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Being a Creative, Joyful ‘Minor Benefactor’
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vreiss
When author Courtney Martin got a six-figure book advance, she decided to share the wealth. In addition to donating to established non-profits, she started giving $100 chunks to friends and asking them to donate it however they wanted. So cool! This is all in an article in today’s New York Times on Martin’s resulting “Secret Society…
Sitting Out the Blame Game
By
vreiss
Among my many inner selves, I am home to a little dominatrix she-devil with a small, sharp whip. Lets call her the Blame-inatrix. She’s often surprisingly subtle, sometimes coming out as a feeling I manage to contain, or in comments or gestures most people don’t detect. Other times, though, I don’t even see Blamey until she’s cracked the whip right across a…
26 Reasons to Be Grateful, from A to Z
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vreiss
I am grateful that I have a job that lets me write about gratitude. Wanted to share this gallery I put together about things to be grateful for right now. Studies galore show that people who are grateful–a.k.a. appreciate what they have more than they crave what they don’t have–tend to be happier and healthier on…
Etsy for India
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vreiss
My friend Jennifer, whose talents I have extolled here before, has (finally!) opened an Etsy shop for her inspiring, peaceful, beautiful felted bracelets and paintings. She’ll be using all the proceeds from her shop to help fund a trip to India in March. From her: “I am planning on making art with children at an ashram there…
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