Review: Love Finds You in Amana, Iowa

Description: As the rest of the nation is embroiled in the Civil War, the Amana Colonies have remained at peace—until now. Amalie Wiese arrives in the newly built village of Amana in 1863 only to find that her fiancé, Friedrich, has left to fight with the Union army....

Becoming a better blogger…a better writer

What sort of time commitment have you put into your dream? Master blogger Seth Godin was asked how he got to be so good at blogging. He replied, “I wrote a thousand blogs.” Malcolm Gladwell in “Outliers” states it takes ten years, or 10,000...

Story Behind the Story: Anne Mateer

  My grandmother was a born storyteller, the kind that could spin a tale and keep you enthralled from beginning to end. But her tales didn’t come from a tangle of imagination. They came from her life. I didn’t appreciate this as much as I should have as a child...

My adventures from the wild, blue yonder (conference)

        The classes, the keynotes, the breaks, the meals – everything was filled with an energy and creativity that spread like wildfire. I had a great time attending Susan May Warren’s Coaching Class about the internal journey of a...