On A Limb with Claudia

The problem with being a human being is that we get in our own way. When challenged, many of us roll over and play dead.  What if you were a 2,000 year old tree?   Richard Preston shares the Northern California rain forest, my heart’s true home, and it’s fabulous trees. This video is 19.31 [...]

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After posting about some interesting movements in the music industry, Colleen at Loose Leaf Notes asked me to look into book publishing.
Inspired, I set out to answer her question.
At little background first.  Book publicity has changed drastically in the last seven years. When we started the Open Grove in January, 2001:

In-house publicists from hundreds [...]

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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:
This holiday season, I noticed something a little unsettling.
All bald guys look like:

Scary, isn’t it?
I think we can all agree that bald guys look a like. And many of they have this same facial hair.
I turns out that bald guys are really:

Yep, it’s true. Bald guys are elfs.
If you know a bald [...]

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After watching another friend go on antidepressants prescribed to her by her OB/Gyn, I feel like I need to say something. I believe that antidepressants can be helpful to some people when properly monitored and prescribed.
But ask yourself - how many people do you know who get their prescriptions in a 15 minute visit [...]

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Check out this video about happiness. Dr. Dan Gilbert shares some fascinating research about choice and happiness.The vid is 20 minutes long - and well worth the time. Check it out!
Video blurb:
Psychologist Dan Gilbert challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets [...]

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You’re Brigitte Bardot!
Take this quiz!
Yeah baby!! I just wish my feet weren’t so swollen from the freakin’ stiletto boots I wore to DeVotchKa last night.

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No, not that Seth.
Seth Godin, of course.
I wrote a book review for his new book, The Dip, for the Bring me up book club. Check it out!
Update: 
Ok, here’s what makes Seth Godin cool.
I had a question. In the Dip, Seth describes a dead end as “cul de sac”.  Dead end jobs.  Dead end [...]

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“All we can do (about CCD) is watch our hives die.”
This blog is paused while I go beat my head against a wall.

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“Have you ever seen how Jello mold jiggles?” D. says to our dinner guest, J.
“It’s fascinating,” she replies. “Once it catches my eye, I can’t stop looking.”
We are talking about the restaurant opening I went to with Rocker Boy. I was standing in line in front of a woman who had absolutely huge, [...]

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I talked to my friend Steve, at Ela Family Farms, last night. He’s agreed to host our bees on his organic apple farm. YIPPEE!! We are going to the farm on April 22, 2007 to look for appropriate sites. Keep your fingers crossed.
While on vacation, I had the opportunity to watch [...]

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