Category: review
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Book clubs and beers
I have a lot on my plate these days– as a publisher, as an editor, as an unemployed person and a mom. I try to live my life with honesty and transparency because we, as American citizens, hide too many of our struggles and our fears. Being a creative person…
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A day in the [publisher of a small craft press] life
Saturday, 7 a.m.: Wake and roll out of bed. Attend to animals, daughter, medication and coffee. I file more business paperwork. 8 a.m.: Check IngramSpark (no sales to note), review Amazon rankings, review Substack and social media analytics. I answer emails, of course. And organize and delete the onslaught of…
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Book Review: Season to Taste by Caroline J. Smith
I adored this book— while certainly not light, fluffy interludes about female-driven food memoirs, it still reads easily. The book has short, concise chapters in an organized format that summarizes Smith’s ideas without becoming cumbersome. The book unfolds like a crisp aperitif, encouraging thought about feminism, gender roles, societal expectations…
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Food, Academia and Television
Since I’m unemployed, I decided to join my local public library’s book club. The adult services librarian sent me the book list, and I ordered The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton from The Parisian Phoenix Storefront at Bookshop.org. The next meeting is at 2 p.m. on October…
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A Dentist’s Perspective on Emotional Intelligence
I’ve been living the freelancer’s life these days, while I look for a new full-time job or make the plunge into somehow making Parisian Phoenix a bigger business. The reality probably likes between the two. I’ve met a really cool dentist (yes, those do exist), Dr. Steven Hymovitch, the author…
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A day to #GrowWithGoogle
Yesterday I had the serendipitous fortune to attend two session with Joshua Miller, Pennsylvania’s Digital Coach for Grow with Google. Google has partnered with Main Street America to find certain downtown markets that could benefit from digital coaches that introduce small business people to Google’s tools and how to use…
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Writing Books that Inspire Us
Perhaps “Writing Books that Inspire Us” is not the right title for this one, but “writing books that inspire me” sounds so pretentious. If you’re a regular around here, you might want to skip to the next paragraph as I’m going to cover some basic information you already know. I…
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A chat with Olivia from Chronicles & Coffee
On Tuesday afternoon, I had the delightful opportunity to speak with Olivia Brooks, the host of the podcast “Chronicles and Coffee” and proprietor of a website of the same name. She’s young, still in college, and she started her podcast this year. She’s probably #1 on my people to watch…
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And today’s adventure… Phillipsburg Comic Con with Echo City Capers
Today, Joe Swarctz and Ralph Greco Jr., our own dynamic duo of the Echo City Capers team, exhibited at Phillipsburg Comic Con. Now, as newspaper reporter, Phillipsburg was my home for many, many years. And the communities that feed the Phillipsburg area school district– Phillipsburg proper, Lopatcong Township, Pohatcong Township,…
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