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Deborah Westervelt

Deborah Westervelt Writer Deborah Westervelt, a 2011 St. Louis Regional Art Commission CAT Institute graduate, a writer, and social justice advocate, has worked in community arts beginning in the 80’s with the St. Louis City Detention Center’s volunteer theatre workshop with Don Ellis. Later projects include co-Producing Peace Out!, a collaborative social justice and arts […]

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Peggy Carey

Peggy Carey wrote for one of the first internet publications, Streetmail. Founded in 2000 by Lycos inventor, Bo Peabody, the newsy letter was designed to bring local news to the internet. She was quickly addicted to this new medium, and Peggy has written for one internet publication or another ever since, often under a pseudonym. Born and raised in New Mexico, Peggy took her country knowledge to the San Francisco Bay area for 14 years before moving to the small town of Montrose in 1980, when it was only 5000 people. She raised one daughter and a step-son, practiced law, and walked many dogs many miles. Now the operator of Solas Animal Safe Home, she spends her days with 30 rescued animals, practicing law part time as well. She is the author of many short stories, and one novel, The Rock Wren’s Song.
Jeanette Messano is a graphic designer, a writer, a business owner, a mother, and a gardener. She owns and operates JEM Graphics, a graphic design company focussed on environmentally friendly solutions to graphic design and blogging. She also founded the Mind Travelers blog.

She loves life and-of course- an interesting story

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Jeanette Messano

People tend to just open up to Jeanette in ways that they don’t with others. It certainly helps that she has an unending supply of questions. With this combination of skills, it only made sense for her to create the Mind Travelers blog.

Jeanette Messano is a graphic designer, a writer, a business owner, a mother, and a gardener. She owns and operates JEM Graphics, a graphic design company focussed on environmentally friendly solutions to graphic design and blogging. She also founded the Mind Travelers blog.

She loves life and-of course- an interesting story

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7 Questions 7 Minutes Archive August 2020 Peggy Carey Writer

7 Questions in 7 Minutes: August

Today we’re talking to Joshua Kinne. Many people remember Josh as the drummer from Fractalia. He’s a talented drummer with a charming way of engaging with those around him. I remember Josh as the officiant at a wedding I attended, where he impressed me in a way I hadn’t been impressed in a long time. Josh is a practicing Christian, and his Facebook profile includes a reference to him being a “serveur at Ridgway Christian Church”; while I understand that is no longer the case, it intrigued me. As a practicing Buddhist, formerly a Christian, I am always curious about others’ beliefs.

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Archive August 2020 Critical Thinking Joseph D. Clark Philosophy

The Perils of Certainty

Check out or shop! The Perils of Certainty By Joe Clark I consider myself a patient person, with a very calm temperament. No, I’m only kidding. I’m a hot mess with a short fuse. I make mountains out of mole hills, as the saying goes. I really don’t feel like I’m all that good at […]

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Acceptance Aging Archive August 2020 Jeanette Messano Love

Night Shift

Check out our shop! Night Shift Night shift in a nursing facility is quiet…sort of. But not completely. Many residents are awake all night, and many more intermittently through the night. Interesting and philosophical conversations occur in the small hours while most people are asleep. A new and profound understanding of life is found when […]

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Drought of the Heart

It was the 80’s. No internet. No cellphones.  A $5,000 credit card limit spelled FREEDOM!