Category: **Most Popular**
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Most Popular Posts — May 2014 Roundup
The good news is, we made it through the Panda 4.0 changes with great results. Since 23 May when Panda 4.0 rolled out, our traffic tripled. Overnight. We’ve never been a spam farm, so all our posts are original source material. Maybe we’re finally being rewarded for that! As May draws to a…
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Dear Readers….
Due to some personal and family issues, I’ll be offline for the immediate future. I’m turning my blog over to a several very gifted spiritual teachers in my absence, their choice of topics. Thank you for understanding. Lorna Tedder
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Our Hate Culture: Are People Today Meaner?
Post by The Spiritual Eclectic (Lorna Tedder). Two months ago, I asked my readers on my Facebook Fan Page as well as several other social media platforms if they thought today’s world is a meaner place. The overwhelming majority said yes. I’ve been thinking hard about why whether it’s true, and why it’s true. Are…
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The Vinegar and Listerine Foot Recipe Is Good for …What???? There????
Remember the post two weeks ago on the vinegar and listerine foot soak recipeto soften your feet and help reduce dead skin? Here’s the graphic from the recipe page with more instructions. Well, the most amusing thing has happened. Who would’ve guessed that the recipe might be good for washing your…um….yeah. In the last two…
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Baby Love Poems for My Daughter
Photo: Lorna Tedder and baby, September 1990. Note the super-trendy clothes I’d bought on my last business trip to LA. My firstborn turned 23 this week. I bought her items for her kitchen, now that she’s a grown-up with a place of her own, and passed down a pair of special earrings my mom bought…
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Healthy Homemade Chocolate Candy
I promised you my favorite healthy homemade chocolate candy recipe, didn’t I? I’ve been tweaking this one for about 2 years, and I’ve found a version that suits my particular health needs perfectly. Translation: no gluten so that I’m not sicksicksick, no sugar so my blood glucose doesn’t soar, and extra virgin coconut oil which…
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Will Self-Published Authors Learn a Terrible Truth about their Readers? (Part 2)
Continued from Will Self-Published Authors Learn a Terrible Truth about their Readers? (Part 1) In Part 1, I told you about my most and least successful books, whether traditionally published by mega-giants or through my tiny independent publishing company. But what of that “terrible truth” about readers? Or people an author thinks are readers? Until…
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Will Self-Published Authors Learn a Terrible Truth about their Readers? (Part 1)
Self-published authors abound these days, even ones with New York Times Bestseller on their resumes. Many are in for a surprise, both about what sells and…um…the honesty of some of their “readers.” I’ll discuss the latter in Part 2. In my own writing career–not to be confused with my career with the Department of…
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Lorna’s Weekly Link Love – Uplifters, Food Conspiracies, and Recipes
Okay, computer’s out of the shop but it’s going to take me at least another week to reset all my efficiency tools and re-organize the mess of data that was rescued. Thankfully, I have a cloud backup, but all my presets must be reaccomplished and my programs must be reloaded. Ugh. So, excuses, excuses. …
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The Leptin Reset: Week 4 Results, or Can Insomnia Make You Fat?
My big ass breakfast was about 10 ounces of grilled salmon, and I wasn’t the least big hungry until around 3:30. Meal #2 of the day, late in the afternoon and shown here was 2 5-ounce organic beef patties, grilled, with sautéed veggies–sweet onions and mushrooms with herbs. This big ass supper comprised the rest…