by Anne Cochran | Jan 23, 2020 | Education, Expert Advice, Guest Writers |
There is a Lot to Learn About the College Planning Process insidewink’s new monthly column about the college-planning process you and your teenager may be living through or planning to tackle in the foreseeable future. Hello! I’m Anne Cochran. What qualifies me...
by Natalie Soriano | Jan 16, 2020 | Guest Writers |
I have never felt like I fit in anywhere. I am wildly different from my family members, I felt like an outsider at the private school I joined in the 3rd grade, I was the first and only female player in the baseball league for the better part of 10 years, and the list...
by Kate Fuglei | Jan 14, 2020 | Guest Writers |
Creating a Ripple Effect I come from a blue-collar family in Omaha Nebraska. My father hung drywall for a living and I doubt seriously whether he ever entered an art gallery. He did not wear a beret, frequent coffee houses or discuss Proust. He was not a perfect man...
by Peter Martin | Jan 13, 2020 | Expert Advice, Guest Writers |
Planning and maintaining a landscape design project that will transform your property into a showplace. Planning your landscape project is not only the first thing one should consider but also the most important and ultimately the most rewarding. Firstly, one should...
by Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D | Dec 20, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Dr. Elvira G. Aletta, PhD. ~ 5 Tips on how to Receive the Gift of A Compliment You just finished a conversation with a colleague, student, friend. You are both quietly wrapping up, gathering your stuff when she blurts out: “I think you are...
by insidewink | Dec 12, 2019 | Featured, Guest Writers, Interviews |
What do a red bicycle, a 60’s stereo system and a four leaf clover have in common? We asked our guest writers to describe the best gift they have ever received. It’s amazing how different all the answers are and makes us think — what’s my favorite...
by Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D | Nov 23, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” ~James Baldwin ~ Guest Writer Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D. ~ Dreading the upcoming holidays? Afraid to go to your mother’s house...
by Grace Holtzclaw | Nov 20, 2019 | Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, GRACE HOLTZCLAW ~ Coming home for the holidays is a banquet for the senses. My best friend from college, Sara Watson, has a song out called November Rain. One of my favorite lyrics is “things will get better when trees drop their leaves on me, things...
by Melanie Moore | Nov 13, 2019 | Featured, Great Reads, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Melanie Moore ~ Welcome Melanie Moore to the insidewink family. Melanie travels around in a VW book bus (now we want one, too!), so who better to recommend some interesting reads for us? Home. Family. Comfort. Great Reads for November As I flip the...
by Julia Rael | Oct 26, 2019 | Education, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, JULIA RAEL ~ Life changes are incredibly terrifying to me. I’m a creature of habit, and that’s how I want to remain. (I know all about the “take the road less traveled” trends that have been surfacing in the last few years, but they can’t fool me.)...
by Pat Willson | Oct 24, 2019 | Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, PAT WILLSON~ My initial exposure to performing came at an early age. I was in fourth grade living in Wiesbaden Germany. Our teacher, Miss Sweet was very cosmopolitan unlike my parents who were country type folks from south of the Mason Dixon line. Miss...
by Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D | Oct 22, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, ELVIRA G. ALETTA, PhD. ~ By living we take risks. By trusting we take the biggest risk of all. When betrayal happens our foundation crumbles from underneath us. I mean, it’s one thing if someone we don’t expect to have our interests at heart is...
by Bernie Shine | Oct 19, 2019 | Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, BERNIE SHINE~ The creation and performance of magical effects is my passion, my “Rosebud.” The ancient art of magic is what gets me up the morning and keeps me up at night. But are they reality or merely illusions? The real magic are the moments...
by insidewink | Oct 4, 2019 | Guest Writers, Videos |
Meet Julia Rael insidewink snapshot – Meet Guest Writer Julia Rael insidewink loves to share personal stories from a wide range of guest writers. We are truly so lucky to have such a diverse group of high caliber contributors. They are such an interesting group...
by Ellen Byron | Sep 26, 2019 | Featured, Great Reads, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, ELLEN BYRON ~ I first tried writing a mystery novel because I wanted to kill someone. I’m a television writer by trade. I’ve worked with some fantastic, funny people. But I’ve also worked with some human turkeys. No, wait. That’s an insult to turkeys....
by Jeanne Laporte | Sep 20, 2019 | Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, JEANNE LAPORTE ~ I decided to walk the neighborhood where I grew up to get my steps in today. As I made my way down my parents’ front porch, I was overcome with gratitude, grateful that they are still alive and in our family home, I walked onto the...
by Emma Ogiens | Sep 18, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Emma Ogiens ~ Letting go is hard. I’d like to say it’s easy, but it’s not. To put it simply, letting go is a tough one for me. I’d like to say that I’m able to let difficult conversations or sad circumstances just roll off my shoulder like it’s...
by Elin Hampton | Sep 14, 2019 | Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, ELIN HAMPTON ~ My father called me a helicopter daughter. Okay, it wasn’t to my face, but word gets around. Helicopter-anything is never a positive thing. I took such pride in launching my three kids into the world without the sin of over-parenting....
by Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D | Aug 29, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D ~ Growing up, I thought there were two states of being in a relationship. War or Peace. My parents, dear, flawed role models that they were, appeared to have that kind of relationship. From a kid’s point of view, they...
by Niki Svara | Aug 20, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Niki Svara ~ A true feeling of peace doesn’t come from the absence of things you don’t like. It comes from the absence of judgment toward the things you don’t like. See where I’m going with this? Love, your body Excerpt from Piece Talks: Messages of...
