The Skylight You were the one for skylights. I opposed Cutting into the seasoned tongue-and-groove Of pitch pine. I liked it low and closed, Its claustrophobic, nest-up-in-the-roof Effect. I liked the snuff-dry feeling, The perfect, trunk-lid fit of the old ceiling. Under there, it was all hutch and hatch. The blue slates kept the heat [...]
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EVERNOTE – Top Five Uses For Evernote
Creating Culture Influence My WritingsEVERNOTE: Eliminate clutter. Create a searchable memory. Engage your digital brain. by Lauren Elrod (Twitter: @laurenelrod) To recap my very first post about Evernote (which you can find here) Evernote is an amazing tool that synchronizes your life realtime on all your digital devices. Add a note to your iPhone Evernote app and it instantly syncs your [...]
EVERNOTE – Top Five iPad Features
Creating Culture Influence My WritingsEVERNOTE: Eliminate clutter. Create a searchable memory. Engage your digital brain. by Lauren Elrod (Twitter: @laurenelrod) To recap my very first post about Evernote (which you can find here) Evernote is an amazing tool that synchronizes your life realtime on all your digital devices. Add a note to your iPhone Evernote app and it instantly syncs your [...]
EVERNOTE – Top Five iPhone Features
Creating Culture Influence My WritingsEVERNOTE: Eliminate clutter. Create a searchable memory. Engage your digital brain. by Lauren Elrod (Twitter: @laurenelrod) To recap my very first post about Evernote (which you can find here) Evernote is an amazing tool that synchronizes your life realtime on all your digital devices. Add a note to your iPhone Evernote app and it instantly syncs your [...]
EVERNOTE – Top Five Desktop Features
Creating Culture Influence My WritingsEVERNOTE: Eliminate clutter. Create a searchable memory. Engage your digital brain. by Lauren Elrod (Twitter: @laurenelrod) To recap my first post about Evernote (which you can find here) Evernote is an amazing tool that synchronizes your life realtime on all your digital devices. Add a note to your iPhone Evernote app and it instantly syncs your desktop [...]
EVERNOTE – Top Five Reasons to Evernote Your Life
Creating Culture Influence My WritingsEVERNOTE: Eliminate clutter. Create a searchable memory. Engage your digital brain. by Lauren Elrod (Twitter: @laurenelrod) To recap my first post about Evernote (which you can find here) Evernote is an amazing tool that synchronizes your life realtime on all your digital devices. Add a note to your iPhone Evernote app and it instantly syncs your [...]
Does God Love Me As Much As Taffy?
My WritingsIt was a dusky, permanent rose kind of rainy evening, the lights were low and golden and the haunting lyric and melody of the song Dear Friends (by the oddly named band Elbow) wrapped around my head and slowly reached into my soul. You stuck a pin in my pile of sin And this is [...]
How To Become A Better Artist
My Writings“Artists are constantly in search of the hidden meaning of things, and their torment is to succeed in expressing the world of the ineffable.” This powerful statement was made by the Polish poet Karol Wojtyla (who later was elected Pope John Paul II) in his seminal Letter To Artists. This torment to become a better [...]
People Who Drive Slow In The Left Lane
My WritingsIs it just me? Traffic laws and numerous highway signs state clearly that slower traffic should drive in the RIGHT lane. Can these people not see miles of traffic crunched up behind them? Can they not see the “friendly” hand signals from the drivers around them? Can they not feel the driver’s hot breath and [...]
A Wife’s Eyes Are The Window To A Man’s Soul
Creating Culture Influence My WritingsA French poet once said, “Les yeux sont le miroir de l’âme“ or “the eyes are windows to the soul.” Here’s another thought. I believe the eyes of a wife are windows to the soul of her husband. With few exceptions, you can gauge the measure of a man in the eyes of his wife. [...]
A Connecticut Yankee In Franklin’s Court—With Apologies To Mark Twain
My WritingsAs many of you know, my dear friend Ian Morgan Cron (Twitter: @iancron), author of the extraordinary book Chasing Francis, is relocating from Greenwich, Connecticut to Franklin, Tennessee in a few days. It seems appropriate to educate this “damn Yankee” to the finer sensibilities of southern culture. Here are a few thoughts that should prepare [...]
7 Lost Words of The Church (Words 5-7)
Creating Culture My WritingsWords give us the ability to think. So it stands to reason, the more words we add to our vocabulary, the better we are able to think. My friend, Dr. Louis Markos calls poetry the “highest art form” for this very reason. The myriad layers of emotion and meaning expressed by poetry come from words. [...]
“Sacred Affection” (A New Family-Friendly Edition of “Sex, Lies & Religion”)
My WritingsAnnouncing the “family-friendly edition” of the critically acclaimed Sex, Lies & Religion. Upon reviewing reader and social networking feedback, cre:ate 2.0 Publishing has decided to release a revised edition titled Sacred Affection (7 Exciting Truths About Our Sexuality). It features several important updates. First, an all-new cover with artwork that is more family-friendly. This new [...]
A Few Thoughts About My Father
Influence My WritingsI realize that many people who read this do not have a positive father figure. But I think that gives even more reason to celebrate a Dad who has indeed been a wonderful father. Dad is 70 years old. I am his first born. He was the ripe age of 17 when he fathered me. [...]
O God, Where Art Thou?
My WritingsA question is a beautiful thing to waste. Isn’t it wonderful to sit down with a friend who looks you in the eyes and warmly begins asking sincere questions about your life? Have you ever noticed that great authors are insatiable question askers? How do you rate at asking questions? Does anybody really know what [...]
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