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Thrive Detroit
Oct 20, 20122 min read
Learning from Greatness
What makes the great, great? Those exact words are actually the title of an excellent book, “What Makes the Great, Great,” by Dennis...
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Thrive Detroit
Oct 13, 20123 min read
Detroit: A Seeker Friendly History
Riding my bike along Jefferson the other day, I took note of all the streets named for early French and British landowners, and I...
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Thrive Detroit
Oct 13, 20122 min read
Nine Steps to a Healthy “You Can” Lifestyle Attitude
Changing your lifestyle seems like a difficult thing. You may have tried it countless times and seem destined for failure. Be...
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Thrive Detroit
Oct 13, 20122 min read
Beating The Odds: from teen pregnancy to attorney
I gave birth to my daughter April 8, 1996. I was 13 years old, in the 8th grade at Joy Middle School. Yes, it really was the first time...
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Thrive Detroit
Oct 12, 20122 min read
Living Life on Purpose
Have you ever wondered what others will say about you when you’re dead? How will they remember you? While death may be an awkward or...
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Thrive Detroit
Oct 6, 20122 min read
This…is just a moment
Just a Moment… No matter what you are going through right now, know that this is just a moment… a moment in time. This moment could feel...
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Thrive Detroit
Oct 2, 20121 min read
Puzzle Piece Theatre Receives Inaugural Kiva Zip Loan
In September, nonprofit organization Kiva announced the launch of Kiva Zip, an extension of the Kiva micro-loan platform that will enable...
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Thrive Detroit
Oct 1, 20122 min read
What are you saying to you?
Hello Detroit! This month I’m going to get right to the point and share with you a very important principle from psychology called auto...
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Thrive Detroit
Oct 1, 20124 min read
Halloween Through the Ages
For most of us, as kids, Halloween was our favorite night of the year. It was a time of dressing up and collecting all the candy that we...
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Thrive Detroit
Oct 1, 20123 min read
Homes for the Homeless – Van Gogh’s Bedroom Part 4: My walk from Detroit to Toledo
Note: Van Gogh’s Bedroom is a plan to create “Homes for the Homeless” in INTERdependent live/work communities using surplus city-owned...
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Thrive Detroit
Sep 22, 20122 min read
Homes for the Homeless – Tunnel Rings Saved, Part 3
This is part 3 of an ongoing series (going on till it gets done – or I can’t go any further) about Van Gogh’s Bedroom, a plan to create...
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Thrive Detroit
Sep 22, 20123 min read
Back to School: On A Mission for Success!
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams Hello...
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Thrive Detroit
Sep 15, 20123 min read
Jails, Institutions, or Death: Mean Endings for the Chronically Homeless
The title sounds like something out of “The Wizard of Oz.” “Lions… tigers… and bears… oh my!” says little Dorothy as she travels homeless...
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Thrive Detroit
Sep 15, 20123 min read
Life Sailing
About six years ago, I learned to sail, and it’s become one of the most important parts of my life. The story about how I came to sailing...
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Thrive Detroit
Sep 15, 20123 min read
Homes for the Homeless Finds a “Home”, Part 2
“The man who calls a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.” – Oscar Wilde This is Part 2 of...
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Thrive Detroit
Sep 15, 20123 min read
Mixing Colors and Styles in Home Décor
For a while, the buzzword in design has been “eclectic,” but what does that really mean? And how do you get the look without making a...
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Thrive Detroit
Sep 15, 20122 min read
A Little Love Can Go a Long Way
There is a story about a Johns Hopkins University professor who invited his graduate students to do research on 200 boys between the ages...
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Thrive Detroit
Sep 15, 20121 min read
A Poem
Garden of Splendor by Andrea M Garden of splendor, garden of delight Do you realize your marvelous might? Power that excites the birds to...
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Thrive Detroit
Sep 15, 20122 min read
Susan Bock: Golden Bees, White Combs, and Sweet Honey
I wish I could say I decided to keep bees as a gift to our planet or even for the honey. But the truth is that keeping bees was the...
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Thrive Detroit
Sep 15, 20123 min read
Hard times still call for insuring our children
For years, Detroiters have seen our children gunned down in the streets or killed for senseless reasons. Through death after death, we...
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