Linda Nelson's Blog, page 5
October 6, 2017
If we were having coffee…
I would tell you…
~ Lost one of my writing coaches this week.
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RIP – 12/2001 – 10/2017
She was an extraordinary pup and spent many hours sitting by my side while I wrote. Julie was one of my main inspirations for the story Aaron and Keja even though Keja is a golden retriever and Julie was a long-haired black lab mix who had a Rottweiler for a daddy. It was her time. She was in pain from arthritis and was having difficulty standing and walking. I feared how she would handle the winter mon...
September 5, 2017
Book of the Month for September 2017
The latest book to make my read pile is The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People written by Gary Chapman and Paul White. Many times I’ve heard my co-workers complain that they don’t feel appreciated in the workplace which is why this particular book caught my eye and became my next to read selection and it offered a strong insight to why they were probably feeling this way for some time.
Title: The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Work...August 13, 2017
Battling Over Old World Views – America’s Dysfunctional Society of Unrest
Confederate monuments are statues of the past. A different life, a different time. Those statues are what keeps the southern society locked into their past with constant reminders of what came to be a horrific event. The Civil War which was fought on the grounds of slavery and the southern landowners didn’t want to give up their free farm labor. The industrial revolution took place and lessened the need for extra farm hands. Cotton was picked by machinery, tractors plowed the fields, and t...
August 6, 2017
I’m a Feminist are you a Feminist?
Go, feminists! Treat everyone like you would want yourself treated.
Feminist – The belief of equal rights for both men and women. The term that began in 1895 as an organized movement for women’s rights and interests. (Feminism)
Image courtesy of creative commons license by … juliejordanscott Feminism, VDay 2007 and Me | by juliejordanscott via flickr.com and google images
“I need feminism because all the heroines in my stories are feminists. They are not only strong individuals, but they...
July 30, 2017
Dog Dead Tired
How I feel all day and every day pic.twitter.com/Cybjt0qqwY
— Puppies
July 29, 2017
Social Progress Decline of America Sucks Life From American Dream
The President wants to make America great again even though many argue that the country has never lost its ranking. However, it never ranked that high, to begin with, and too much focus has been placed on GDP over the years that Social Progress in the United States continues to slide down the scale of the quality of life. The United States ranks 16 with Sweden on top as the most livable country all due to the social policy of taking care of all the citizens of their country and not just the...
July 20, 2017
My Sociological Adventure continues – Part II
Chapter 2
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Ethnocentrism – judgment of others ways against our own.
Cultural relativism – trying to understand a culture on its terms.
Everyone has the tendency to judge other cultures against what he or she considers to be the norm. The way life engraves into our being from early childhood and when those things begin to change we naturally try to resist them, not many people like change. However, the change should be embraced. It is how we evolve not only as human beings but also as indivi...
July 16, 2017
Introduced to Sociology – an adventure in my education
So begins my next topic adventure into that of Sociology. After week one I have decided that the topic does interest me more so than any of the other topics I have studied during my education.
I was a bit worried going into this class since I am using a Kindle version of the textbook to keep college costs down. In one sense, the book is easier to read because I can enlarge the text and change the font to my liking, but I am limited to reading the book on either my desktop or my kindle...
July 3, 2017
Along Came Neil -Giveaway – It’s been awhile. #AmazonGiveaway
It’s been awhile since I hosted a Giveaway, so here you go. Please enjoy!
Just click on the Giveaway link below – no purchase necessary!
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Giveaway – Along Came Neil by Linda Nelson
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July 2, 2017
How Many Secrets does Wonder Woman Have?
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For the last three weeks, I busied myself reading a book assigned to my America’s Themes and Dreams class. I must say, for a non-fiction book, this book was a great read. The book I’m talking about is The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore. I never knew that Wonder Woman has been around since the 1940’s. She disappeared for a little while and e...
