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Haiku: Stubborn Bird Poop

16 Aug 2022
Rainbow soap on glass A clean new car emerges Except for one spot!
Self-Help Whispering

Haiku – Snowscape in March

1 Mar 2022
When you were new, I Loved your soft, clean, gentle touch March has arrived. Blech.
From My Bookshelf

Greenlights – Not a Fan?

9 Oct 202126 May 2022
I never liked the young Matthew McConaughey's acting, appearance, or personality. You know how some people just rub you the wrong way? (And here, I would be remiss not to…
Photography

Picture of the Day – “Garden Visitor”

29 Jul 202129 Jul 2021
Saw this little guy spying on us! lol
Photography

Picture(s) of the Day- Prayer Grotto

19 May 2021
I love this place so much and today I was drawn to it. I have shared photos of the space before but these are new ones. It seems that every…
From My Bookshelf

Help Me – From One Self-Help Junkie to Another

3 Feb 20213 Feb 2021
Hi, I'm Sheryl... and I'm a Self-Help Junkie. So was Marianne Power. In the midst of her addiction, she tried something crazy-sauce (which nobody - but me - says anymore…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – Selp-Helf

7 Dec 20207 Dec 2020
Set Realistic Expectatchons: If you have high dreams and goals, you probly wont ever achieve them and you will get depressed. So hear is a list of realistic expectatchons you…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – Always Looking Up

18 Aug 2020
“You suffer the blow, but you capitalize on the opportunity left in its wake.”  ― Michael J. Fox, Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist How can you not love…
From My Bookshelf

Diana, Herself – Women, you NEED to read this book!

7 Aug 202014 Aug 2020
I have just finished the most spectacular book (!!!!) called Diana, Herself by Martha Beck. She is a prolific self-help author. And a little head's up: I've written about her…
Photography

Picture of the Day & A Poem – Written by da Cat

4 Aug 20204 Aug 2020
I iz Hannah Hear me roar! I killz da mousie On da floor. You seez it dare? Hiz name waz Fred No more squeeeky I killz him dead. I standz…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one? – Act Like a Lady (Think Like a Man) 

11 Mar 2020
I dislike the title of this book. There. I said it. When I picked it up, I thought… what the heck does a comedian and game show host know about…
Self-Help Whispering

A Poem -Pile o’ books

3 Dec 20193 Dec 2019
Come see my pile o' books Sitting in a bag I want to write about them But find I only lag. I blame it on my head That aches from…
From My Bookshelf

Make the Most of Your Sun Sign – Just for funsies!

26 Sep 20199 Oct 2019
There are - of course! - a million bazillion astrology books (scientifically proven number, of course! LOL). I have about... three of them... and Make the Most of Your Sun…
From My Bookshelf

Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart – Dr. Livingston, I presume?!

23 Sep 20199 Oct 2019
Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart by the late Gordon Livingston, M.D. is a tiny book to be filled with so much punch. But punch, it does! In my case,…
Photography…

Picture of the Day – “Mommy, where does wine come from?”

16 Sep 2019
I crack me up! I thought of the name of this photo before I took it. I was driving the back way to a neighboring town and passed several wineries…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – QR Codes Kill Kittens

3 Sep 2019
Nobody wants to kill kittens. At least, nobody I know. And QR codes? Most people don’t even know what they are. QR Codes Kill Kittens by Scott Stratten caught my attention cuz… yeah, kittens.…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Celebrate Age!

8 Aug 2019
Age is an opportunity no less,  Than youth itself, though in another dress,  And as the evening twilight fades away,  The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day. Henry…
Interviews

Teaser for Upcoming Interview – Lorrie: A monstrously good guy!

17 Jun 201923 Jun 2019
I first met Lorrie on October 30, 2015. I know this because we have proof! That day, for Halloween, we were involved in an anti-bullying campaign that was filmed by…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Motherhood The Second Oldest Profession

14 Jun 2019
“Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.” – Erma Bombeck I was going to write about comedy as self-help. Erma Bombeck was certainly funny… but I’d consider her a…
Self-Help Whispering

Honorable Mention – Depression The Comedy – It’s being released in the US TODAY!

30 Apr 201930 Apr 2019
Jessica Holmes is funny. And beautiful. Also, depressed, sometimes. Does it make us regular ol’ depressees (seriously, no red underline? That can’t be a real word!) feel better to know that…
From My Bookshelf

drink, play, f@#k – Overkill

16 Apr 20199 Oct 2019
Andrew Gottlieb is a provocateur.  Drink, Play, F@#k is proof of that. Let's get something clear right from the top: Yes, this book is a "parody" of Elizabeth Gilbert's eat, pray,…
From My Bookshelf

The Joys of Much Too Much – Can’t argue with that!

26 Mar 20199 Oct 2019
Does anyone else see the humor of The Joys of Much Too Much  being written by someone named "Fuller"? Bonnie Fuller, to be exact. This was another of my thrift shop buys.…
Self-Help Whispering

How goes my “Year of Water”?

24 Mar 20195 Sep 2022
At the end of December, 2018, I decreed 2019 to be my Year of Water. I thought you might be wondering how it's going. Are you? Then, read on, McDuff!…
From My Bookshelf

The Last Self-Help Book You’ll Ever Need – Hey! That’s what I was gonna name MY book!

10 Mar 20199 Oct 2019
If you're like me, you think I've already written about this book. In fact, I haven't. We are confusing it with this "last book" I wrote about in October, 2018.  The…
From My Bookshelf

Hello Laziness – “Bonjour Paresse” sounds so much better!

4 Mar 20199 Oct 2019
Hello Laziness by Corinne Maier is a hoot! Or maybe, I should say "huée". (That's hoot, in French. Look at me being all cosmopolitan.) The thing is, this book was…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Keep Moving

21 Feb 2019
Keep Moving is an apt name for this gem by Dick Van Dyke. After all, it’s the number one thing he’s done to keep young (at heart… and body, too, by the…
From My Bookshelf

The Yeast Connection – Ew, gross!

2 Jan 20199 Oct 2019
Actually, The Yeast Connection by William G. Crook, MD may be one of the most important books you'll read, if you have a whack of weird symptoms that can't be…
From My Bookshelf

Jung’s Struggle With Freud – A little light reading

18 Oct 20189 Oct 2019
This probably goes without saying, but Jung's Struggle With Freud by George B. Hogenson is about Carl Gustav Jung and Sigmund Freud. It was published in 1983 and was a real…
From My Bookshelf

Selp-Helf – “Mirfanda” is actually a thing!

3 Oct 20189 Oct 2019
Set Realistic Expectatchons: If you have high dreams and goals, you probly wont ever achieve them and you will get depressed. So hear is a list of realistic expectatchons you…
From My Bookshelf

The Happiness Project – It was Heather’s Pick!

26 Sep 20189 Oct 2019
Who the heck IS this Heather at my local bookseller? I picture her small and stooped over, with sexy librarian glasses and orthopedic shoes. She likes books, obviously, and when…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Work Would Be Great If It Weren’t for the People

14 Sep 201815 Sep 2018
If your boss isn’t talking to you about your future, then you probably don’t have one. – Ronna Lichtenberg Okay, listen. This book is old. It wasn’t old in 1998, when…
From My Bookshelf

Simple Abundance – Simple, indeed!

2 Aug 20189 Oct 2019
“You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have…
From My Bookshelf

Wherever You Go, There You Are – A Confession

12 Jul 20189 Oct 2019
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. - Oliver Wendell Holmes Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon…
From My Bookshelf

Depression The Comedy – I laughed, I cried, I understood

10 Jul 20189 Oct 2019
Jessica Holmes is funny. And beautiful. Also, depressed, sometimes. Does it make us regular ol' depressees (seriously, no red underline? That can't be a real word!) feel better to know…
From My Bookshelf

Auto Talk for Women – Why “for women”?

1 Jun 20189 Oct 2019
Okay, here's the thing: Auto Talk for Women by Shirley Kachur is a not-spectacular title... cuz... uh... "for women" ... as if a car manual for women might include things…
From My Bookshelf

Keep it simple, stupid – I didn’t say it, Judge Judy did!

26 Apr 20189 Oct 2019
You know her, you love her (or hate her)... it's Judge Judy Sheindlin. My copy is a formerly-loved library book and looks pretty thrashed. I picked it up anyway. I'd…
From My Bookshelf

The Dance of Anger – I’m sooooo far beyond this!

21 Apr 20189 Oct 2019
I stood in front of the case as my eyes passed by The Dance of Anger by Harriet Goldhor Lerner, Ph.D.  a half-dozen times. After all, I'd just written about…
From My Bookshelf

Dear Me (A Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self) – What would you write?

13 Apr 20189 Oct 2019
“The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.” ― Robert Frost Dear Me is  *not* one of the classics among my collection ... but maybe it should be. It is a collection…
From My Bookshelf

QR Codes Kill Kittens – An adult picture book

5 Mar 20189 Oct 2019
Nobody wants to kill kittens. At least, nobody I know. And QR codes? Most people don't even know what they are.  QR Codes Kill Kittens by Scott Stratten caught my attention…
From My Bookshelf

Motherhood The Second Oldest Profession – The Special Mother

6 Feb 20189 Oct 2019
"Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died." - Erma Bombeck I was going to write about comedy as self-help. Erma Bombeck was certainly funny... but I'd consider her a…
Self-Help Whispering

Larceny as self-help – Fun With Dick & Jane and Mad Money

3 Feb 20183 Jun 2018
Today will be a different kind of post. Buckle up! Can I begin with a peeve? I'm gonna. So, I went to find the links to the movie titles I've…

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