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Get Better at Business Writing
This comes from Seth Godin's popular business and marketing blog: The simple way to get better at business writing Don't do business writing. Have you ever met someone in industry who talks like he writes? You visit a store and the person says, "effective January 1,...
How to use “given their due” and “not least of all”–Ask Scott Dreyer
This question came from Ms. Chen, in Central Taiwan, via email. Q. "The human race has found ways to celebrate just about everything the world has to offer- culture, history, art. Even a few beloved foods are given their due, not least of all chocolate, honored...
Two young people making a difference
Yesterday's Roanoke Times had an uplifting article about two siblings, Kinley (age 12) and Camden, 10, who have set up a "Little Free Library" in their front yard in Northeast Roanoke (Virginia USA). The Little Free Library movement seeks to foster literacy by...
Our view from the mountainside: First Day of Autumn
At the very end of last year, right between Christmas and New Year's, our family was blessed to buy and move into a new house (well, new for us). For many years, my wife Deborah had hoped and prayed for an English-style Tudor house, because she finds them charming....
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