On A Limb with Claudia

Seth Godin is a web guru. If you are a normal person, you have probably never heard of Seth Godin. Being a not-so-normal person, and a webbie, I read Seth Godin’s books and blog. He technically writes on marketing, however, he really writes about culture - particularly our current ever changing culture. [...]

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Excitedly, I remembered that I am not working late on Tuesday. With great joy, I opened the Colorado Rockies website to find this - no more games. Now I am not a Rockies fan (if you lived here you’d know why), but I am a huge baseball fan. I love the park, [...]

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Have you seen this? Newsweek’s cover story is about “Type D” personalities. The “D” stands for distress and there is a marked correlation between heart disease and people’s distress level. (Don’t worry I didn’t qualify!) Take the test and see where you stand.
If you feel distressed, you must do something - get [...]

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Emily Grunfeld submitted two photos to our Show Your Grove contest. They are beautiful pictures of the Colorado aspen color. There is more color this year than in other years due to the increased rain and snow.

For more information about the Show Your Grove contest, click here

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Have you seen this? MSNBC recruited some of their reporters to blog on real experience of these recent hurricanes. The blog is filled with the real story of real people and their experiences of this time in their life. It’s not overly dramatic or negative. It just talks about what’s really [...]

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This weekend is an excellent time to begin that novel! National Novel Writing Month begins November 1. The challenge is to write a 50,000 word novel from scratch in a month. You can make your commitment to write 175 pages at the National Novel Writing website starting October 1. You then [...]

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We are working on a fall course about how to get along with your family, so you’ll have to pardon two days in a row about marriage.
This site - wife.org - represents the modern conundrum about marriage. Here, on a site called “wife.org”, there are a number of prominent articles about divorce. [...]

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You have heard it in the Open Grove over and over again. The American family no longer consists of a husband, wife and 2.5 children. In fact, fewer than 25 % of American households look like that. This exists for a number of reasons.(Check out this article.) The question I have is [...]

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It seems like a lot of people are having trouble sleeping! It might be the beginning of the harvest moon which is at it’s peak today and tomorrow. If you are having trouble sleeping here is an excellent list on how to conquer some insomnia.
In the meantime, Seth Roberts has been [...]

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The fall is a fabulous time to ride your bike! It’s cool and clear. With gas prices climbing, bike riding is an efficient way to save some energy while getting some exercise. Even if you feel like it’s too far, there are many public transportation solutions that will allow you to take your [...]

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