Monthly Archives: April 2008
What Is Emotional Intelligence?

I’m posting my first article. Click on articles and follow instructions. Hope you enjoy it! We have chosen a wonderful illustrator and are well underway with the process. It’s terribly exciting and vicariously creative!

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Six To Interview

I still can’t believe that we managed to choose only six illustrators to interview. The excitement is building!

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Narrowing The Search

Turns out that many were not suitable. Wonderful, but too cartoony for our needs. Still left many to sift through. It’s been a journey of self discovery. It’s often easier to know what I don’t want than what I do! The search continues.


 

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Looking For Illustrators

Mind-boggling. We posted an ad for an illustrator on craigslist.org.  This was another brilliant Gaurav idea. We received 65 portfolios in less than 48 hours. There are so many amazing artists in this city. How are we ever going to choose? With this one, I’m trusting in the universe!

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Raising Kids

When my kids were little I relished the times when they listened. Keeping ahead with the washing, feeding and schlepping was about all I had time for. Overall, however, listening was less common than the opposite and I often felt as though I was stretched to my limit. With three grown children, I now know two things. 1) I was never close to my limit. 2) I love it now when my children disagree with me. I feel that I must have done something right!

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Horton Sees The Who

I took my eight-year old to see the movie “Horton Hears A Who!” with Jim Carrey. I felt like a child again and I think I was even more mesmerized than she was! Dr. Seuss was a genius. It was a story to be enjoyed on many levels. I really recommend it. I came out and found myself looking at dust particles and thinking, “Hmmm…. I wonder….”

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