Yearly Archives: 2015

6 Steps to Rebuilding a Broken Trust

Have you ever disappointed someone or broken a promise? Was the incident serious enough to ultimately compromise the trust between you? We all have been untrustworthy at some point. That doesn’t mean that we’re bad or selfish. Sometimes, even under the best of circumstances, we let people down. We give them information believing it to […]
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January Jones – Payson Place-Book Festival-June 25, 2015

On July 25, 2015 Arizona Professional Writers and Gila Community College will present the first Payson Book Festival in Payson, AZ. The mission of the festival is to promote literacy. Here in the cool pines of Payson join us for this free family-oriented event providing a place to meet and talk with over 50 Arizona authors of many genres, including western, mystery, romance, science fiction and more. Enjoy presentations by authors and special workshops throughout the day. Story
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Drinking Up Success and Giving Back: Tales of the Cocktail’s Ann Tuennerman

New Orleans has long been considered the birthplace of the cocktail. In fact there is a Museum of Cocktail located in the city.  Eating and drinking is an essential part of New Orleans’ rich culinary culture, from its storied bars and restaurants and iconic Creole and Cajun dishes to the cocktails that were created there: the […]
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Dealing With Insults Effectively

My husband is brutal: he teases and torments me unmercifully. But I’m just as bad. From the moment we wake up until we crawl exhausted into bed at the end of the day, we are constantly harassing one another. In fact, the first words out of his mouth as he opens his eyes at 5 […]
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LOUDER THAN LIFE RETURNS TO LOUISVILLE’S CHAMPIONS PARK

      Date: June 15, 2015     LOUDER THAN LIFE RETURNS TO LOUISVILLE’S CHAMPIONS PARK LARGER THAN EVER WITH A LINEUP OF ROCK LEGENDS AND BREAKING TALENT FEATURING ROB ZOMBIE, ZZ TOP, SHINEDOWN, GODSMACK, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, BRING ME THE HORIZON, AND MANY MORE AS WELL AS THE RETURN OF GOURMET MAN FOOD, ALONG […]
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You’re Right (or not) to Be Angry

Don’t you hate it when someone tells you not to be angry? People seem to think that they know best how we should or shouldn’t feel. I was on the phone recently with a friend who needed to tell me something sensitive and prefaced it with “Now don’t get mad at me for telling you […]
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Let Go (of) My Ego: The Connection Between Ego and Anger

While in college back in the 60’s, I majored in psychology. While it was not my eventual degree, I continued to find it a fascinating subject even decades later. I remember during one of my classes the professor stated that there were only two emotions: love and fear. I found that difficult to comprehend at […]
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The King of Cocktails and Master of Mixology- Dale DeGroff- June 3- The Connected Table LIVE!

When you ask almost any bartender in America who they admire most in the industry, one name tops them all- Master Mixologist Dale DeGroff, aka King Cocktail. Dale is credited with reinventing the bartending profession, setting off a cocktail revival that continues to flourish.  Dale’s enormous influence in the bar world has spanned three decades and many crafted cocktails. […]
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