GRATIUDE – DON’T FORGET THE LITTLE THINGS

When it comes to gratitude the big things can come more easily. Like mammogram day, OK, I know I lost some of the guys and younger folk on that one. But every woman knows the gratitude when you get that “Everything is OK” message. It’s easy to be grateful when things are going our way. I was thinking about that a lot last week; how we roll along being grateful while life is moving in the way we want… Read More
OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI

Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can’t.― Johnny Depp We were in Oxford, Mississippi last week and we were not there for the football game. It was the last stop of the first two weeks of our multi-week book tour. I’ve never met a bookstore didn’t like, but there are a dozen or so on the planet that stand out above the rest. Square Books in Oxford, MS is such a place. It’s not just the fearless and… Read More
WE LEFT SOME BOOKS IN SAN FRANCISCO

So right now we are in Oxford Mississippi. We have been up since four am when we left for the airport. Now people who have been following us for some time will know I make a big deal about the difference between an explanation and an excuse. I could do the really lazy thing and just toss up an affirmation. But, I feel like I need to catch everyone up and to welcome our new followers. Not to mention that I… Read More
THE TOUR GOES ON

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.― Francis Bacon We are ending week one of the first leg of the Gratitude and Trust Book Tour. Since we left LA on Wednesday we have had an easier pace. We luckily had one thing cancelled on Friday night or we would have been rush, rush rushing and if the planes had not been on time. we might not have made it up here to Vancouver. As Paul always says NO… Read More
TWO DAYS IN LA

Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. ― Anita Desai We only did two full days of press and events in LA but for some reason it feels like a week. All of it fun. All of it energizing and life affirming. We pretty much go from early morning until night. And LA being LA a bunch of that time is spent in transit. Day two started with KTLA Water Cooler Buzz. It’s the the number one morning… Read More
WHAT A DAY IN LA

The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave. ~ TAVIS SMILEY So today was the official start of the Gratitude and Trust Book Tour. Like I said the other day, for those of you new to this site, the next month or so will be a bit unorthodox for us. We are on the road and we want to take you with us. One of the great parts of writing a… Read More
Accomplishment, Addictions, Bravery, Change
SOMETIMES THE CAT YOU HAVE TO SAVE IS YOURSELF

In his best selling screenwriting series Save The Cat author Blake Snyder declared that the only way an audience will ever have empathy for a character is if he saves a cat. Now “saving the cat” can mean many things. In the most literal sense it is that moment in a story when the hero, no matter how shady or unlikable he could be at that point, climbs a tree and saves a cat. Thus proving to the world and… Read More
THE WEEK THAT WAS

This is an odd week of postings for us, but then it has been a very unusual and exciting week. Tuesday Gratitude and Trust – Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life hit the stores. And we hit the road and have had some very exciting, fun, enriching, engaging events and encounters. We thank all of you who have bought books, showed up to readings, written to us and asked for bookplates, Tweeted and reposted and shared. As I write… Read More
PUB DAY!

Today is the publication day of Gratitude and Trust ~ Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life! If you haven’t ordered it, now is your chance. If you can’t get to any of our readings – email me us and we will send you a signed bookplate. It’s a great gift – Especially for that special someone you want to turn their life around…