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August 12, 2021
Ayden Berkey: #StudyAbroadBecause ... it will be the time of your life!!!
Ayden Berkey is a 2020 college graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she double majored in Marketing and Human Resource Management. Since graduation, she has co-founded a free scholarship search engine and college resource platform called Access Scholarships. Find her on Instagram and TikTok - her username is @accessscholarships !
Visiting the Louvre in Paris
What motivated your decision to go abroad? How/why did you choose where to go?
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August 5, 2021
“Josh Recommends” for the week of August 6, 2021 by Josh Garrick
“Josh Recommends” for the week of August 6, 2021 by Josh Garrick
Harold Garde at the Mills Gallery – Opening August 7 from 6 to 8 pm
It’s wonderful that American painter and printmaker Harold Garde chooses to spend a significant part of each year as a resident of Central Florida. At the age of 98, this wise, prolific, and remarkable Artist has been painting since his service in World War II – and he still paints every day. To spend any time with ‘Harold’ is a...
August 2, 2021
Through the Eyes of an Educator: Connections
“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart” - Winnie the Pooh
It’s been 16 months since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic—and what a weird 16 months it’s been. Regardless of where you live, we can surely say that 2020 and the first half of 2021 have been very different from any other years prior. Heaps of humans stayed home, people hunkered in their own spaces, and those traditional connections we’re so used to bec...
July 29, 2021
Nakie: The Best Eco-Friendly Hammock
Well, there aren’t words to describe this product, but I just have to make do...and somehow tell you how amazing this hammock is without making up new phrases.
See, I had been looking for a hammock for years, but nothing ever really fit what I needed. Something cute that fit my style, something light that I could carry easily, something that I could camp with, and something that I felt safe and comfortable in. Enter the Nakie hammock. It’s the world's first rec...
July 23, 2021
“Josh Recommends” for the week of July 23, 2021 by Josh Garrick
“Josh Recommends” for the week of July 23, 2021 by Josh Garrick
Harold Garde at the Mills Gallery – Opening August 7 from 6 to 8 pm
We can all be proud that American painter and printmaker Harold Garde chooses to spend a significant part of each year as a resident of Central Florida. At the age of 98, this wise, prolific, and remarkable Artist has been painting since his service in World War II – and he still paints every day. To spend any time with ‘Harold’ i...
July 22, 2021
Read This: The Book That Will Inspire, Challenge, and Bring Joy
You need this book in your life; I could NOT put it down. Tell Her She Can't...Inspiring Stories of Unstoppable Women, by Women's Travel Fest and Damesly founder Kelly Lewis, is an incredibly meaningful read.
Kelly is a women’s travel industry maven and leader in the area of women’s empowerment. She is most passionate about helping women to tap into their personal power through traveling the world. She’s the founder of Go! Girl Guides, the world’s first series of...
July 21, 2021
History Comes Alive in Poipu, Kauai
When planning our recent anniversary getaway to Kauai, Hawaii, I did not spend time researching historical sites. With less than a week at this romantic destination, our emphasis was on outdoor adventures and food. At this point in our lives, we are extremely grateful for the time we spend together. Ira was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive and incurable brain cancer, approximately a year ago. In the wake of his successful brain surgery, chemo/radiatio...
July 19, 2021
Music for Connection and Celebration
Finding connection, celebrating difference, taking joy in the small things on the way to those discoveries: music can be a gateway to all those things.
Carrie Newcomer has always been good at seeing things that way, finding the sacred in the ordinary. She had the chance to explore that in new ways a few years back when she was unexpectedly invited to share her music with in India. Newcomer, who is based in Indiana in the US, was in the midst of other plans when ...
July 15, 2021
“Josh Recommends” for the week of July 16, 2021 by Josh Garrick
“Josh Recommends” for the week of July 16, 2021 by Josh Garrick
Final Weekend --
“The Hound of the Baskervilles” at the Mad Cow Theatre through July 18
Directed by Tony Simotes, The Mad Cow Theatre returns with literature’s most famous hound (and most famous detective) through this weekend on the Harriett stage. For these performances, the mystery, farce, and suspense of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” has been turned into a sort of Marx Brothers comedy told ...
July 11, 2021
Through the Eyes of an Educator: Cultivating Positive Energizers
‘Energizers stimulate vitality in others; by interacting with energizers, others feel motivated and inspired. Energy givers are optimistic, attentive, reliable, and unselfish. They attract others.’
- Marcella Bremer (Positive Energizers)
Have you ever been around someone who literally exudes optimism, positivity, and sunshine? You know those people who enter a room and you feel the energy shift upwards in a good way, the ones who when you’re in their presence th...
