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You Do You
Posted 7 months ago by Amy H
Posted in Outdoors, Sports and Travel and Wellness: Fitness, Health and Spirituality | Tagged with exercise, health, meditation, mind and body, physical fitness, pilates, weight-loss, wellness, workout and YogaIt's never too early or late to take better care of ourselves.
Continue Reading: You Do YouSinging Voicemails
Posted 8 months ago by Jennifer D
Posted in eBooks and Audiobooks and Wellness: Fitness, Health and Spirituality | Tagged with bereavement, death and dying, family relationships, grief and Loss - psychologyHave you ever saved a voicemail for eight years? I have, and I think it's possible that many of us have a saved voicemail or two, it's just not something we talk about. Before my mom passed away, she would call me every morning around 8:15 and we would talk before I left for work. Then, that tradition ended. One of her voicemails lived on...a long time.
Continue Reading: Singing VoicemailsStorytelling and Our Communities: Part II: Alzheimers
Posted 9 months ago by Heidi Y.
Posted in Education, Research and Resources, Science Fiction and Fantasy and Wellness: Fitness, Health and Spirituality | Tagged with Alzheimer's disease, caregivers and storytellingStorytelling is the way I connect with other human beings, every day. One of the most amazing audiences to engage and connect with are adults with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Continue Reading: Storytelling and Our Communities: Part II: AlzheimersHow To Write a Novel in a Month
Posted 10 months ago by April S
Posted in eBooks and Audiobooks, Fiction, Graphic Novels and Poetry, Wellness: Fitness, Health and Spirituality and Writing and Publishing | Tagged with creative writing, fiction - authorship, Fiction - Technique, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, novel writing, publishing, writing, writing skills and writing tipsFind your inspiration to write a novel for NaNoWriMo.
Continue Reading: How To Write a Novel in a MonthYakking in a Pond
Posted 11 months ago by Heidi Y.
Posted in Arts, Crafts and Hobbies, Cooking, Garden and Home, Outdoors, Sports and Travel and Wellness: Fitness, Health and Spirituality | Tagged with Great Lakes Region - Travel, kayaking - handbooks, Lake Erie Guidebooks, Michigan Guidebooks and pond designA celebration of the sport of kayaking and the trials of married life.
Continue Reading: Yakking in a PondMoney Smart Week @ the Library
Posted 11 months ago by Melissa J
Posted in Business and Investing and Wellness: Fitness, Health and Spirituality | Tagged with financial literacy, Money Smart Week and personal financeHow can the Library help the average person learn more about personal finance and financial literacy?
Continue Reading: Money Smart Week @ the LibraryGet Inspired to Get Moving on National Walking Day and Beyond
Posted 11 months ago by April S
Posted in eBooks and Audiobooks, History and Politics, Movies and Music, Outdoors, Sports and Travel and Wellness: Fitness, Health and Spirituality | Tagged with heart health, heath & fitness, National Walking Day, sports & recreation and workoutNational Walking Day is observed on the first Wednesday in April each year. Let the Library inspire you to get moving this Spring and beyond.
Continue Reading: Get Inspired to Get Moving on National Walking Day and BeyondA Minimalist Approach to Living
Posted 12 months ago by April S
Posted in Cooking, Garden and Home, eBooks and Audiobooks, New: Books and Movies and Wellness: Fitness, Health and Spirituality | Tagged with happiness, house cleaning, housekeeping, interior design, mental health, minimalism, minimalist living, minimalist movement, motivational, orderliness, personal belongings and simplicityWhat would your life be like with less stuff?
Continue Reading: A Minimalist Approach to LivingOrganizing Your Life: Home Edition
Posted 12 months ago by April S
Posted in Arts, Crafts and Hobbies, Cooking, Garden and Home, eBooks and Audiobooks, History and Politics, New: Books and Movies and Wellness: Fitness, Health and Spirituality | Tagged with cleaning & caretaking, clutter, declutter, DIY, happiness, hoarding, home design & decor, home organization, house & home, house cleaning, housekeeping, inspirational, interior decorating, motivational, orderliness, organization ideas, organizing, simplicity and storage in the homeClear out the clutter, tidy up, and get organized!
Continue Reading: Organizing Your Life: Home EditionAging Gracefully
Posted about 1 year ago by Amy H
Posted in eBooks and Audiobooks, History and Politics, Movies and Music, Outdoors, Sports and Travel and Wellness: Fitness, Health and Spirituality | Tagged with aging, aging gracefully, documentaries, elderly, exercise, happiness, longevity, mental health, nonfiction, old age, older people - social conditions, relationships, relaxation, senior citizens, seniors, wellness and Yoga“Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty” – Coco Chanel
Continue Reading: Aging Gracefully