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I’m a very healthy eater. I love fruits and vegetables, I genuinely prefer whole foods over processed foods and I try to “eat the rainbow.” However, I’m not perfectly healthy…more like healthyish (hence my blog name). With all the food advice, fads, guidelines and perceived social norms, it’s overwhelming trying to keep up.
I try not to overthink my food choices, but living with roommates on diets and just being on social media has alerted me to certain random “rules” that I naturally don’t follow. By no means am I looking down on those who do follow these rules or am I saying that this is the right way to live (no qualifications here). I’m just sharing what works for me now.
Health Rules I Break (featuring pictures of yesterday’s meals)
Rule 1. Buy everything organic. In a perfect world organic and conventional foods would cost the same. Since that’s not the case, I try to do what I can in my current
broke college student situation. I will splurge for organic lettuce and buy frozen veggies (which aren’t too expensive) but for everything else, unless the price is right, I don’t buy it. I hope that changes in the future as I do support eating organically (and locally).
Rule 2. Eat all-natural nut butter (with no added ingredients). I break this rule multiple times a day and I’m not stopping anytime soon. Contrary to its name “Skippy Natural,” my favorite peanut butter, has added sugar, salt, palm oil and things that probably make some people cringe. But the plain nut butters aren’t as good, so why torture my taste buds?
Rule 3. Eat rolled oats instead of instant. People always say “it only takes 5-10 minutes to cook them on the stove top,” and it’s better for you than instant oatmeal. Honestly? I don’t have the patience or time for that. 1 minute in the microwave and my packaged instant oatmeal is ready. Technically I do prefer the plain oats which don’t have added sugar, so I guess that makes it more accepted health-wise.
Rule 4. Plate your food away from where you eat. Basically, don’t serve family style meals and put away leftovers after plating up. I see how this encourages mindful eating and prevents going back for seconds, but sometimes it’s just easier to leave my cooked food out in case I’m extra hungry. Again, I try not to overthink these types of things.
Rule 5. Measure food. I have no conception of the “correct” portions for things. I can’t eyeball a tablespoon of oil or 4 ounces of chicken and I only use my measuring cup when I need to boil water. My best judgement is my stomach and general instincts.
Rule 6. Don’t snack throughout the day. Some people seem to be all for snacking while others are not. I normally have an afternoon and nighttime snack. Not every day is the same but I’m usually hungry between meals and need the extra energy to finish out my day.
Rule 7. Limit fruit intake. I’m obsessed with fruit and hate the stigma of its high sugar and carbohydrate count. I understand that some people have trouble digesting too much fruit at once (sometimes me), but I’m not one to ever associate fruit with sugar or carbs.
I’m sure there are others that I don’t follow but these few stuck out.
There is one rule I DO follow: Listen to YOUR body. You know yourself better than anyone else and no list of rules should dictate how you eat.
Strength and Sunshine says
Eh, I do a lot of this stuff :/ But I’ve had to get away from the always organic thing…although I still cheat and buy organic for my produce weekly, but all the other produce I eat (i.e. the dining hall) isn’t organic. Sad stuff, but the money is just not there :(
That’s completely OK- you keep doing you :) I feel like some schools on the west coast do have organic options, but definitely not mine!
Elsie @ Sharing Healthiness says
The point is to always try to go healthier but as always it is less convenient and more expensive…I usually break the rule of having a balance between carbs, protein and fat in my meals..sometimes I want all the carbs! Ha!
I do that very often…usually for breakfast!
Very well said! I’m with you on all these rules – I mostly stick to them but I definitely break them when taste is of the essence! Hence why I’m sat next to a few empty fudge wrappers… ;)
Yum! That sounds like a time when taste should win over!
I love this post! I feel like living in SF, I’m constantly surrounded by people who only shop at Whole Foods and won’t touch anything processed. I’m sorry but I just can’t live like that! I love my Diet Coke too much! LOL
Miami isn’t as much of a “health-focused” city as SF so I can’t imagine feeling that pressure all the time. Don’t worry- I can’t live like that either (at least for that long!).
I’m all for snacking!!! I can’t imagine not snacking haha. And I try to buy organic when I can but sometimes it just doesn’t fit in the budget!
Snacking helps prevent “hanger,” aka very necessary!
Those rules are soooo overrated! I break them all like you hahaha! more fruit please! :)
Fruit all day, every day ;)
Miss Polkadot says
Healthyish – that’s just the right approach. There are many rules in life that make sense but food rules are meant to be broken. I think as soon as we hear one of those our inner rebel wants to break it. Living according to our own, well, I wouldn’t say rules but go with preferences, is best. All that being said some rules I regularly break: limiting fruit or snacking in general, cutting out carbs for dinner [one of the worst rules in my opion] and buying everything organic. Breaking the last one breaks [sorry for the bad pun] my heart but oh well, the budget …
Yes! Living according to our own preferences/wants/desires is the happiest way to live. If I could afford it, buying organic is the one rule I probably wouldn’t break as frequently.
Rules are meant to be broken! I’m a rebel, what can I say? I follow your organic foods rule about the same way. I try to buy organic produce that grows in soil (like lettuce or potatoes) and fruits with thin skin like apples or grapes. But I go with frozen most times. Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods have really reasonably priced organic frozen fruit and veggies. The rule I hear time and time again is “Don’t eat late at night.” Sorry…but I eat dinner at like 10. That’s just the way it works for me. I get home around 8 after the gym, I prep for the next day (breakfast/lunch/coffee/etc), enjoy a glass or 2 of wine, and before I know it, it’s 9:30 or 10. It doesn’t seem to be a problem for me. Rule broken!
Unintentionally or “intentionally” I break that rule very often! Some days meals happen later than others and I pretty much always have an after dinner snack, which is later in the night.

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Mixed signals from Ukraine’s president and his aides leave West confused about his end game
"Volodymyr Zelensky faces agonizing choices at the negotiation table with Russia. His government is still sorting out what might be acceptable, say U.S. and European officials.
The secretive rounds of meetings between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators could hold the key to ending the conflict but also carry broader implications for European security depending on how the warring parties settle their differences. If Russian President Vladimir Putin can use military force to compel political change in Ukraine, he could use the same tactic elsewhere, U.S. and European officials fear.
The prospects of a near-term deal look bleak, diplomats say, but mixed signals from Zelensky about how close he is to striking an agreement have only heightened anxiety about the trajectory of the negotiations.
Russia has sought to pummel Ukraine into submission through artillery barrages, cruise missile strikes and a severing of supply routes that have prompted a humanitarian disaster and forced more than 3 million people to flee the country.
Zelensky, however, has remained defiant, saying his country wants peace — but not at any cost.
“I’m ready for dialogue; we’re not ready for capitulation,” Zelensky told ABC News earlier this week, while vowing to continue fighting Russia for as long as necessary.
Zelensky reiterated that message in even stronger terms on Tuesday when the prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia traveled to Kyiv to meet him in a risky wartime visit. “He showed very little interest in a negotiated settlement and said Ukraine needed to keep fighting until Putin altered his demands,” said a diplomat familiar with the discussions, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive meetings.
At the same time, Zelensky’s top negotiator, Mykhailo Podolyak, has hailed progress in negotiations with Russia and suggested a quick end to the fighting. “Their position has softened significantly,” Podolyak told PBS this week in reference to Russia. “We have much confidence that we will have a cease-fire in the coming days.”
The conflicting forecasts have led to some confusion among Western leaders who see limited movement toward reconciling Russia’s demands with what Ukraine would find acceptable. Moscow has called for the full demilitarization of Ukraine and for Kyiv to recognize the Crimean Peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014, as Russian territory and the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent countries. Moscow has also called for the “de-Nazification” of Ukraine, a Kremlin term believed to mean the dissolution of the Zelensky government. Ukrainian officials have said all four demands are non-starters but have been open to discussing the issue of neutrality and the country’s relationship to NATO.
“There’s no indication on our end that the Ukrainians are suing for peace. They want to fight,” said a senior U.S. official.
When asked to account for some of Ukraine’s optimistic messaging about a deal, the official said “we’ve been puzzling over this too. We’ve been getting mixed messages.”
A second U.S. administration official said Ukraine’s statements suggest that Zelensky and his top aides haven’t come to a firm conclusion on what the Ukrainian people are willing to concede in exchange for a cease-fire and withdrawal of Russian troops.
“They just haven’t come up with a decision yet,” added a senior European official.
Others close to Zelensky say he is under extraordinary pressure to convey progress in negotiations with Russia even if the reality is less sanguine.
“Many Ukrainians are now suffering enormously. That puts our delegation under pressure to show some kind of progress in the talks,” said Yuri Vitrenko, the CEO of Naftogaz, the country’s largest state-owned oil and gas company.
“There are people in Ukraine who say ‘we don’t want to hear about talks, we want to fight until the end.’ But others are saying ‘at least try to negotiate.’ That’s why for the negotiating team, it’s important to be constructive,” he said.
The Ukrainian Embassy in Washington declined to comment.
Speculation about an emerging peace deal surged on Wednesday following a report in the Financial Times that Ukrainian and Russian negotiators discussed a 15-point draft on Monday that would see Kyiv renouncing its ambitions to join NATO and swear off hosting foreign military bases or weaponry in exchange for security guarantees from countries such as Britain, the United States or Turkey.
That same day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Ukraine’s “neutral status is now being seriously discussed” and said the two sides “are close to agreeing.” A day earlier, Zelensky said Ukrainians “must admit” that the West has indicated Ukraine won’t be a member of NATO — remarks that seemed designed to prepare the Ukrainian people for concessions.
But officials from Russia and Ukraine later denied that the 15-point plan represented a possible solution, and Ukrainian officials said most of the reported document was merely a restatement of Russian positions.
Zelensky will have to sell any peace deal to his own people — a tricky task if he is forced to concede too much. He has been a wildly popular wartime president, but he was an unpopular peacetime one. And Ukraine’s westward ambitions have only been strengthened by Russia’s assault. Before February, many residents of cities like Kharkiv were sympathetic to Russia. Now much of the city has been reduced to rubble, and pro-Russian voices have turned into fiercely pro-Kyiv ones.
Any potential deal will also require buy-in from the West, which will need to lift sanctions on Moscow in exchange for its withdrawal of Russian forces.
But Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that a simple withdrawal of troops may not meet a U.S. standard for sanctions relief. The United States “will want to make sure that anything that’s done is, in effect, irreversible, that this can’t happen again, that Russia won’t pick up and do exactly what it’s doing in a year or two years or three years.”
Some eastern flank NATO members also oppose a peace agreement that concedes too much to Putin for fear of the message it would send about violations of sovereignty and international law.
“If at the end of this, Putin comes away with anything but a clearly defined loss for him, that would destabilize European and international security unlike anything we’ve seen since the days of the Second World War,” said Jonatan Vseviov, the secretary general of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
But the desire to have Putin feel defeated could also make a middle-ground compromise impossible, officials acknowledged, spurring the Russian leader to keep fighting. European countries would be unlikely to roll back sanctions at the first sign of a peace deal but would wait until there are concrete signs it is actually being implemented and respected, a senior European diplomat said.
A middle path could be possible, involving Ukraine setting aside its ambitions to join NATO in exchange for the integration of the separatist eastern Ukrainian territories back into Kyiv-controlled Ukraine.
“The question is if Putin is capable of agreeing on what many will see as defeat,” said a European diplomat.
Even if Zelensky manages to strike a deal, implementing it could be difficult. Ukraine’s NATO aspirations were baked into its constitution in a 2019 amendment, and changing it again would require a lengthy process that culminates in a supermajority vote of parliament. Not all political forces in the country are ready to do that, and a supermajority isn’t a sure bet, said Alex Riabchyn, a former lawmaker who voted in favor of the 2019 change.
The other challenge, Riabchyn said, is that Zelensky has proved so powerful a wartime communicator that Ukrainians are united behind him, with high morale and a willingness to keep fighting. A deal that seems like a defeat might not be acceptable to Ukrainian society.
“Ukrainians believe we are winning this war, so they might not accept painful compromises,” said Riabchyn, who now advises the government. “They might feel this is a betrayal. Zelensky raised the aspiration lines very high.”
For now, U.S. and European officials say they do not see signs that Russia is stopping its attack. One key measure, officials said, was whether Russian troops were digging defensive lines to solidify control of the territory they have captured. That hasn’t started yet, signifying a likely intent to keep pushing forward, two defense officials said.
Russia’s public optimism about a deal is a source of interest for diplomats. Officials familiar with the negotiations attribute it to one of two strategies. One is that Moscow is serious because the Kremlin wants to roll back existing sanctions. The other is that Russia wants to create the impression of seriousness in a bid to head off even more sanctions.
Vitrenko, the Naftogaz executive, subscribes to the latter.
“Russians are now making this impression that there is progress with negotiations for a very obvious reason: they don’t want the West to impose tougher sanctions.”
Ultimately, what Ukraine will agree to, lies with Zelensky because of the way he has emerged as a figure of unity.
“It’s Zelensky who decides,” he said. “It’s about the spirit of a nation. Thousands of Ukrainians are dying. He’s a wartime leader and it’s a huge responsibility.”
Greg Jaffe contributed to this report."


Puget Sound Energy agrees to move more customers from gas to electric heat
Jan. 11, 2023 at 6:00 am Updated Jan. 11, 2023 at 1:43 pm
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About 10,000 Puget Sound Energy customers will be offered financial incentives to switch from gas to electric heat in a pilot program that will help chart a new course for the state’s largest energy utility.
The program is part of rate increase agreements approved last month by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, which also require a phaseout of ratepayer subsidies for new PSE gas hookups.
These two measures, and other rate case settlement provisions, are intended to keep PSE on a path that largely eliminates greenhouse gas emissions from its operations. A 2019 law calls for power utilities to reduce this pollution to net-zero by 2045, and the 2021 Climate Commitment Act sets a tightening cap on them.
The laws require huge changes for PSE, which serves some 1.2 million electric customers and another 850,000 natural gas customers mostly in northwest Washington. PSE will have to move away from natural gas and coal, which in 2020 was used to generate half of the utility’s electricity, and also is expected to slash pipeline deliveries of natural gas to homes and businesses.
As a regulated utility, PSE must have rate increases approved by the utilities commission, which reviews them in rate case proceedings.
The commission also has an oversight role in monitoring PSE’s moves to cut greenhouse gas emission. The most recent rate case was complicated and sometimes contentious as PSE, along with environmental groups, wrestled over how to equitably cut emissions.
“We anticipate that utilities around the country will look to this agreement as a model,” said Jaimini Parekh, senior attorney for Earthjustice, who participated in settlement negotiations on behalf of the Sierra Club, the NW Energy Coalition and Front & Centered.
“We are in agreement with the environmental community that this case really lays the foundation for the company’s transition to clean energy,” said Jon Piliaris, director of regulatory affairs for PSE.
One example of the shift is the $15 million pilot program to offer incentives to switch from gas to heat pumps and other efficient electric appliances. This will get underway later this year in parts of Western Washington where PSE delivers gas and electricity, as well as in Seattle, where Seattle City Light delivers power.
The knowledge gained from this effort is supposed to be used to develop a broader plan for switching more PSE customers off natural gas. PSE plans for its power to increasingly come from cleaner sources, such as solar and wind farms.


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During Glenn Beck’s Under God: Indivisible conference, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins recounted his days as a Louisiana state legislator fighting a hate crime law which included sexual orientation as a protected category along with classifications like race, religion, disability and gender. Perkins lamented that a “full time lobbyist for the homosexual community” helped pass the language over his objections and bemoaned that legislators were ignorant the amendment would lead to “indoctrination of our children in schools and the loss of religious freedom and the freedom of speech.”
Seeing that the law was passed in 1997, Perkins did not make clear how Louisiana students are being indoctrinated into homosexuality or who has lost their religious freedom or freedom of speech over the last fifteen years, but he did assert that the law was a sign of “chaos in America.”
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Iran aired video Thursday of its boats and U.S. naval ships in the Persian Gulf in an apparent attempt to show that there was no confrontation between the vessels.
The grainy 5-minute, 20-second video - without sound or narration - showed a man speaking into a handheld radio, with three U.S. ships floating in the distance. It appeared to be shot from a small boat bobbing at least 100 meters from the American warships.
The footage did not show any Iranian boats approaching the U.S. vessels, nor any provocation. But the short clip likely did not show Sunday's entire encounter, which U.S. Navy officials described as threatening, and said lasted about 20 minutes.
It aired on Iran's state-run English-language channel Press TV, whose signal is often blocked inside Iran.
The clip also aired on the state-run Al-Alam Arabic channel, with an announcer saying the video showed "a routine and regular measure."
Later, another state TV channel aired 4 minutes of audio it said were radio communications between the Iranian boats and American ships.
"Coalition warship number 73, this is an Iranian navy patrol boat," a man's voice said in heavily-accented English. "This is coalition warship number 73 operating in international waters," an American voice replied.
Meanwhile Thursday, the U.S. lodged a formal diplomatic protest with Iran over the incident. The protest, which repeats public U.S. complaints about the "provocative" action, was sent to the Iranian Foreign Ministry through the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which looks after U.S. interests in Iran, deputy spokesman Tom Casey told reporters. He could not say if the Iranians had actually received and acknowledged receipt of the protest.
The Pentagon has released its own video of Sunday's incident, showing small Iranian boats swarming around U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz.
In the recording, a man threatens in English, "I am coming to you. ... You will explode after ... minutes."
The incident, which ended without any shots fired, has heightened U.S.-Iranian tension as President Bush visits the region. Mr. Bush was in the West Bank on Thursday, and heads next to Arab Gulf nations where he is expected to discuss strategy on Iran.
Iran has denied its boats threatened the U.S. vessels, and accused Washington of. The Pentagon dismissed that claim and warned its ships would respond with force if threatened.
The Iranian video "seems to underscore the fact that the U.S. ships were operating in international waters, something so far, at least, the Iranians have not refuted," retired U.S. Army Col. Jeff McCausland told CBS' The Early Show.
McCausland, who is director of national security affairs for the Washington-based law firm Buchanan, Ingersoll, and Rooney added that Iran's claim that the Pentagon's video was fabricated could be an attempt to "ratchet up" tensions between the two nations.
On Thursday, the Web site of the Iranian state broadcasting company quoted a top Revolutionary Guards commander as calling the Pentagon's video "unusual and illogical."
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CPSC, 4-H Council, NASCAR Legend and ATV Racing Champion Join Forces To Encourage Riders To ""Take Knowledge to the Extreme""
From the rugged trails of West Virginia to the sand dunes in southern California, the sound of all-terrain vehicles in action can be heard across the country. However, in many communities, it is news accounts of tragic incidents being heard. To reduce the number of deaths and injuries, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is leading a major campaign to educate riders young and old on the safe use of ATVs.
At a news conference today, CPSC Acting Chairman Nancy Nord stated, "ATVs are not toys, especially adult ATVs, which can travel at 60 miles per hour and weigh up to 800 pounds. Children should only ride youth model ATVs – there have been too many children killed while driving or riding as a passenger on adult ATVs."
Joining Acting Chairman Nord were National 4-H Council CEO and President Donald Floyd and NASCAR Racing Legend Richard Petty.
The number of four-wheel ATVs in use in the United States has increased from just over 2 million to more than 6.9 million over the past decade. From 1982 through 2004, there were nearly 6,500 deaths involving ATVs. In 2004 alone, an estimated 136,000 people were treated in hospital emergency rooms for ATV related injuries – many life-altering. In 2003, an estimated 740 people died nationwide in ATV incidents. About 30 percent of all deaths and injuries involve children younger than 16.
CPSC's campaign includes: new television and radio public service announcements; the creation of www.ATVSafety.gov, a new Web site for riders, parents, trainers, local and state officials, and the media; use of CPSC's Neighborhood Safety Network; and partnering with organizations and officials dedicated to promoting ATV safety.
CPSC is encouraging all riders to "take knowledge to the extreme" by participating in a training course and following our core rules for safe riding: 1) never allow a child to operate or ride on an adult size ATV, 2) always wear a helmet and protective gear, 3) never ride tandem on a one-person ATV, 4) never ride on paved roads, and 5) never ride under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
While CPSC believes that there would be a decline in deaths and injuries if riders followed these safe riding practices, the agency has also proposed new rules to make riding safer. These include:
- Banning 3-wheeled ATVs, which present three times the risk of injury compared to 4-wheel ATVs and have re-emerged through the import market, Internet and secondhand dealers;
- Making the current voluntary standard mandatory, which would require all ATVs to meet U.S. safety standards;
- Calling for three models of youth ATVs instead of two and setting speed limitations for each youth model;
- Requiring retailers to offer free training to all ATV purchasers and members of their immediate family;
- Requiring retailers to provide a written form to purchasers warning against the use of adult ATVs by children and giving death and injury statistics related to children riding adult ATVs.
The public has until October 24, 2006 to provide comments to the CPSC concerning our proposed rules. Comments can be e-mailed to: email@example.com
ATV's are growing in popularity and the knowledge on their safe use must grow as well. The CPSC is committed to doing its part – consumers, parents, manufacturers and retailers must do theirs as well. By taking knowledge to the extreme, all ATV riders can go down a fun, yet safer path.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
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It looks like fans of HBCU football will have some players to cheer for in spring outside of their squad’s current players.
The XFL released the roster for its inaugural season and a total of 10 former HBCU stars across the MEAC, SWAC, CIAA and SIAC.
Here are the HBCU alumni who you can catch on the field in 2020.
Dallas Renegades: OT Justin Evans, South Carolina State
DC Defenders: TE Khari Lee, Bowie State
Houston Roughriders: DB Deji Olatoye, NCAT
DL Demetrius Rhaney, Tennessee State
LA Wildcats: RB Martez Carter, Grambling State
TE Brandon Barnes, Alabama State
DL Roderick Henderson, Alabama State
St. Louis Battlehawks: P Marquette King, Fort Valley State
RB Lenard Tillery, Southern
Tampa Bay Vipers: WR Daniel Williams, Jackson State
King is likely the most notable name to fans, as he was a star with the Oakland Raiders before being released when Jon Gruden took over.
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Home prices in the US have continued to surge despite higher mortgage rates. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the median home price has jumped almost every month in 2022. For example, it reached a record high of $413,800 in June before falling to $389,500 in August.
Last week, the mortgage rate surpassed the 7 percent mark at its highest level since 2002. As per the Freddie Mac report, rates on fixed-rate mortgages rose to 7.08 percent, up from 6.94 percent the previous week and 3.14 percent last year.
“As inflation endures, consumers are seeing higher costs at every turn, causing further declines in consumer confidence this month,” Sam Khaterthe chief economist at Freddie Mac, said in a statement.
“Many potential home buyers are choosing to wait and see where the housing market will end up, pushing demand and home prices further downward,” Khater added.
Meanwhile, celebrities in the US are busy making big real estate moves. Here are some of the celebs who are listing their properties at whopping prices.
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The host of “Celebrity IOU: Joyride,” Ant Anstead is reportedly planning to sell his Laguna Beach Cottage for $3.3 million. Anstead bought the home for $2.8 million in 2021.
The cottage is spread across a 1,968-square-foot area and was built in 1929. The home sits on a 6,925-square-foot lot above Woods Cove. The house features views of Catalina Island and the coast.
“Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe has recently sold his Manhattan condo for $5.3 million.
Radcliffe purchased it for $4.9 million in 2008, and the condo is spread across 2,445 square feet. The building amenities of Radcliffe’s former home include a doorkeeper, a concierge, a gym, on-site parking, bike storage, and a children’s playroom.
hollywood stars Ben Affleck recently sold his 13,500 square feet home for $30 million to an unknown buyer. The property has seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms, a gym, a screening room, and a spa.
Affleck bought the home for $19.2 million back in 2018. Affleck has moved to his new home along with his wife, Jennifer Lopezand five children.
TV series “Dallas” star Patrick Duffy plans to sell his mansion on the Rogue River outside Medford, OR. The actor is asking for $14 million for his 383-acre property.
There are four bedrooms and four baths in the 3,010-square-foot house. Duffy’s property includes 100 acres of irrigated land and a 1-acre private lake. The property also has a spa cabin, wine cave, pool house, large garden, and two guesthouses.
Actress Sandra Bullock plans to sell her real estate property for $6 million. The estate is made up of three lots in Valley Center, California, about 40 miles northeast of San Diego, spread across a 91-acre area.
She bought the land in 2007 for an unknown amount. The property has four-bedroom suites along with avocado and citrus groves. The main home is a 6,000-square-foot area.
politician Mitt Romney recently sold his Utah lodge for $11.5 million. The mountain estate is in Deer Valley in Park City. Romney purchased the property in 2013 for more than $9 million.
Spread across 8,700 square feet, the estate comprises six bedrooms and 7.5 bathrooms.
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“My Funny Valentine,” written by the popular duo of Richard Rodgers (music) and Lorenz Hart (lyrics), has appeared on well over 1,000 albums since it was introduced in the 1937 Broadway musical Babes in Arms, sung by Mitzi Green. Though beginning in the mid-’40s it became very popular vocal tune on records and radio, covered by the likes of Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald—and in more modern times by everyone from Barbara Streisand to Marvin Gaye to Elvis Costello—it has also enjoyed a long history as an instrumental in the jazz and pop worlds. Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, and Keith Jarrett are just a few of the great jazz players to tackle and improvise over Rodger’s sumptuous but somewhat quirky melody. In the classical guitar world, Roland Dyens’ wonderful arrangement is the best-known (Marco Pereira also has a good one, played here by Marius Gundersen), and no doubt there are others.
The one we’re featuring today is by the young English guitarist Alexandra Whittingham, who plays it in a much different and considerably less jazzy manner than many do; it feels more rooted to classical music in this presentation, even with its occasional jazz touches. This could almost be a sarabande! This well-made video (just posted in February 2019) was shot at a place called Le Presbytère in the gorgeous village of Puy-lʼÉvêque, in the Lot Valley in southwestern France, home of the annual Les Temps de Guitare festival (this year’s fourth edition takes place July 24–27). Whittingham played at that festival in its inaugural year, 2016. —Blair Jackson


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Mariah Carey and Las Vegas were meant for each other!
The Elusive Chanteuse hit the stage on Wednesday night for her first of 50 shows in her residency #1s To Infinity, and gurl looked every bit the diva you’d desire!
With glittering gowns, impossible hairstyle switch ups, and huge, colorful set pieces Miz Carey seemed perfectly at home on the Colosseum stage.
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A camping labeled Camping Qualité must respect strict and precise commitments based on nearly 600 criteria. Overall, it offers a warm welcome to holidaymakers, must be impeccably clean, provide all the information essential to customers. It must also offer well-kept private sites while enhancing and respecting the environment.
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Ukrainians fleeing the warfare are being housed with UK hosts who person not had a transgression grounds check, successful the latest interest to blight the government’s effect to the exile crisis.
Under expanding unit to robust retired flaws successful its schemes, authorities sources told the Observer they were creating a “rematching” work to location Ukrainians with radical consenting to help.
Tens of thousands of radical who person registered an involvement with the UK’s Homes for Ukraine scheme volition beryllium contacted to accidental the authorities is moving with councils and charities to lucifer them with Ukrainians who person arrived successful the UK but find themselves stateless aft their archetypal spot fell done oregon household members could not big them.
So far, much than 102,000 visas person been issued nether the 2 authorities exile schemes for Ukrainians, and 46,100 person arrived successful the UK. Teething problems proceed to beset the initiatives. In galore cases, radical person been housed for weeks by hosts who inactive are waiting for their Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.
Karen Liebreich, from westbound London, collected her 21-year-old Ukrainian exile from the airdrome 5 weeks agone but said she was inactive waiting for the results of the checks.
She said: “My hubby and I person present filled successful our forms for the DBS checks, but she has been present for 5 weeks and we inactive haven’t been approved.”
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – which is liable for the strategy – contacted her past week to inquire if it could usage her arsenic a lawsuit study, but Liebreich refused.
In an email to the department, she said: “[Your] section was each implicit the property assuring america that everyone lodging a Ukrainian has had a completed DBS check. As this is simply a categoric prevarication ... I’m not prepared to facilitate an interrogation to bolster a authorities connection for ministers that look not to recognize the worth of the truth.”
A DBS cheque allows employers and different organisations to look astatine the transgression grounds of idiosyncratic applying for a role, if they person one.
On Thursday different big of a Ukrainian parent and lad successful Essex besides said they had arrived but that she “hadn’t been checked” and had asked the assembly for an explanation.
Another big from Essex wrote connected Facebook: “Our guests, including young child, arrived connected 14 April and we were lone sent the links for the enhanced DBS cheque past Friday [6 May].”
Essex region assembly said the delays had arisen owed to the “volume” of cases but that it was “prioritising those who already person guests with them”, and past week started face-to-face DBS checks astatine 2 offices to “speed things up further”.
In effect to specified issues and concerns implicit homelessness, a parliamentary committee volition this week impulse the authorities to benignant retired its “completely dysfunctional” schemes.
Clive Betts, seat of the levelling-up committee, said helium had written to refugees curate Richard Harrington, astir fears for the information of Ukrainians and their imaginable to extremity up homeless.
Maggie Filipova-Rivers, of the City of Sanctuary network of 120 section councils, said the hold betwixt Ukrainians being housed and DBS checks conducted connected their big was worrying. She highlighted 1 caller lawsuit wherever a household successful Worcester were astatine hazard of becoming stateless aft problems arose with their host.
“Someone was hosting a household surviving connected a mattress successful the room and asking them for money; it was a imaginable exploitation case,” said Filipova-Rivers.
Worcester metropolis assembly said that though nary information issues had been identified successful this case, it had recovered the spot to beryllium “unsuitable”. But the big had ignored this and gone up with the placement.
Then the assembly had go alert of “problems successful the narration betwixt sponsor and their guests” – the Ukrainian household had appealed for assistance connected Facebook, which led to a enactment radical providing alternate accommodation successful Derby and past Sheffield.
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I’m fairly certain my daughter will run away with the circus someday. The trapeze artists entrance her. The clowns make her snort-laugh. The jugglers defy physics. The last time we attended the circus, she got pulled up as a volunteer assistant in a magic act. Her eyes blossomed widely. She looked starstruck for a moment as the magician led her to the third circle of the three rings on the floor. Then she snapped into true form and bantered back and forth with the magician. She preened at the audience, and took her assistant duties very seriously.
I fully expect her to leave with a bindle over her shoulder to join the ranks of acrobats and animal tamers any day now. To postpone her inevitable departure, we decided to throw a circus birthday. I’m old-fashioned and like to keep kids birthday parties at home and inexpensive. Without the budget to hire a magician, a petting zoo, or take her entire second grade class to to the circus, I needed to get creative to ringmaster the perfect party.
My daughter and I assigned roles to her guests that we included with the invitation. She assigned roles to her friends based on their talents and likes. The kids with wicked knock-knock jokes fell easily into a clown roles, and her best friend who can land a back handspring ended up an acrobat. We assigned twins the juggler roles and included scarves in their invitation to help them practice. We also included a fortune teller and a strongman. We encouraged everyone to build a short routine. My daughter dressed as a lion tamer and her little brother, the lion. They worked on their act tirelessly, and completely in secret.
We asked everyone to arrive in costume and offered support and a lot of rehearsal time at the start of the party. The kids had fun showing off what they worked on, and learning the talents of their friends. The twins taught everyone how to juggle, we learned how to prat fall from our clowns, and our wee fortune teller told all of our fortunes in grisly detail.
Once the acts were set, we moved on to arts and crafts. I had loaded up on tempera paint, ribbons, and other craft supplies with a great early Black Friday deal and I encouraged the kids to get creative with the supplies. We created the backdrop for the circus on three large panels of newsprint that I hung on the garage and created colorful side stage curtains with ribbons tied to twine and strung high.
I had them help me fill cups with popcorn and trail mix for the audience (and let them each make and eat their own cup before the show). Parents arrived at a set time and we began the show.
At my daughter’s request I assumed the role of ringmaster. You can get a fun striped dress at a good deal like I did with a Torrid coupon, I introduced each act. After having so much fun assembling the show, the kids totally enjoyed hamming it up for laughter and applause. It was so much fun! My kids brought the house down in their lion tamer act at the end, my son proving to be a ferociously cunning cat for my daughter to tame.
At the end we all shared cake and punch and traded stories about our favorite parts of the show. The kids had a great time performing, but they were especially proud of the show because they contributed to all aspects of it. As we settled down after the party, my daughter insisted it was, “The best birthday ever.” When I asked if she still thought she would run away with the circus, she merely smiled and said, “Not if I can have a circus birthday party next year.”
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Seems like everyone has an opinion about writer’s block.
Some swear it’s real, and others deny its existence.
Some call it an invention, an excuse to take the day off.
Some say it’s always lurking around the next corner.
I say it’s real–all too real, in fact.
And I’m not alone in my views:
A 2015 study of university students found that 24% of students “almost always” experience writers block, and 70% of students experience it “occasionally.” That’s 94% of student writers!
Literary giants Jack London, Leo Tolstoy, and J.K. Rowling suffered through bouts of writer’s block.
Who could argue with their success (or their personal struggles)?
The list goes on.
So what, exactly, is writer’s block?
If you’ve never had the pleasure, let me fill you in.
Most days you show up to the page with an outline, a concept, a place you want to go. Some days, you feel like winging it, allowing inspiration to guide your efforts. Most of the time, all goes well:
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But on those bad days, those miserable days, weeks, or months–no matter what you try, nothing of value comes out. Sure, you experience the occasional trickle of words, but they’re flat, empty, meaningless.
So you pace, and you sing; you doodle and yawn. You read. You meditate. You eat. You overeat. Still, nothing comes out.
And the harder you try, the worse things go. You waste precious time—time you’ll never get back. And the worst part?
You worry you’ll never write anything of value again.
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So, you’ve decided to amp up your writing skills.
You’ve taken the first important step.
And it makes perfect sense, doesn’t it?
If you’re going to succeed, you must be willing: willing to learn, to grow, to change your old habits and strategies, right?
But you’re apprehensive, too.
You don’t want to waste your time—time you could be writing—focusing on the wrong skills, the wrong advice from some has-been’s dated strategy.
You’ve been down that rabbit hole, and it cost you dearly. You know the one: that course, that system, that seminar promising the moon, promising to make all your writing dreams come true.
For $$$, we’ll deliver the insider hack standing between you and the bestseller list.
The problem with hacks is they’re unreliable. They may work once (in an isolated context), but they rarely address the big picture. You need a plan you can take to the bank.
You need solid advice, strategies that have stood the test of time.
Now, you’re getting warm.
There’s a reason why we’re still studying Aristotle’s Rhetoric and Poetics, why we’re still discussing pathos, ethos, and logos in college classrooms.
Classics hold up; they’re reliable.
So, forget about the latest fad, the latest fast track to celebrity.
The following books have captivated and motivated writers just like you. They’ve held up to scrutiny, to spiteful criticism. They’ve earned their way into classrooms and bookshelves, taking ordinary writers to new levels.
And they won’t cost you hundreds, either.
Take a look at these 22 classic books on the art and craft of writing.
Let me know how it goes.
William Zinsser’s classic, selling over a million copies, offers multiple strategies to improve the performance of both fiction and nonfiction writers. Providing context, instruction, and real-world examples, Zinsser begins with foundational elements: trimming the fat, reducing clutter.
The goal is sharp, clear prose.
Using carpentry as a metaphor, he tackles style, warning beginning writers to avoid excessive ornamentation, to avoid prioritizing style over substance. Subsequent chapters cover audience, word usage, and voice, with detailed instructions for covering specific markets: personal interviews, memoir, science and technology, business, humor, and sports.
Former Cornell University professor William Strunk’s tiny book became one the most popular reference books for working writers. At 86 pages, The Elements of Style belongs on every writer’s bookshelf. This seminal writing guide covers rules of usage, principles of composition, and common errors in usage and spelling.
If you read only one book about writing this year, make it Strunk and White’s classic. You can pick up the Kindle version for 99 cents.
Ann Lamott’s bestseller opens with four compelling conversations: getting started, short assignments, shitty first drafts, and perfectionism. After soothing your fears and gaining your trust, she tackles character, plot, and dialogue.
Written with kindness, wit, and candor, Lamott pushes you to find, embrace, and share your truth. You’ll leave each chapter changed by her words, ready to embrace your own process. With Bird By Bird, she inspires more than preaches. You’ll feel her presence, not as a taskmaster, but as a beloved friend, coach, or mentor.
More than a mere how to book on writing, King’s book takes you through his personal history, from wannabe childhood writer to successful novelist. Along the way, he shares his perspective on the art and craft of writing.
He’s generous with details, discussing his struggles with alcohol and drug addiction. He shares the genesis of his stories, how mundane experiences sparked future characters and plot sequences. He takes you inside his process, showing you how he makes connections. This is a book to be read and reread, an essential reference for any aspiring novelist.
Goldberg’s classic book on writing, now in its 30th anniversary edition, combines memoir, instruction, and Zen meditation. She says, “Writing is a uniquely human activity. It might even be built into our DNA.” We all have our stories to tell. Her book celebrates this shared human experience.
While many writing books focus on output and productivity, Writing Down the Bones entices readers to slow down, to find their own rhythm, to forge a new relationship with the page. Goldberg elucidates the show, don’t tell mantra beautifully: “Don’t tell readers what to feel. Show them the situation, and that feeling will awaken within them.”
A short, fascinating read, Writing Down the Bones helps writers at all levels reconnect with inspiration.
Blogger, thriller writer, best-selling author, and fiction columnist for Writer’s Digest magazine, James Scott Bell shares his vast knowledge about plotting fiction.
Bell offers writers more than mere theories; his book contains plotting diagrams and charts, story-structure models, and brainstorming techniques to uncover compelling, original plot ideas. Using examples from popular novels, Bell takes readers behind the scenes, showing how the pieces fit together, exposing the recycled themes and plot twists that endure over time. Each chapter ends with a thought-provoking exercise.
Pantsers beware: you may never return to your previous methods.
I remember the flood of inspiration following my first reading of The Artist’s Way. I return to it often when I need a lift. Like Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones, The Artist’s Way encourages a spiritual approach to writing and creativity.
Organized like a 12-week workshop/retreat, Julia’s process helps writers identify and strip away creative blocks while establishing a meaningful, daily writing practice. Her morning pages exercise will guide you through the ups and downs of productivity, keeping you grounded and focused.
This is a book you’ll read and share. You’ll need to buy copies for your friends, though. You won’t want to part with it.
Donald Maass’s unique perspective comes from his experiences as an author and a literary agent. His New York agency represents over 150 fiction authors. With massive numbers of writers publishing today, this book offers proven strategies to set your novel apart from the competition.
Beginning writers will enjoy fundamental topics covering basics such as time and place, characters, plot, and theme. Seasoned writers will find advanced techniques addressing multiple viewpoints, subplots, pace, voice, and endings.
Randy Ingermanson’s Snowflake Method contains ten steps to help beginning writers map out their stories. The methods are revealed in story form. While enjoying the story of Goldilocks/the writer’s journey, the reader learns the ins and outs of plot organization.
If you’re a pantser or you’re turned off by classical story structure, the Snowflake Method may be the jumpstart you need. Readers around the world credit Ingermanson’s system for helping them stave off complex plot problems before they begin.
Take Off Your Pants contains fiction author Libby Hawkins’s personal strategy for organizing a novel.
Why do we need yet another guide for plotting a story?
Plotting a story creates substantial confusion for inexperienced writers. While the pantser’s process may seem liberating, it leads to countless unnecessary problems down the line: plot holes, discrepancies, character inconsistencies. To complicate matters, there’s no single approach that works for everyone.
Libbie’s approach includes putting the character arc first and prioritizing character flaws. Her method represents a hybrid of traditional methods. Readers cite this book as an invaluable resource, for unlocking the secrets of storytelling.
Christopher Vogler’s book The Writer’s Journey examines the pervasive influence of myth on storytelling, the arts, and everyday life. Mirroring Joseph Campbell’s work, Vogler cites blockbuster film examples such as The Wizard of Oz, Titanic, and Star Wars. Through these well-known stories and shared cultural experiences, he examines classical archetypes and the hero’s journey.
His use of film makes this book unique. The pop-culture examples help readers understand and digest the concepts. These illustrations succeed where mere text often fails. If you purchase only one book on the art and craft of fiction writing, this is the book.
Don’t let the simple cover fool you; this little book packs a punch. Treasured American memoirist Annie Dillard takes readers through the complexities of writing and storytelling.
This book contains seven chapters, with the text clocking in at 130 pages. As the name implies, this work is about worldbuilding, about constructing life and meaning through words.
Engaging as well as educational, let The Writing Life take your writing journey to new heights.
Author Ray Bradbury, best known for his classic novel Fahrenheit 451, forever changed his reader, his messages burned into the psyche.
In Zen in the Art of Writing, Bradbury shares his perspective on the art and craft of writing. Each quirky chapter keeps you turning the page. Who could resist chapters names like “Drunk, and in Charge of a Bicycle” and “The Long Road to Mars?” After this read, you’ll never look at his amazing body of work the same way.
Who could resist the cover of this text: a simple pair of glasses, inviting readers to look closer at the contents? Once inside, you’ll be surprised by the breadth and depth of the material. Author Ann Handley distills the complex writing process into a series of practical steps anyone can follow.
You’ll learn how to hook readers with your beginning sequences, how to craft those perfect endings–the ones sending readers back to the bookstore, scouring shelves for your next installment. Whether you’re writing ad copy, articles for the internet, or the next great American novel, Handley’s advice delivers.
Why do some folks prefer math to writing? Math relies on rules. If you’d like to add more structure to your writing, the Associated Press Stylebook is the text for you.
Used in the finest newsrooms and universities, The AP Stylebook helps writers figure out what to say and how to say it. Rather than relying on guesswork or imitating the moves of other writers, you can write to an established standard. Offering timeless advice from acclaimed masters of journalism, you’ll want to keep a copy close to your writing desk.
Most writers will identify with the symbolism on the book cover: the tiny, overworked pencil, sharpened down to its last hour of utility. One can imagine its lifetime achievements. Now in its tenth edition with five new tips, Author Roy Peter Clark’s writing classic contains three main sections:
Part one, “Nuts and Bolts,” discusses the best way to begin sentences, the importance of word order, and how to establish (and break) patterns. Part two, “Special Effects,” delves into wordplay, paying special attention to names, images, and creative language. “Blueprints,” the third section, tackles action, characterization, action, foreshadowing, and suspense. Finally, the fourth section, titled “Useful Habits,” provides practical lifestyle advice, such as completing your homework, avoiding procrastination, and recruiting support.
Writing Tools cuts through the noise, offering practical strategies to elevate each writer’s product and process.
Known for A Passage to India, Howard’s End and A Room with a View, E. M. Forster was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature sixteen times. In Aspects of the Novel, Forster offers his unique slant on writing better fiction, repurposing content from his lectures at Cambridge University.
Aspects of the Novel investigates successful fiction with a keen focus on human nature, covering topics such as people, stories, plot, prophecy, fantasy, pattern, and rhythm.
How can you write best-selling fiction? Indeed. This bold title begs the question:
What does this author know about writing best-selling fiction?
With fourteen New York Times bestsellers to his credit and 25 million copies sold, author Dean Koontz knows how to write bestselling fiction.
While the cover may look simple (and dated), the book is filled with practical information on grammar, pacing, characterization, dialogue, and structure—key elements for anyone wanting to write fiction. Koontz will help you bring your characters and ideas to life.
We’ll be the first to admit that the name of this book is a bit of a mouthful (the words of the title take up the entire cover of the book).
However, it’s just your first hint that author Sol Stein has much to say about the writing process.
Author, editor, publisher, university professor, and software creator, Stein edited works by James Baldwin, Dylan Thomas, and Elia Kazan. Stein will assist you in structuring your non-fiction, engaging with your readers, and showing you how editing can turn a good piece of writing into something remarkable.
Christy-Award-wining author Dr. Angela Hunt has sold over five million copies of her books. The Plot Skeleton, the first in a series for writers, focuses on the “bare bones” of good writing. She offers timeless writing strategies beginners can use to organize their stories. She explains her simple, logical process in 31 pages.
A quick, transformative read, The Plot Skeleton appeals to writers wanting to dive in and make rapid progress.
Author William Brohaugh discovered a secret:
Most writers assume they’ll have trouble writing, so they end up writing too much.
Write Tight, taking its cue from masters like Ernest Hemingway, helps writers tame their prose, helping them fine-tune at the sentence level to deliver lean, powerful prose. Say goodbye to verbose, purple pages. The ultimate combo for writers, you’ll learn how to write less and say more!
Books on writing often fail by trying to cover too much ground, offering bland, generic information. Edgerton’s book, however, focuses squarely on the title: grabbing the reader’s attention on the first page.
Hooked contains eleven chapters, discussing structure, opening scenes, the inciting incident, backstory, combining elements, introducing characters, economizing language, red flags, and more. If you’re writing fiction, Hooked will help you avoid common problem areas, placing your work ahead of the crowd.
Now, to you.
What do you think? Have we missed an important resource? What’s your favorite book on writing? What book should we add to our list? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
Ray Bradbury, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of science fiction and fantasy works, was born on August 22, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois.
Bradbury rejected the categorization of his works as science fiction, preferring to call them “fantastical and unreal.”
Fahrenheit 451, published in 1953, is perhaps his best known work; it became an instant success, striking chords with readers concerned with the dangers of censorship at a time when the country was deep in the throes of McCarthyism.
Bradbury knew he wanted to write from the age of 12 or 13. After high school graduation in Los Angeles, Bradbury sold newspapers to supplement his writing.
He published his first short story, Pendulum, in 1941, and his first collection of short stories in 1947. His wife, whom he met at a bookstore, was the family’s chief breadwinner during Bradbury’s early writing career.
Although he disdained television as a medium, he wrote many screenplays, including an HBO series closely following his own short stories, and an adaptation of Moby Dick.
Bradbury was notoriously dedicated to his craft, writing daily well into his 80s.
Ultimately, he published over 600 short stories, 30 novels, and assorted plays, poems, and essays.
In 2007, the Pulitzer board recognized him for his “distinguished, prolific and deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy.” He lived to age 91, dying in 2012 at his home in Los Angeles.
Here are 15 timeless Bradbury quotes about the art and craft of writing.
We miss you, Ray.
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Theodore Seuss Geissel, born in 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts, is a best-selling children’s author and cartoonist with over 40 hugely successful books to his name.
His first book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, was published in 1937—after being rejected nearly 30 times by various publishing houses. Since that time, Seuss has become one of the most widely known and beloved authors of the 20th century.
Seuss first began writing under the moniker “Seuss” during his college years at Dartmouth, when he published cartoons in the school’s literary magazine.
After graduation, he attended Oxford in England with the goal of becoming a professor. During that time, he met his wife, Helen Palmer; the couple soon returned to the U.S., where Seuss pursued a cartoonist career, publishing works in LIFE, Vanity Fair, and The Saturday Evening Post.
Shortly after, Viking Press offered him a job illustrating a children’s book. This foray into children’s literature introduced him to his passion.
Seuss and his wife moved to La Jolla and bought an old observatory tower, which he used as his writing studio for several years. Here he published several children’s books each year, including Horton Hears a Who! and If I Ran the Zoo.
The Cat in the Hat, the book for which he is perhaps most famous, was written at the request of children’s textbook publishes Random House and Houghton Mifflin. They were looking for a reading primer using 220 vocabulary words to help improve children’s literacy.
The Cat in the Hat was published in 1957 and established Seuss as the preeminent children’s author of the time.
Seuss used the techniques he learned writing Cat to create several more books, including Green Eggs and Ham and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Several of his books were later turned into television shows.
Seuss died in 1991, at the age of 87. He authored 16 books on the Publisher’s Weekly 100 Top-Selling Children’s Books of All-Time, an unmatched record.
Here are 19 irresistible writing tips and quotes from Dr. Seuss:
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