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Riehl Life Village Wisdom for the 21st CenturyRiehl Life Village Wisdom for the 21st CenturyCreating connections through the arts and across cultures. Articles
Stuck in Stuff? A Guy named Dave can help.
2008-06-10 16:19:00 Ready to get rid of all that “stuff”? A guy named Dave Bruno has some great ideas for you on how to “reduce, refuse, rejigger” at his blog & and a cause “Stuck in Stuff ”. He regualarly runs a 100 Things Challenge. This way of living—”quieting the noise of consumerism”—is the way I was raised….taken to ... More About: Women
Cultural Stereotypes challenged in N Y Times stories
2008-06-10 16:00:00 Sign in to the NY Times online to read this stories….or, what the heck….go out and buy paper off the rack and read it over a cuppa coffee. Report Takes Aim at ?Model Minority? Stereotype of Asian-American Students By TAMAR LEWIN The image of Asian-Americans as a homogeneous group of high achievers taking over the campuses of the ... More About: Stories , Stereotypes , Cultural , Connections
?How Do You Heal a Broken Heart?? new poem by Erwin A. Thompson
2008-06-09 14:57:00 My father woke up in the night last week with part of this poem in his mind and walked into his dining room office to write it down on a construction clipboard on blue-lined paper….which is where I found it when I came to visit. As we chatted about it, I suggested it might be ... More About: Heart , Thompson , Poem , Broken , Broken Heart
Mara Purl?s many talents come home
2008-06-08 15:38:00 Just one side of Mara Purl! Mara Purl is one of the ultimate hyphenates/slashers: author/actress/producer/artist/musician/p laywrite. Talk about creating connections throughh the arts and across cultures! Head on over to Mara Purl’s guest blog post on Type M for Murder where she tells the story about a life of multi-talents coming into focus and fruition. Also, take ... More About: Home , Talents
Ask Pop: Car History?When were keys first used to start a car?
2008-06-07 21:20:00 Erwin A. Thompson, answer man QUESTION When did automobiles first get a keyed start? Were they keyed in 1919, the year of my current novel? Was it a crank, a push button? I have scoured the internet and while there is info abounding on the classic cars, the keyed start seems of no interest ... More About: Ford , History , Start , Keys , Model T
On this day in history?.a Spanish painter is born, my parents are married,
2008-06-06 16:05:00 Reverse chronological order…. Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was born. (June 6, 1599 ? August 6, 1660) My parents Erwin A. Thompson and Ruth E. Thompson were married June 6, 1942 (66th anniversary today). D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II More About: History , Spanish , Parents , Painter
Forest Park Forever?s Hiram Leffingwell Awards Luncheon
2008-06-05 22:00:00 I became a lady who lunches today as the Women’s Committee of Forest Park Forever celebrated their annual “hat luncheon,” to raise money for park maintenance and education programs….held at the World ’s Fair Pavilion in St. Louis ’ Forest Park. The World’s Fair Pavillion turned 100 today. I wore my frog-lotus puppet on the brim of my ... More About: Awards
?Bonneville??Great American roadtrip film for gals of a certain age
2008-06-05 02:53:00 On a girls night out Rebecca and I wound our way through St. Louis ’ Central West End…now sampling gelato at the new store where last year Ben and Jerry’s stood; now eating Vietnamese crepes at my favorite snack shop; and now…checking out the films at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel and finding that “Bonneville” started ... More About: Film , Great , Reel Life , American
Dream Interpretation: Get on the pony, Pop!
2008-06-05 01:25:00 This morning my father wrote to me: Are any of your new friends good dream interpreters? Last night I dreamed about you. We were walking up ninth street, in Alton [Illinois] at the stopsign where it becomes State. The hill was steep. We were out in the street, not on the sidewalk. I ... More About: Dream , Interpretation , Pony , Dream Interpretation
War Answer?fallen soldiers??Rainmaker,? a song by Marcus Bustos
2008-06-04 20:51:00 One of the rewards I’ve reaped from Riehlife are the connections I’ve found. Getting in touch with a distant cousin Vince Riehl who lives in Raceland Louisiana, close to New Orleans, has been one of these. Vince Riehl is in his early 40s and musically gifted. He plays guitar and piano, but mostly does mixing ... More About: Answer , Song , Soldiers , Fallen
Twitter Tips from Nancy Marmolejo, ?The CEO of Sizzibility,?? Viva Visabil
2008-06-04 17:35:00 Nancy Marmolejo is all about sizzibility. Sizzability is what you get when you combine ?sizzle? with ?visibility.? Sizzability makes you memorable. It makes you stand out. With her lighthearted and skillful manner, that’s exactly what Nancy does: stand out and sizzle. She’s a PR, media, and social networking strategist who shows entrepreneurs how to generate more ... More About: Tips , Facebook , Twitter , Connections , Viva
Writing Embroidery: Skeins of Thought
2008-06-02 19:09:00 Writing is an effort of untangling the skeins of thought. Rather than rolling them up in a ball, all neat and tidy, the writer finds plain cloth to embroider them. With each strand of thought stitching through the other the writer makes a new design. My sister and I embroidered in the back seat of the 1955 ... More About: Writing , Thought , Embroidery
Slumber party for young guests?no media involved
2008-06-01 16:39:00 Girlie pink feather playtime shoes…dreamy. Daddy’s dream come true was for us to host two of his young friends for an overnight at his home atop the bluffs. We had the best of times! While I prepared a chicken pot pie, Pop and N. picked iris and peonies from our garden for the table. The girls went into the ... More About: Media , Party , Young , Guests , Slumber Party
Calculate Gas Prices for Summer Travels!
2008-05-31 20:43:00 Riehlife contributor Judy Tart sends this gas calculator from an AAA website. It allows you to calculate gas prices for a trip anywhere in the US, but only calculates between large cities. It does help compare between specific models of cars, which is very informative. Judy calculated the gas cost for a round trip from ... More About: Travels , Summer , Gas Prices , Calculate , Prices
Creative Collaboration and Compassion Adventures & Blog Duet with Yvonne Pe
2008-05-29 17:18:00 Click here to read about my Nashville trip last week. Click here to read Yvonne Perry’s report “Janet Riehl’s Nashville Visit” on Yvonne Perry’s Writers in the Sky blogspot. The Riehl Family on the Homeplace…everyone played music or wrote poetry as a matter of course. Anna Riehl, my grandmother, in foreground, wrote the poetry collection “On ... More About: Creative , Blog , Compassion , Adventures
Hardtimes Lessons: ?Moonlighting,? story and poem by William T. Dawson
2008-05-27 14:45:00 William T. Dawson ’s poem “Moonlighting ” is a poem of an event from the 1980s (when some of us remember the recession). Dawson’s poem speaks to our times as hard times cycle back around. I asked William to tell us a bit about the context surrounding writing his poem. This is what he said: I write primarily ... More About: Story , Tucson , Poem
Pioneer Journey: They Came to Kansas
2008-05-27 14:28:00 My father unearthed another family treasure recently and we’ve posted it on the Women Writing the West blog. Click here to read They Came to Kansas . My father, Erwin A. Thompson, became enthralled with a recent discussion on the Women Writing the West listserve concerning the mid-day meal. He discovered and transcribed this story written by ... More About: Journey , Pioneer
?Memorial Day??poem by Phillip Dodds
2008-05-26 15:14:00 My cousin (on my father’s side…Aunt Eleanor’s oldest child of seven children) Phillip Dodds served in the Air Force from November, 1958 to November, 1966 on three bases: Lackland Air Force Base in Texas; Keesler Air Force base in Mississippi; and Eglin Air Force base in Florida. Phillip did not experience the combat experience or ... More About: Poem , Memorial Day , Memorial
Walk Score?fight rising gas prices?Walk!
2008-05-25 18:18:00 My friend Judy Tart (woman of wide-ranging intelligence and heart) has appeared on Riehlife several times in the Village Commons category. She is, in effect, one of the contributors to the Riehlife Blog-Magazine. Today she writes about a site that gives you a WALK SCORE. “You enter your address (or where you are thinking of moving), ... More About: Fight , Gas Prices , Score , Walk , Prices
Writing Tip emerges from ?Two Candles??Ernest Dempsey?s new poetry book
2008-05-25 17:36:00 Two Candles by Ernest Dempsey My writing pal Ernest Dempsey is also known fondly on Riehlife as “our man in Pakistan”—you can find many blogposts about his work on Riehlife under “Read On” and read his poems under the “Writing Matters” archive categories. I asked him to tell us the story behind the creation of his ... More About: Poetry , Book
Heart Talk?poem duet by Grace Madison & Ernest Dempsey
2008-05-24 23:44:00 “Deep listening from the heart is one half of true communication. Speaking from the heart is the other half.” ?Sara Paddison, author Hidden Power of the Heart When I sent this quotation to my friend Grace Madison (she is the mother of Curt Madison, one of my high school chums who know bases in Alaska), she wrote back ... More About: Pakistan , Talk , Poem
St. Louis Poet Karen Smead Mondale: ?He would tell you he never was an arti
2008-05-23 19:10:00 I first met KAREN SMEAD MONDALE, long-time community activist and retired educator, last fall at a Duff’s River Styx poetry reading. She read at Duff’s this week as part of Loosely Identified, a St. Louis women’s poetry workshop, while I was on my Nashville audiobook recording trip, so I missed that treat. Karen Mondale at ... More About: Poet , St Louis
Lester Mondale, noted humanist, circles of inspiration?from Missouri to the
2008-05-23 18:26:00 R. Lester Mondale (May 28, 1904 to August 19, 2003) “I feel most truly myself, And at home in a universe of Living things and Galaxy-strewn skies About which the half Has never been told And, perhaps, Never will be told.” Lester Mondale, a man with big vision, lived a big-hearted life. Father of Karen Mondale (read poem “He would tell you he never was ... More About: Inspiration , Missouri , Humanist
George Lucas? fatherly advice for success in the arts
2008-05-21 16:45:00 Remember that ultimately going for the money is 100% wrong. Going for love of what you’re doing is sort of 60% right. You can fill that other 40% with a little practical thinking: I also want to make a living at this. I don’t want to starve. —George Lucas , Quoted in USA Today More About: Advice , Success , Arts
Nashville!
2008-05-20 14:34:00 It’s a pretty drive from St. Louis to Nashville (routes 64/57/24) that takes around 5.5 hours and crosses three rivers (Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee) and passes by many gorgeous large lakes (Rend/Egypt/Barkley) where I wanted to just stop and camp. The routes down are so aesthetically constructed without billboards and with so much foliage embracing ...
Riehl?s ?Sightlines? Spotlighted: Life in the Modern World on Dianne K. Sal
2008-05-18 14:40:00 Dianne K. Salerni offers monthly Spotlights of Independent Author Guild books on the pages on her High Spirited site. This month’s spotlight theme features non-fiction, poetry, and contemporary fiction for Life in the Modern World “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” shares good company with these other Independent Author Guild Members and their books. Floyd Orr Kevin Thompson Shirley Mahood Lynn Osterkamp Shannon ...
?On Writer?s Block,? by Victoria Nelson?simply the best!
2008-05-16 22:13:00 Victoria Nelson ’s “On Writer ’s Block ” covers the entire territory of writing process, not just the silences inherent in that process. It’s filled with marvelous quotations and wonderful tips. One I loved was: write your own review before the critics to so you’ll have something solid to lean against. This book belongs in every writer’s bedside library. More About: Victoria , Simply
Mara Purl: Koto at Lincoln Center then twirls to ?Child Secrets? awards upo
2008-05-16 20:10:00 Mara Purl, a colleague from Women Writing the West, knows the challenges and advantages of being multi-faceted in our artistic work. Mara says she’s a “hyphenate” (how cross-genre folks are designated in Hollywood.) She refers to her web site as “an eco-system with interconnecting gardens” and you’ll be amazed at the multi-talent you’ll find there. Here ... More About: Awards , Lincoln , Secrets , Child , Center
Writing Critique & Releasing Question: What other poems are inside this poe
2008-05-16 17:06:00 When you receive a “Listenback” from a critique on your work, what can you do next? Use the feedback you’ve received to set up exercises to try things out. Use this releasing question: What other poems are inside this poem? Editing and re-writing are like sculpting. More About: Writing , Question , Poems , Write , Inside
Barry Yelton?s ?In That Peculiar Space?: A Poet, dreams of infinity, a smal
More articles from this author:2008-05-16 16:28:00 Barry Yelton and I met through the Independent Authors Guild. Barry is the author of Scarecrow in Gray, A Civil War Novel. Barry is also a marvelous poet, so far assembling around fifty poems towards a chapbook titled: “On Wings of Gentle Power,” a line from one of the poems, referring to the spiritual ... More About: Dreams , Space , Poet , Barry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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