Improve Your Vocabulary: Everything I Need To Know I Learned Online

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SOCIAL MEDIA:  Why I don't believe Twitter to be any trouble at all. It is in fact useful in work, play and for all areas of life, if you know how to hold the handle.  More »

Call For Submissions: Show Us the True Meaning of Beauty

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Greeted by Grace: Why Does This Viral Video Make Us Cry?

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FAMILY:  The perfect joy of a dog greeting his master on returning home from war leaves even the most stone-hearted tearful.  More »

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HUMOR:  Want to be beautiful and fall in love with other beautiful people across the world? Check out this new, fabulous dating website and be part of the beautiful elite. There is, however, one catch.  More »

Come Fly with Me: Trapeze Turns 150

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Sometimes You Just Want To Get Human!

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A Meditation On Washing Dishes

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DAY-TO-DAY:  Dirty dishes: the ultimate symbol of household drudgery. See them piled in the sink. Your days are busy. Too much going on. How-oh-how will it all get done?  More »

How To Be A Writer in One Fantastically Simple Step

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LIVING YOUR DREAM:  People often ask me how to become a writer, and over the years it occurs to me the answer is far simpler than most expect. One simple secret that will turn you instantly into the writer you want to be.  More »

What Will You Create With Tux Paint?

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TECHNOLOGY:  This free open source piece of software does wonders for teaching your child to explore imagination while learning to use a computer. But it's not just for the two-year old set  More »

Can You Manage a Successful Career While Also Being a Traveler?

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FINANCIAL SAVVY:  Career management and travel do not have to be mutually exclusive - they can even be mutually beneficial if you leverage the right resources.  More »

Journey of A Lifetime: How Travel Prepared Me For Parenting

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FAMILY:  Parenting and travel have far more in common than you might expect. Listen to one woman's story of how her year of travel taught her the lessons she needed to become a parent.  More »

Why We Feel The Need To Tame The Wild Things?

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SOUNDING BOARD:  Parents find the new Where the Wild Things Are film to be too frightening for their children. I plan to take my daughter anyway, and here's why.  More »

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