E-mail apnea – a temporary absence or suspension of breathing, or shallow breathing, while doing e-mail (Linda Stone, February 2008). I love it when people coin creative phrases that 100 percent describe a part of my personality that I haven’t quite yet found a way to put words to! Thank you Linda Stone for writing… Read More

First and foremost, many thanks to Girl.in.the.D for giving props to the out-of-the-box Valentine’s Day gifts that are offered at the RenCen shops. Check out her post, and you’ll quickly become addicted to her blog that, hey what do you know, highlights the POSITIVE things that are going on in Detroit! Now — on to… Read More

Move over Valentine’s Day — you’re no longer the sole proprietor of the color red in February. Red also represents American Heart Health Month and today, February 1, is National Wear Red Day. Heart disease is the numero uno killer of women (and men), and the American Heart Association wants people to understand that it… Read More

When I started this blog, I swore to myself that I would not write about anything negative going on in the state of Michigan. We’ve got the 24/7, never-ending negative recaps on news stations, Web sites, blogs, RSS feeds (shall I continue) to report the negativity that somehow never seems to dissipate. But, as a… Read More

If you were to ask any given long-time resident of Michigan if they’ve ever used their hand to represent the state and point out where they’re from, I can pretty much guarantee you they would say yes. I know I’m guilty of that on several occasions! Well, fellow Michiganders, there’s no need to resort to… Read More

While reading this week’s Metro Times, I came across a poem titled “Detroit” written 10 years ago by Mariela Griffor. “Detroit” was conceived after a conversation Mariela had with Harriet Saperstein. Saperstein ran the economic development organization, HP Devco, is a professor of physics at Wayne State University and an active world researcher on peace… Read More

As promised, Ms. Panny and I braved the windy, snowy, blistering cold weather this morning to ring bells and raise money for The Salvation Army. We decided to put our personalities into it by bringing a radio and rockin’ out to Christmas tunes. Regardless of the freezing cold snow blowing on us, we were jiving… Read More

For once — Detroit has been recognized for it’s amazing culture and travel destinations by a publication outside of Michigan. And, a highly-regarded publication that is none other than The New York Times. The Times travel section recently named the 53 places to visit in 2008, and to many people’s (pleasant) surprise, D-town was included… Read More

This post strays a bit from the theme of creativity, love and happiness because it’s about oral cancer, a little-known yet deadly cancer that strikes about 34,000 people a year and kills 7,500. Yet in my mind, any media coverage of oral cancer is happiness because that means more people will pay attention to it… Read More