, the moon,
bight, near full, that glowing face with smudges
moon mountains
as the sight of it has been called all the generations
of man, and pre-man, standing beside its terrestrial mountain,
leaning back, hairy hands reaching for the beauty
of the night passing, and even further before,
one of the giants stops its constant eating, lifts its long neck
and stares with yellow, lidless eyes and beholds the brilliance of the night
so long it has been there before gracing this morning,
my morning, under a softened sun, a robins' egg sky, and the radiant orb,
the princes of all nights from the first to now
and I am so pleased and proud
to be alive under its beautiful, ancient face, embraced
by all that is this world and it guardian
These two poems are by San Antonio poet,
Frances Trevino
, from her book,
, published by Wings Press in 2007.
In 1999, Trevino was a fellow for the National Endowment for the Humanities for integrating U.S. Latino Literature into the secondary classroom. From 1999 to 2002 she was a member of "Women of Ill Repute:Refute" - a performance group that deconstructed issues of culture and identity. At the time the book was published, she taught British Literature for the San Antonio Independent School District.
She Told Her Mother Not to Worry
The young woman
tended her agave, her aloe,
her wild scallions and violets
grown amuck in the yard.
She had conversations with her
grandmother who passed
into the other world. She lived
in her house with burglar bars
in the shape of the horizon,
didn't miss the television when
they stole it. She slept to the
hum of cargo trains, the
thump of bass from cars
low to the ground During the
day she waved at neighbors,
wrote letters, listened to Brazilian
drums, fell asleep in her jeans
and woke to humid Texas mornings.
With that she was happy and
told her mother to keep praying
and not to worry.
Observations on a woman in Her Thirties Preparing for a Date
Bathed in
store fragrance
sprayed across
legs lotioned
down to smooth
like olive silk
olive like the
finest hues from
the branches
of Jerusalem
kettled in that
perfume I have
come to know.
Such special days as this should be marked, just as I'm saving space on my calendar to mark the impeachment of our current slimebucket-in-chief.
on the death of Tomas de Torquemada
this day,
the 519th anniversary
of the death of Tomas de Torquemada,
infamous chief of the Catholic inquisition,
a quiet and gently death,
so I'm told, unlike the many unfortunates
upon whom his attention was directed
in his much-too-long
so many dead
since that day so long ago,
most good, as we, giving mercy to ourselves
define it, some deservedly dead...
for the good, we celebrate
their birth - for the other, it is
the death of them that gives cause to celebration,
like today, noted, a black mark on our kind
(well, not actually erased for evil
can never be erased, only defeated in its time)
I think of this
as I learn of another death,
closer, this one, a person known to me,
part of my life, a regular person, neither as good
as some nor nearly as bad as others...
a regular person, like you and me,
with things we hope will be remembered
when out time comes, and equally,
things we hope are forever
just regular people, in our last parade,
the inevitable death march
for which we were born
hoping for the best...
Here's another San Antonio poet, one of my very favorite poets, in fact,
Naomi Shihab Nye
. The poem is from her book,
, published by BOA Editions in 1998.
Daughter of an American mother and a Palestinian, Nye grew up in Jerusalem and St. Louis, moving to San Antonio during her high school years. She is poetry editor for
The Texas Observer
and her work has been featured in two PBS poetry specials. She has taught as a visiting writer in schools, museums, and community centers and has traveled abroad on Arts America tours sponsored by the United States Information Agency.
We thought of ourselves as people of culture.
How long will it be till others see us that way again.
Iraqi Friend
In her first home each book had a light around it.
Te voices of distant countries
floated in through open windows,
entering her soup and her mirror.
They slept with her in the same thick ed.
Someday she would go there.
Her voice, among all those voices.
In Iraq a book never had one owner - it had ten.
Lucky books, to be held often
and gently, by so many hands
Later in American libraries she felt sad
for books no one ever checked out.
She lived in a country house beside a pond
and kept ducks, two male, one female.
She worried over the difficult relations
of triangles. One of the ducks
often seemed depressed.
But not the same one.
During the war between her two countries
she watched the ducks more than usual.
She stayed quiet with he ducks/
Some days they huddled among reeds
or floated together.
She could not all her family in Basra
which had grown farther away than ever
nor could they call her. For nearly a year
she would not know who was alive,
who was dead.
The ducks were building a nest.
Another from October, this one, October, 2014.
A side note - the picture on the left is from our last visit to Santa Fe, two years ago, unfortunately, and we are overdue to return.
there is no other light like the sunlight here
there is no other light
like sunlight here
at 9 a.m. on a late October
so bright -
i all the world a stage
and every day a play upon it
then this day's presentation
a story of radiance,
a story of the glow in heaven,
all the saints arrayed
in their purity through days
of eternal glory lit
by all the brilliant star
that surround it,
a celestial backdrop
that is the reward for
the greatest of all virtues -
forever shining light
o all the jealous
Next, a poem by
Howard Moss
from his book,
Notes from the Castle
, published in 1979 by Antheneum.
Moss, born in 1922, was a poet, dramatist, critic, and poetry editor for the
New Yorker
magazine from 1948 until his death in 1987.
Have You Forgotten
Have you forgotten the sweetness of women,
Their treble cries, the underworld of milk?
How in the fleshy inside of an elbow
The warm hollow trembles with blue silk -
All luscious opaque roundness u a blur
Of bedroom coverlet, of rind and mound,
Those supple thighs I nested in at twelve
Whose milk-white form melted the horizon's
Aggregate of birds into empty distance.
To walk by heavy mirrors of a myth
With the greedy mouth everyone begins with
And feed on nothing but the self reflected
Is to know how pleasure ceases, does away with
Savor, and the attributes of Eden
End up in the darkroom of details,
Or a day of too much light whose sun erases
Privacies gone flat, communication
A letter bomb arriving in the mails.
Celebrating a new day.
it does it again
of a poem for the day
and I see the pink cloud
of a rising sun behind the dark cloud
of night's loosening hold
day starts
in all its orange and pink splendor
day starts
pushes aside any lingering dreams of night
and its shadow domain of mystery and
day starts
it does it again
another day and another
to live up to the promise
of light and
day starts again
for us all
Several poems up, I posted two poems by
Frances Trevino
. Here's another since I really like it.
I have been told I come
from northern regions
of jagged Pyrenees mountains,
phonetics of a language the
will bewilder linguists.
I have been told the
curve of my nose,
the olive tint of
fair skin and hazel eyes
are Hebrew.
I have been told my
great grandmother was
a Mayan princess, her dark
skin like midnight
in the Coahuilan desert.
I have been told I come
from a long line of women
much smarter that the
men they chose, or who chose them,
women who stood their ground,
shotgun in hand in times of revolution,
fought defending deeds too small
plots of land, sent their children away,
left them orphans rather than
chased away from their homes.
I have been told the women in my
family were self taught: my
grandmother's flat nose
perfected roasted peppers
over an open flame, my mother's
amber eyes spotted predators
waiting for little girls, my aunts
black skin withstood the slam of
restaurant and clothing shop stores
on any Saturday in downtown
San Antonio.
Seamstresses, cooks, translators,
teachers, healers, mothers, women
who stayed with husbands,
who left after beatings,
who divorced after twenty-seven
years of marriage for no reason at all,
lesbians who moved away
and never came back.
Mexican women unafraid
of revolution or displacement,
ready to move onward,
trunks, boxes, luggage
packed right, ready to shuffle
quickly at the earliest of day,
or at night's brightest star.
Another October morning; this one from 2013.
I like having breakfast
in the dark,
watching the day wake,
night passing,
dark hanging off the baton
in an endless relay, a circling cycle of
universal goings-on
forever before and forever after
becoming light
until it becomes dark again
the mysteries of early mornings,
movement in the dim light,
wind stirring trees,
cats passing from shadow
to shadow...
but not this morning...
as the hand-off is made
from dark time
to light-time
there is no wind
stirring the trees, no cats
instead there is an absolute
before the storm
that I know will not come
noting moves...
but in the trees
as the orange disc
pushes past the day-light line
at the edge of the world
birds, hundreds,
birds of many kinds
sing bright morning songs
of every kind
and I've not heard this
like this
before, all these birds together
and I wonder why
I have not heard this before -
have I not been listening,
all my dark to dawn moments,
why have I not heard this before?...
or is this gathering of singing birds
a new thing, a special gathering, all together
for me, telling me something
the day just breaking across the horizon
such noisy babble'
such sweet
cacophony on this still
who are they all here for
if not for me?
what are they saying?
I should question not
the is of the moment, perhaps
I should just
Known primarily as a novelist and short story writer,
Joyce Carol Oates
was also a fine poet. As with this poem from her book,
The Time Traveler
, ,published by E. P. Dutton in 1989.
Honeymoon: Forty Years
Tarpaper roof, and the floorboards like something floating.
The silo was a black funnel stained with swill.
I laughed, and the sound ran out into the fields
like summer lightning. Do it to me again, I said,
and you did.
The bubble in my thighs became a head, and hard,
and hurt. Damn big man, even your thumbs hurt.
Giggling in the cornhusks there to be hurt.
Mostly the years are just dry sounds rattling
in the fields, old jukebox songs up the highway. Thistles
where the kids' pony grazed. Tiny blue eye burning
in the gas stove. Some of them telephone and some don't.
Send cards or don't. I could count but I don't.
Nothing on TV and the picture's bad or we need some voice
not here. I'm waiting for you to die so
I can remember you kindly.
Celebrating autumn's premature arrival.
and the sun continues its seasonal
retreat from day, sleeping in while those of us
who keep a more regular schedule
adjust to the dark that hangs on
as the right hangs back
last week's cooling
passed and days warm up again,
through in this last gasp of summer
warm means low 90s instead of
triple digits...
while the painter occupies
my house today,
I expect I'll be outside trimming
some overgrown brush that escaped
my shears when the sun was too cruel
and the heat like an Arabian
desert, but wet, a wet desert -
imagine that...
and thank god for he or she who
air conditioning first invented,
the great enabler of the
world I live in
This slightly strange poem is by
Pamela Kircher
. It's taken from her book,
Whole Sky
, published by Four Way Books in 1996.
Born in Indiana, Kircher has lived in Ohio for most of her life. She earned her MFA at Woodrow Wilson College. Widely published, one of her poems is inscribed in braille on a sculpture by Todd Slaughter installed at the Columbus Metropolitan Library.
Desperate Angel
At night they must be walking
on the knives and spoons,
pissing and sniffing the spatula's thin edge
not knowing I sleep in another room,
having undressed once more, having lain down again
with the thought tomorrow. Between that
and the day's false start of simple light
is nothing but the furnace's senseless chunk
and hum. Open the drawer. Again
the trap is flung on its back,
the mouse wedged in beneath the wire
like a desperate angel squeezing into heaven.
The tail lays straight;
a last oval shit clings
to the white fur that ripples
beneath a breath.
Turn the head just right
and its eyes glint
as if some thought were caught
beneath its skull, familiar,
having nagged for days and days
and only given time
might make all the difference.
I write a lot of morning poems because I'm usually up early and thus have often used myself up brain-wise early as well. This piece is from a morning in October, 2012.
I was experimenting in 2012 with a left margin orientation for some of my poems. It's a different architecture for the poems. Thinking of a poem as a concrete structure, the architecture of my poems on the page has always interested to me and is something I pay attention to.
The experiment with a left-margin structure didn't produce much beyond reader confusion so I quite doing it.
a winter sky
a winter sky
like a gray smoke
wrapping the moon
and stars
in cold embrace
the night
tossed in a thin sheen
of troubled
the morning
bright and clear,
but no so cold
I cannot write outside,
here between the trees
under a baby-blue
across the way
emerge from the trees
to feed with me
under the same blue sky
and the world
has turned again,
from dark to light, from
sorrow to acceptance, from
troubled to serene
and though I see her sometimes
when there is a flash
of movement
in the corner of my eye,
the world has turned again
as it always does,
and I breathe
with the deer
the morning
of this wondrous
Last from my library this week,
Autumn Sun
) with a poem from his book,
Indio Tails - a Xicano Odyssey Through Indian Country
. The book was published by Wings Press in 2006.
Born in 1934 in San Antonio, the poet spent his early life in Austin. After difficult years, including prison time, he returned to Austin to open Resistencia Bookstore and became a mentor and activist in the literary and political arenas. He was an activist and vocal champions for many social causes from farm workers rights to the Native American movement of the 70's.
He died in 2008.
Prayer for a Newborn
for Ha'kwa'stobsh
spinning through
weeks-long garbage
on smokeshop cabin
front porch,
brings on
good feelings.
Blue Jays do breakfast
by kitchen-sink window
fry bread
- today's portion of a meal -
honoring our dead
as flying smiles
& soaring souls
bleed hearsong
of elders and all:
"For those generations gone before us...,
for the generations yet unborn."
Eagle wings/fluttering feathers
Medicine Mn fans
auras in good faith.
Some die, so others live,
that's how it gots to be.
All of us must struggle,
so that someone may be free.
Because it's good to be alive
we ask our grandpas & grandmas
to walk 'n' talk with you.
We welcome you,
Red Cedar Man.
Suquamish, Washington
A bit of a goof, October, 2011.
about those cold winds that blow
I was sitting
outside last night
in my lawn chair, abut
nine-thirty, two
hours past sundown,
all blanketed up, planning
to enjoy the on-rush of the cold front
that was on-rushing in, trees
swoosh-dancing , dingle-dangles
hanging from the eaves
dang-dingling, wind damn-cold-blowing
at fifty degrees
and forty miles an hour
right up my blanket, near
freezing my tallulahs, not to
mention old satchmo and I gave it up
and went inside and satisfied myself with
just listening to the wind, tallulahs and old satchmo
safe and warm...
but it did set me to thinking about women
wearing dresses in the winter and even though,
bereft as they are of tallulahs or even old
satchmo, they must be doing some freezing
when that old north wind whips up their dresses
like a teenage boyfriend beer-drunk
on prom night...
and I'm thinking
that surely explains a lot about
how women get with the weather
gets all cold and blowsey and leaves me
with a whole new attitude
of respect for women and the challenges
of their gender...
and I guess that also applies
to the Scots, maybe even more since
their skirts are so short winter
spring summer and fall
their tallulahs and satchmos
must be wonders
to behold...
just guessing, of
Last for the week, another coffeehouse observational.
here come da judge
a short fella
in cowboy boots
comes in for coffee
couple days a week, meets
his coffee buddies
who address him as "Judge,"
so, he must be coming in
form one of the courthouses
down the street
maybe there's a beauty pageant
or pie-eating contest
going on
I didn't hear about
I suppose
if I had my choosing
I'd want to be a judge
at the pie-eating contest
rather than having to deal with
the legal mangle downtown
unless I was a younger fella
if I was a younger fella
I'd probably make the beauty pageant
my choice of judging...
meet lots of nice girls
that way
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InvestorsUp to date investment commentary from around the Valley
The Fall RE Season
November marks the end of a very hectic buying and selling period. From mid-November to New Years, activity will be less, with many, buyer-investors and potential sellers preoccupied with the Holidays. However, market history shows us that January will be the beginning of the strongest activity period of buying and selling of the next year
I'd like to suggest you take the next 6-8 weeks to sit with your real estate advisor/partner and review your 2018 operational plans. What has our 2017 experience taught us? What surprised us? What assumptions were confirmed?
- Confirmed This is still a seller's market. The data supports a strong 2018, with appreciation continuing while rents continue to rise (caveat here, for the past few weeks, rents have flattened, slightly. This may be a pause, or a trend, and I will continue to monitor and keep you posted).
- Taught us Inventory continues to shrink, and that combined with strong demand means investor buyers will need to do their homework before beginning shopping. Once you begin your search, be prepared to move with confidence and authority. I recently helped an investor friend in North Scottsdale, and we were out-bid on our first four offers. (We were offered the opportunity to raise our offer price on these first homes, but decided, based on Cromford research that the home/price deal we were looking for was appropriate and still out there. We did indeed find that deal and purchased shortly after).
- Surprised us Home builders are not building at the rates they were pre-bubble. They are also focused on outlying communities like Surprise, Mesa, San Tan Valley, and southern Chandler and Gilbert. Almost all their construction activity is selling ~ $300K to ~ $450K (very little entry level or high end inventory). Finally, many current home owners are choosing to hold onto their current home. These factors, create rising prices/declining inventory, and increasing rents. All this indicates very strong demand and gives the current market legs, with no slowdown in sight.
I have included 2 Cromford Charts below that show home price and rental rates appreciation.
Many thanks for spending a few moments with me, and as always, whether buying or selling, please make sure you partner with a licensed realtor. The data clearly shows that using a Realtor raises your selling price by ~10%. Finally, if you haven't yet found your realtor/partner, please consider reaching out to me, I would be happy to help.
Let's start a conversation,
Components of a Strong Real Estate Investment
Hopefully, if you're viewing this page it's because you are interested in, or have already started investing in Real Estate. Because I have deduced this:), I'm going to skip the basic basics and discuss which elements one should look at in order to help predict the greatest return on your real estate investment.
- Pick a good agent:) I know this sounds a little self-serving, but start with someone you trust who can quickly get you the "Appropriate and Accurate Data" on the market you're interested in. If possible, start your early investing in a neighborhood you know and feel confident in. This is not necessary with a good, data grounded agent, but can help and will make you feel more comfortable.
- Gather the data basics. Home appreciation as expressed as" price per square foot, over time" is a great one (and required). Use a rolling 3-month average to smooth out the noise. Is the market going up, and has it been doing so?
- Be sensitive that all price ranges can move at different speeds, rates and directions. A $2,500,000 Scottsdale investment might (and likely will) appreciate at a different rate than 10, $250,000 townhouses. Top priced homes can exhibit stalling, or even temporary price drops, in the middle of a buying boom in the low to mid end. There is very good data available here, as well. Have your agent run the data for different price segments and discuss with you what the best performing segments are, and why.
- Are we beginning to see a bubble? Is appreciation growth accelerating? Is the market slowing, or stalling?
- What does the trend in inventory growth look like? Are there more homes than buyers (there is trend data for this), or a balance between inventory and buyers, or are we experiencing a lack of supply? Each of these probably indicates a different decision in order to grow, or protect your money.
- If you're investing to then rent your property, what do the current rental rates look like? Is rental price per square foot, going up, down, or flat? Use trend data, expressed in rental price per square foot. This is a great basic predictor of what you can expect in income.
So to summarize:
- Pick an agent you trust, and that is very good with data and analytics.
- Gather the data, appreciation trend, inventory trend, and rental rate trend.
- Use this data, with the help of your agent to look for best location, price point and home type to pick (and predict) which investment will likely produce the greatest ROI, and feels right for you.
What to Look For
New Investors, where to start
If you're reading this article, you've already decided to get more information about investing in Real Estate. And why not, real estate is a tangible asset and a great investment. That simply means that what you get when you buy a house, unlike cash, bonds or stocks is physical asset that has great potential to appreciate.
I could quote lots of stats about how real estate investing compares to a return you might get from the stock market (in fact, in another blurb on this web page, I do:), however for this article I'm going to assume we have already had that conversation and are going to talk about how to get started in Real Estate investing.
The basic components of successful real estate investing are:
- Solid, data-driven knowledge of potential markets (that's what I do, among other things:)
- Sufficient financial resources to make and maintain your purchase (this is a smaller number than many imagine)
- Great, ongoing real estate advice (see #1, above)
- Good financial advice, preferably from a CPA who specializes in real estate
- A loan specialist who can help secure financing, give advice and guide the loan process
- Imagination that leads to investment goals
Step 1 Talk with your accountant and see if they are comfortable being your real estate investment accountant also. If yes, discuss your financial goals and ask assistance in understanding how you might begin to build a plan to get there.
Step 2 Find a great Real Estate agent who can help you understand the possibilities and discuss where to begin your search, which price ranges, neighborhoods and home/property types have the greatest appreciation/growth potential. Make sure your Realtor has good, data-driven knowledge of the market. This data-driven approach is what produces the highest levels of predictability.
Step 3 Find a great lender you are comfortable with (I can suggest a few). Make an appointment to discuss your goals and specific investment plans, based on what you and your CPA have discussed). They can help you assess your financial investment power (how much home investment is right for me) collect the personal documents necessary to qualify with lenders, and, after you make your investment buying decision(s) shepherd your loan through the buying process, ensuring a fast, efficient buying cycle. This competence will give you, and the seller you are doing business with a great deal of confidence in you as an investor. This respect is "an edge" in your buying negotiations.
That's my recipe for success and I would be happy to meet and discuss how this can work, in person. If you need any recommendations on lenders, or CPAs (or anything else:), I can refer you to several well-respected resources.
Valley Opportunities
Below you will see an analysis of greater Phoenix real estate that I have tailored to a very specific price range; single family homes in the across the valley with a sales price between $275K-$300K.
You may wonder why I am calling these homes "valley opportunities". This is simply to encourage you to think a little outside the box when it comes to your real estate investing. Many of the hottest valley opportunities across all Phoenix are homes in this price range. This is due, at least in part, to the thousands of homeowners who were "trapped" in their starter homes by the Great Recession and have finally replaced their lost equity. The housing market, generally speaking, has recovered, through the year to year appreciation, to be at, or above pre-recession levels. This means that an entire group of homeowners can now sell, and buy up, and they are.
Additionally, some of those recession trapped homeowners that were forced to walk away from their investments and seek financial legal protection, have come out of the mandatory 7-year credit record period. Their credit reports are clean again and they can now buy another home, and they are.
This type of dual phenomena doesn't often happen. The generation of recession, starter home people looking, and needing to move up, and the unfortunate many who temporarily damaged their ability to buy, are all looking to buy at the same time and consequently are adding thousands of buyers to the market. Many of these are looking in the $275k-$300K range. These people will drive home values up, for several years to come.
Perhaps the most interesting fact about this activity is that it has not produced another bubble, simply a market that is driven by a very solid, growing demand.
If you're interested in learning more about this opportunity, please consider contacting me for a data driven consultation.
Stats that are Indicitive of Growth
In order for any investment to do well, the environment that surrounds it must be fertile. For real estate that means the economic health of the community both people and businesses must be good. It also means that the indicators that tell this story should be one of the data points the savvy investor looks at before making his or her investing decision.
- Unemployment rate over 12 months 8.2% 8.2%
- Net jobs added over 12 months 6.3% 6.3%
- Home appreciation 6.4% 6.4%
- Total home sales 6.4% 6.4%
Why Now is Better
On my investment page, I have attempted to provide you with both the metrics, and the processes for how and why you might want to begin investing in Real Estate. You will need both the right data, and the right processes to produce the desired result; the creation of investment income for a long time to come.
Let me then switch to another important dimension, time. Is this the right time to begin, or add to your Real Estate investment portfolio.
Let's look at the following data points:
- After digging our way out of the 2006-2011 housing crash, we have had steady home price appreciation across the entire greater Phoenix area. Take a look at the below price/sq. ft. chart over that period of time, for greater Phoenix, all areas. We are finally back to pre-housing crisis levels, but still, have plenty of room to grow.
- The yearly appreciation is strong, but very measured, even and well within our "normal" appreciation rate, an indication of a healthy market, no bubble.
- If you are waiting for something, like a price drop, or a drop in interest rates, don't wait too long. Home prices are up for the past several years and show no signs of dropping. Rental rates per sq. foot are also up, so if you are one of the many investors that are considering buying to create rental income, consider buying now. Locks in your payment, while your rental income increases. And interest rates are up roughly 1 point since the bottom. The rates are still historically quite low, and that's another reason they probably won't be dropping.
So, why wait. If these trends continue, and they should if you wait you will pay more, finance at a higher rate, and lose the rental income you could have had if you bought today.


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History of Chiropractic Care
Evidence of healers and physicians performing manual manipulation of the spine can be found in ancient Greek and Chinese history that dates back over 5,000 years ago.
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Some weeks ago, I stumbled upon Woolgrey on etsy, I am so glad I did! Shortly thereafter I received 2 beautiful skeins of Lahja, which means gift in Finnish. And a gift it sure is. This yarn is amazing, soft, sturdy, delightful to the touch and an absolute DREAM to knit! When they say "Finnish luxury for knitters and spinners" it is nothing short of the truth.
I knew I had to knit a shawl with this yarn, and chose Peppernut by Bonnie Sennott, I was drawn to the mix of texture and lace (and a little by the name, which refers to a Christmas cookie :)
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Practicing Hygge: What We Can Learn from the Danish Culture on Mental Health
Do you enjoy making your environment around you cozy? You might already be practicing hygge more than you think. hygge is a concept originated in Danish culture that focuses on living with a sense of comfort, coziness, and peace. It has often been described as creating a warm atmosphere and enjoying the good things that life has to offer with positive energy surrounding you.
What is so intriguing about practicing hygge, pronounced either "hue-guh" or "hoo-gah, is that there are actual health benefits to living a hygge-focused lifestyle. Happiness researchers continually find Denmark to have some of the happiest people on Earth, which Danes attribute it to the practice of hygge. Feeling increased happiness could certainly be a perk of practicing hygge, but there may be other emotional, physical and relationship benefits as well.
Emotional Benefits
Hygge decor is intended to promote a sense of calm and peace in the living space. Since we make sense of our experiences and environment through the use of sight, sound, touch, taste and smell, it may come as no surprise that creating a cozy living space would help us feel less anxious and promote a sense of emotional well-being and safety. These feelings of comfort and safety can better allow us, and those sharing the space with us, to let down our guards and be more present and open to connecting with one another. Examples of possible emotional benefits may include:
- Less depression and anxiety
- Increased feelings of self-worth
- Increased optimism
- Stress reduction
- Greater sense of mindfulness
- Improved self-compassion
- Increased practice of gratitude
Physical Benefits
When we feel safe and calm, our body responds accordingly. It is in moments of perceived danger or threat that our bodies naturally go into a response of fight, flight, or freeze. A hygge-style environment promotes an atmosphere of safety and comfort, where our minds and bodies can feel more relaxed. In a space like this, there is much less need for us to scan our environment for physical/mental threats. Examples of possible physical benefits may include:
- Improved sleep
- Weight regulation
- Fewer stress hormone spikes
- Improved practice of self-care
- Reduced need for unhealthy coping behaviors like alcohol or drugs
Social Benefits
When we feel comfortable and emotionally safe, we are more likely to reach out to build and nurture connections with others. In a hygge-centered lifestyle, there is an emphasis on connecting with family, friends and loved ones. Spending time with those who are most important to us creates a sense of belonging and connection that research continuously shows impacts our health and well-being. Examples of possible social benefits may include:
- Focus on togetherness, or "feelings" of togetherness
- Feelings of comfort and safety
- Increased trust
- Increased intimacy
- New social connections
- Improved existing relationships
- Less reliance on social media
How can we use hygge in our everyday lives? There are many easy ways that we can incorporate elements of hygge into our daily lives and our living spaces. Implementing some of these elements can start bringing you those feelings of peace, connection, and comfort in your home and everyday life.
Lighting/Warmth. Lighting is an essential part of creating a sense of hygge in the living space. The use of warm, soft white light creates an inviting and comfortable space compared to harsh, bright white bulbs or fluorescent lighting. You may want to install a dimmer to have options for lighting the space the way you want.
Texture. Hygge is all about things that feel soft and cozy. You might want to incorporate soft accessories like blankets, throws, pillows, and rugs to create a warm, inviting space. The soft textures are calming and allow us to feel soothed when our anxieties run high. Now that spring/summer is here, think about linen throws or blankets. Soft textures allow others to feel safe in the space as well, while calming fears, and allowing people to open up more with one other. Conversations can subsequently feel calmer and open in this space, rather than feeling rushed or forced.
Decor. Consider using pieces that have special meaning to you such as pictures of family and loved ones. You can place photo albums on the coffee table with pictures of your travels or experiences that you've shared with others. Hygge is about warmth and connection, so use decor to draw people in and create good meaningful conversation(s), which in and of itself is a natural stress reliever.
Color. The colors chosen for a living space are a significant part of setting a cozy stage for reflection and peace of mind. Neutral colors are often chosen, particularly whites, soft whites, blushes and soft browns. The use of neutral color palettes actually help to calm your mind, and ease your anxieties, which all fit in with this particular style of living.
Activity. Hygge-style activities typically involve things that help us feel peaceful, cozy and connected with others. Gatherings with friends in the home are a primary activity. Gatherings are focused on the connection built with others, not the presentation. There is no need for a formal black-tie affair. In fact, hygge living would suggest just the opposite. Gatherings should offer a space that is casual, whereby people can feel comfortable and relaxed while connecting with one another in a meaningful way. Consider a game night with friends, having friends or neighbors over for coffee, or hosting a book/movie night.
Hygge is all about building an intuitive space for comfort, peace, and connection. The benefits of implementing some of these elements reach beyond our emotional/mental, physical and social health. Incorporating some of these ideas into your living environment may offer you a space that is relaxing for yourself, inviting to others and great for your mental health and well-being. Whether you are a newbie to this, or have already been incorporating such concepts into your daily life, we all can benefit from a de-stressing and comforting routine to carry us into the warmer months and beyond.
Wiking, Meik. The Little Book of Hygge. Danish Secrets to Happy Living. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2017.
Waters, E. (2019). Practicing Hygge: What We Can Learn from the Danish Culture on Mental Health. Psych Central. Retrieved on October 30, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/blog/practicing-hygge-what-we-can-learn-from-the-danish-culture-on-mental-health/
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SARASOTA, Fla. - Alexi Casilla will start at shortstop for the Orioles in Sunday's game against the Blue Jays in Dunedin.
Center fielder Adam Jones is a surprise addition to the travel roster after getting back to Sarasota today.
Left fielder David Lough is day-to-day. He was sent home after lunch today to "take it easy," said manager Buck Showalter.
"Get away from some of the wear and tear. Get him out of the weight room, too," Showalter said.
Showalter will attempt to stretch out Suk-min Yoon and give him multiple innings, but probably not in his next outing.
Yoon retired three straight batters today after a leadoff single.
"I thought he threw the ball well. He threw it over," Showalter said. "You know there's a lot of emotion flying around there. I thought he presented himself well first time out.
"You think about the whirlwind he's had in his life the last two months. To sit here today and get that outing behind him..."
Yoon thinks he's about 20 days away from being in midseason form. Showalter won't challenge his math.
"First of all, he would know," Showalter said. "Most guys, as much as he's pitched, they know when they're right or not. We're familiarizing ourselves with him, too. If I had to give an educated guess, I'd go with what he told you. I haven't heard that from Dave (Wallace) or anybody yet."
Yoon threw 11 pitches, which wasn't much work considering his layoff.
"When you look at where he's been the last two weeks, just to get that out of the way and get on a schedule, get on some type of routine," Showalter said.
"I'm sure it was exciting for him. I thought he handled his emotions well. If he was (nervous), you couldn't really tell."
Caleb Joseph caught Yoon and left for a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the seventh.
"Caleb's really handled himself well behind the plate," Showalter said. "He is much improved catching since the first time I saw him. It's a real tribute to Don Werner and of course, Caleb. John Russell's picked up where he left off.
"He's presenting himself as an option for us to go along with the great year he had offensively (at Double-A Bowie). I've been impressed with Caleb behind the plate."
Showalter let Chris Tillman start the sixth inning and Francisco Arcia hit a home run to break a scoreless tie.
"We took two pitchers out (this spring) after they gave up a home run. That's not much fun," Showalter said.
"We just wanted to get him up a sixth time. I looked at Dave and said, 'Really?' But he's right where he needs to be."
Darren O'Day stranded runners on second and third by striking out three straight batters.
"Darren did what Darren does. That was typical O'Day," Showalter said.
The Phillies won't let the Orioles use a designated hitter in Monday's split-squad game in Clearwater.
"(Brian) Matusz is acting like he's excited about it," Showalter said, grinning. "Kevin Gausman is sincere about being excited about it."


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On Saturday my boyfriend and I along with two of our best friends drove 2 hours out of Toronto to go camping. Recently my bf and I invested in a compact two person tent, sleeping pads, sleeping bags, miniature burner, and a few other camping things to prepare for a more extended backpacking trip we have planned. This was our opportunity to see how our gear fares in action for the first time.
Fun fact of the day…
I haven't been tent camping since I was… say.. 8 or 9? years old. My family quickly moved onto trailers/campervans so camping for me has always involved a cozy home on wheels. I was excited, but also kind of nervous, about some real deal roughen it style camping… I'm a girl who really enjoys her shower. What can I say?
The campsite we decided on was situated along the beach on Lake Erie. It was a beautiful spot with the good kind of sand that's powdery and fun to squeeze between your toes… the kind that's fun to be buried in, you know? Sadly, when we arrived at the campground we discovered that all the sites were booked. We were out of luck, but after driving for 2 1/2 hours we weren't exactly willing to give up on our fun weekend plans. We paid the entrance fee to be able to park there for the day. They allow you use of the beach and the picnic tables until about 10 pm and then the warden comes along and shoos everyone out.
If you've ever seen my instagram feed you'll know that I'm getting fairly involved in slacklining of late. One of the first things we did, naturally, was set up a good long line to walk in between an afternoon of swimming in the lake and napping in a clump under the afternoon sun.
As the sun began to wane we had to decide what to do… drive home 2 1/2 hours defeated and disappointed? Or try our hand at rogue camping and risk being fined and kicked out of the park in the middle of the night by the warden?
In the cover of night we grabbed our packs, bolted stealthily up a sand dune and started pitching our tents in a sliver of a spot disguised by some trees along the beach. We only had the moonlight to help us see what we were doing, and we were hyper aware that the warden would be coming by any moment to makes sure no one was left in the park. It's not like it was dangerous or anything, and it's not like the consequences would be disastrous by any proporton, but…
…it was exciting. It was a little thrill that made me go, okay, here! This is FUN. This is life.
After pitching the tents we had to leave them behind and saunter our way back to move the car, driving a couple kms down the beach to an overnight parking lot where we could leave the car.
We walked back to the tents under the full moon, listening to the waves and the water, bare feet in the sand and the stars over our heads… it was beautiful.
We slept through the night without incident. No wardens came knocking, no tickets left on our tents. We woke up with the sun, the waves, the fresh air and packed everything up. We made our way back along the beach, this time in the morning sun.
The final treat was seeing this rainbow on the horizon. Like a little reward for doing the weekend right.
Life is like a kind of choose-your-own-adventure game. I've had a few tough blows as of late, but after a weekend like that I can't help but feel invigorated and optimistic about everything that's to come.
I hope you all had a great weekend, too! Do you guys have any fun camping stories? Or any camping horror stories even? I'm really keen for any tips and tricks from the seasoned campers out there. Feel free to share in the comments 🙂 🙂
As always, thank you for reading!


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2 tomatoes
1 avocado
4 eggs
4 slices of crispy bacon
salt and pepper
2 TBSP olive oil
1/2 cup of BAO Chipotle Hollandaise
deep pan filled with 2 inches of water plus 1/4 cup vinegar and 1 TBSP salt
cookie sheet
Oven preheated to 250ºF
For the tomatoes Trim trim both ends of the tomatoes and cut each into 4 slices
Drizzle the olive oil on the cookie sheet and place the tomatoes on cookie sheet.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper
Place the tomatoes into the oven and check every half hour for two hours.
Remove when firm.
For the Avocado
Split the avocado, remove and reserve the seed.
Slice each half thinly in the skin
Replace the seed, put both halves together and wrap in plastic.
For the eggs:
Bring the water to a boil and turn down to simmer. gentle bubbles.
Crack each egg into the water separately.
Cook gently for three minutes.
unwrap the avocado, operate and use a spoon to gently scoop out the slices.
Make 4 stacks of tomato, bacon and avocado
Remove the egg from the water with a slotted spoon. Place the spoon on a dry towel to absorb any extra water.
Then gently place the egg on the stack.
Top with BAO Chipotle Hollandaise


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Hello readers, Nowadays best Whatsapp status is a very great way to express your love with your partner. Today we are writing some best Whatsapp status/messages on our website for you.
If you love someone, then these status is very useful for you and your partner. You can select any messages for your love and send them. If she loves you then definitely revert you back with some another message.
Latest Whatsapp Status 2016
1. Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come.
2. Love the life you live, and live the life you love.
3. Life always offers you a second chance. it called tomorrow.
4. Every new day is another chance to change something in your life every new day is a chance to feel blessed for what you have.
5. Don't ask what the meaning of life is. You define it.
6. An Apple keep a day keeps the doctor away, I'm going to buy iPhone 6.
7. Every day is beautiful if you choose to see it.
8. It's hard to answer the question "what's wrong?'" when nothing's right.
9. Log kya kahange has killed more dreams than anything else.
10. All great changes are preceded by chaos.
11. Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of others.
12. When you get to the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on. Theodore Roosevelt
13. A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job. –
14. And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. – Abraham Lincoln
15. The only thing that will stop you from fulfilling your dream is you.
16. Everything in your life is a reflection of a choice you have made. If you want a different result, make a different choice.
17. The world belongs to those people who know to adapt.
18. Happiness is not the absence of problems. It's the ability to deal with them.
19. In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.
20. Stop saying I wish start saying I will.
21. The most painful goodbyes are the ones that never said and never explained.
22. It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful.
23. I've got nothing to do today but smile. – Paul Simon
24. A promise means everything but once it is broken sorry means nothing.
25. I have found that if you love life, life will love you always.
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26. Sometimes, people don't notice the things we do for them, until we stop doing it.
27. Each new day is another chance to change your life.
28. Don't waste your time looking back on what you've lost. Just move on.
29. Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt.
30. One day someone will walk into your life and make you see why it never worked out with anyone else.
31. A true businessman always does business out of courage.
32. People don't cheat by chance, they cheat by choice.
33. Silence is the most powerful scream.
34. Remember it's just a bad day, not a bad life.
35. You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.
36. Don't wait for last judgment. It happened every day.
37. It's a good day to have a good day.
38. You don't always get what you wish for. You get what you work for.
39. The only thing that ruins my day is taking a big crap after a shower.
40. Someone else is happy with less than what you have.
41. May your problems be as few and as far apart as my Gma's teeth.
42. Silence is the most powerful scream.
43. Kill tension before tensions kill you, reach your goal before goal kicks you, live life before life leaves you.
44. Everyone wants happiness, no one wants pain, but you can't make a rainbow, without a little rain.
45. When you give importance to people they think that you are always free, but they don't understand that you make yourself available for them every time.
46. Don't give up what you want most, for what you want now.
47. All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them but confront them.
48. Every day may not be good but there is something good in every day.
49. One day you're going to wake up and notice that you should've tried. I was worth the fight.
50. Love yourself. Love your day. Love your life.
51. Results compulsorily require efforts. Efforts will not necessarily give results.
52. Don't let a bad day make you feel like you have a bad life.
53. Do a little more each day than you think you can. (Best whatsapp status)
54. The ones who say "you can't" and "you won't" are probably the ones scared that "you will".
55. We must all make the choice between what is right and what is easy.
We think now you are ready for express your love with your partner. Send these whatsapp status to your partner and increase your love.


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What a weekend we've had! We have to admit we didn't know how our first pop-up at The Frome Independent Market would go, but we had a whale of a time! Running a business online means we don't often get to meet our customers so the market was a wonderful experience for us. Not only did we get to share our passion with lots of new people, a few past customers and long-term fans actually made the effort to come and see us especially… we were so touched! A special thank you to Lou from Little Green Shed, Emma from Craft and Country, Morgan and Jo from Houndworthy and Ciara from Waffle Design for coming to support us and stopping to say hello.
These are just a few of our favourite snaps from the day – keep your eyes on the blog, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for news of more pop-up dates soon! We'll definitely be back in Frome for next month's market on Sunday 3rd August so pop it in your diary.


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Small business owners and solo professionals know they're supposed to use social media to increase sales, but how should they start?
Using a unique Rule of 30 approach, 30 Days to Social Media Success is the perfect resource for busy people who want quick results. Thirty short chapters (one for each day of the month) are packed with real-world tips and proven techniques you can use right away.
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Galaxy Tab 10.1v, but with the impending UK release of a younger, slimmer model, the carrier is giving the 10.1v the boot. According to some helpful tipsters, customers who showed early interest in the thicker version of the tablet have received an "important update" from Vodafone saying, "We've decided to add the slimmer Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to our range, which will now take the place of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v." The landing page for the original 10.1 has also been removed from Vodafone's website. Looks like it's a sad day for our friends across the pond who like their tabs with a little extra cushion, not to mention an 8 megapixel camera.
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CHAKDARA, Nov 28 (APP): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Engineer Iqbal Zaffar Jhagra Monday conferred degrees to the graduates of the University of Malakand for 2012, 2013 and 2014 sessions here at its 4th convocation.
Some 117 graduates from the faculties of Arts and Humanities, Biological Sciences, Management Sciences, Science, Information Technology, Social Sciences, Education and Law received their degrees and 55 were awarded gold medals.
The convocation was also attended by vice chancellors of Islamia
College University and Abbotabad University of Science and Technology, syndicate members, Commissioner Malakand Division and Prof Dr Jehandar Shah, Ex-Vice Chancellor University of Malakand.
Speaking on the occasion, the governor, who is also vice chancellor of the university, felicitated the graduating students, saying that the university had made tremendous growth in a short span of time.
He particularly congratulated the vice chancellor for attaining second position in the ranking given by Pakistan Council of Science and Technology in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
He agreed to establish boys and girls hostels, particularly to facilitate students from FATA and other areas.
He asked Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Johar Ali to prepare a summary for acquiring over 300 kanal more land for the purpose.
Earlier in his welcome address, Prof Dr Johar Ali highlighted the progress made by the university in recent years.
He also mentioned both the completed and ongoing projects and the steps taken to facilitate the students.
He urged the chancellor to extend all possible support to the university in meeting its urgent needs.
The vice chancellor also congratulated the graduating students and awardees of gold medals.


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Maurice Quinlan's interest in Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) developed when he worked with an Irish semi-state company. Following a short period studying EAPs in the U.S., he introduced the Occupational Alcoholism Programme (OAPs) concept to Europe and hosted the first seminar on this topic in the Clarence Hotel, Dublin, in September 1980. He introduced one of the first European external EAPs at Guinness in Kilkenny, Ireland in 1985. He founded the EAP institute to provide EAP services, training and consulting to a variety of companies, public and private, ranging from shipping, retail, hospitality industry, construction, manufacturing and the public service. He has recently designeda comprehensive training seminar and reference manual for workplace intoxicants (defined as drugs and alcohol) to comply with Section 13(1) b of the Safety, Health & Welfare at Work Act 2005.
The Institute has provided training in Scotland, London, Switzerland, Italy and Greece. The Institute also acted as consultants to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on prevention and assistance training on alcohol and drug problems for the countries of India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the Philippines. Maurice holds a diploma in Social Science from University College Cork and is a fully accredited member of the Employee Assistance Professional Association (EAPA) Irish Branch and is an associate member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). He also holds membership of the European Workplace Drug Testing Society (EWDTS), the Employee Assistance Society of North America (EASNA) and the Irish Association of Alcohol and Addiction Counsellors (IAAAC).
In November 2004 he received a special recognition award by EAPA at the 33rd Annual Conference in San Francisco, California in recognition for his commitment and contribution to the Employee Assistance Profession and The Employee Assistance Professional Association.
Maurice is a frequent contributor to many national and international publications including a report on EAP's in Ireland published in the 3rd Edition of the International Employee Assistance Compendium. He was also one of the selected scholar practitioners to contribute to the publication on the Integration of Employee Assistance, Work Life and Wellness Services by the Hayworth Press. His most recent contributions include" Weathering the Storm" Published in the Winter 2009/10 edition of Counseling at Work and "Stressing the Importance of Employee Assistance Programme" published in the Health and Safety Times Issue 27 2010, Additional articles included "Testing Times Ahead", published in the Health & Safety Times in Issue 30 2011 "Suicide a Factor in Workplace Deaths", published in the June 2011 Issue of Health & Safety Review. In 2014 he developed high value learning seminars on Employee Health and Wellbeing and Workplace Behavioural Health Risks.
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Little did you know the baby's skin can lose moisture 2 times faster and has a high probability of dryness. But don't worry when Johnson's Baby Oil has got your back. Johnson's baby oil is pure, mild and gentle and contains vitamin E acetate.
Apply gently in small quantities using firm but gently strokes, before bath and for moisturizing after bath. It is best suited for Moisturising after bath, the oil is mildly perfumed.
Thus it gives your baby the ideal touch of a mother which is essential for stimulating the baby's senses and developing Mom's trust. The Johnson's Baby Oil bottle contains 200ml and is always mild, effective and gentle.


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Another horse breaks in, "Well in the last 27 races, I've won 19!!"
"Oh that's good, but in the last 36 races, I've one 28!" says
another, flicking his tail.
At this point, they notice that a greyhound dog has been sitting there
listening. "I don't mean to boast," says the greyhound, "but in
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How to Forward Your Hotmail Messages to Yahoo Mail
Like many people today, you probably receive important messages in several email accounts you set up for work or personal use. Email services like Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and Gmail make it relatively easy to forward business-related or personal messages you received on their systems to competing email services. For instance, all you need to forward your Hotmail messages to your personal Yahoo Mail account or a colleague's is a valid Yahoo email address and a few mouse clicks.
Navigate to the Hotmail website in your web browser of choice.
Type in your username and password and then click the "Sign in" button to log in to your account.
Open your inbox and click the "Options" link in the upper right corner of the page.
Click "More Options" in the drop-down menu that opens.
Click "Email forwarding" in the "Managing your account" section.
Click the "Forward your mail to another email account" radio button.
Type your Yahoo email address in the input box, then click the "Save" button. Going forward, any email sent to your Hotmail address will be automatically forwarded to your Yahoo address.
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