Posted on January 20, 2009. Original photo (c) Angela K. Mack 2009. May not be used without permission. Taken on a photo walk in Grafton, WI. I love the CONTRADICTIONS in this photo. Featured on Creativity Portal 365 Picture Prompts “OBAMA DRAMA” © Angela K. Mack* January 19, 2009 unfold the DRAMA on this eve [...]
PREACHIN’ TO THE CHOIR February 24th, 2008 (c) angmack “Human creativity is the ultimate economic resource. The ability to come up with new ideas and better ways of doing things is ultimately what raises productivity and thus living standards”. —The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida I just found out about this book today. [...]
Financial Stress January 1st, 2008 (c) angmack Now that that holidays have come and gone and we have paid our annual property taxes, the financial crunch is on. January is always a tough month. The worst is medical care. My husband has always worked for hospitals. His position was eliminated from one hospital but thankfully he [...]
Getting paid in the arts August 7th, 2008 by(c) angmack Wanting to take care of people in the time of illness is a very noble cause. In fact, Jesus even healed people for free. Wanting to teach and be a mentor is also very noble. Again, Jesus mentored his disciples for free. Preaching the word of [...]
Sometimes you just run out of gas……… September 13th, 2008 (c) angmack I have this terrible habit of driving my car around on empty. I have been told that when the gauge gets to “E”….don’t bother. There’s still a storage of gas left. So I constantly drive around on “E”. And when I fill up, I [...]
The Anticipation is Everything December 8th, 2008 (c) by angmack I have come to the conclusion that the anticipation of something is usually much larger than the actual event. For example, when you know that you are to get a shot at the doctor’s office or have work done at the dentist, the anticipation of [...]
I’ve been spending today doing what I absolutely ABHOR…..handling finances. My body works itself into a nervous and dizzy spin whenever I sit down to deal with finances. It produces a ton of anxiety within me…..perhaps because of past trauma in that area of life. idk… However, I don’t let the anxious feelings get to me [...]
Wow…(has twitter ever changed that word….”FOLLOW”. Everybody is going around on twitter wanting to be “followed”….. (psssst…follow @twirlygirlmuse on twitter) Anywhooooooooo…..this isn’t so much about twitter. It’s about following WHAT YOU LOVE. And I am really excited that I did just that! I recently took a plunge and auditioned for a huge 10 year anniversary celebration [...]
I often like to listen to the Clark Howard show (finacial expert) http://www.clarkhoward.com/ He had a quote today that just stunned me. It’s such an obvious point. But yet, I am appalled that, even still, so few “get it”. He said something to the effect of (Angie paraphrase): “If you don’t know how to treat people, [...]
Today was DAY #1 of “Rummage Sale Day” (despite after my last one I vowed not to do it again…..) I feared the early morning professional rummagers and got up super early in the dark to set up. My faithful (and laid off) Sicilian/Italian neighbor came over to assist when she saw me outside. We [...]