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Shopping for Furniture: Prepare for the Holidays Now
After a long hot summer, we are finally getting those cooler nights and shorter days that signal the inevitable fall and winter. Kids are...
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Oct 28, 20123 min read


The Arts: Equipping Detroit Public School Students for Success
As a graduate of Detroit Public Schools, I understand the importance of having a balanced education and access to arts, music, and...
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Oct 28, 20123 min read


Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act, colloquially (and sometimes derisively) known as Obama Care, is about so much more than fairness and equality. ...
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Oct 26, 20124 min read


What could possibly go wrong? Help and Humility
In March, 2004, I was in my last semester of graduate school in New York City. I was working full time in a record store and as a deejay...
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Oct 20, 20123 min read


Inflammation: the enemy to good health
It’s been a long time coming, but many Americans are now more concerned with maintaining good health than waiting until sickness strikes...
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Oct 20, 20122 min read


Health and Literacy
“Take one tablet twice daily by mouth before eating.” This is an example of a simple instruction on a prescription. But did you know...
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Oct 20, 20122 min read


The Art of the Twenty-Four Hour Vacation
My husband and I have atypical days off from most folks- I’m off on Wednesday and Friday, he’s off Fridays and Saturdays. While I’m glad...
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Oct 20, 20123 min read


Learning from Greatness
What makes the great, great? Those exact words are actually the title of an excellent book, “What Makes the Great, Great,” by Dennis...
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Oct 20, 20122 min read


Detroit: A Seeker Friendly History
Riding my bike along Jefferson the other day, I took note of all the streets named for early French and British landowners, and I...
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Oct 13, 20123 min read


Nine Steps to a Healthy “You Can” Lifestyle Attitude
Changing your lifestyle seems like a difficult thing. You may have tried it countless times and seem destined for failure. Be...
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Oct 13, 20122 min read


Beating The Odds: from teen pregnancy to attorney
I gave birth to my daughter April 8, 1996. I was 13 years old, in the 8th grade at Joy Middle School. Yes, it really was the first time...
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Oct 13, 20122 min read


Living Life on Purpose
Have you ever wondered what others will say about you when you’re dead? How will they remember you? While death may be an awkward or...
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Oct 12, 20122 min read


This…is just a moment
Just a Moment… No matter what you are going through right now, know that this is just a moment… a moment in time. This moment could feel...
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Oct 6, 20122 min read


Puzzle Piece Theatre Receives Inaugural Kiva Zip Loan
In September, nonprofit organization Kiva announced the launch of Kiva Zip, an extension of the Kiva micro-loan platform that will enable...
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Oct 2, 20121 min read


What are you saying to you?
Hello Detroit! This month I’m going to get right to the point and share with you a very important principle from psychology called auto...
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Oct 1, 20122 min read


Halloween Through the Ages
For most of us, as kids, Halloween was our favorite night of the year. It was a time of dressing up and collecting all the candy that we...
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Oct 1, 20124 min read


Homes for the Homeless – Van Gogh’s Bedroom Part 4: My walk from Detroit to Toledo
Note: Van Gogh’s Bedroom is a plan to create “Homes for the Homeless” in INTERdependent live/work communities using surplus city-owned...
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Oct 1, 20123 min read


Homes for the Homeless – Tunnel Rings Saved, Part 3
This is part 3 of an ongoing series (going on till it gets done – or I can’t go any further) about Van Gogh’s Bedroom, a plan to create...
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Sep 22, 20122 min read


Back to School: On A Mission for Success!
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams Hello...
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Sep 22, 20123 min read


Jails, Institutions, or Death: Mean Endings for the Chronically Homeless
The title sounds like something out of “The Wizard of Oz.” “Lions… tigers… and bears… oh my!” says little Dorothy as she travels homeless...
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Sep 15, 20123 min read