June 17, 2013
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Charming Oxford, Maryland, http://www.oxfordmd.net/ a small waterside town of about 1,000 people is one of the oldest towns in America. Oxford has a very southern feel with huge, old magnolia trees lining many of its streets. Until the American Revolution, Oxford enjoyed prominence as an international shipping center surrounded by wealthy tobacco plantations.
On my way to St Michaels, Maryland, I boarded the Oxford ferry for a scenic fifteen minute ride across the TredAvonRiver to the town of Bellevue, Maryland. The ferry is the longest running privately owned ferry in the country. Service began in 1683.
People in Oxford live a fulfilling “waterman’s way of life.” Here are a few pictures from my travels to Oxford.
Above: A Day at Work for Oysterman & Crabbers
Oxford is enjoying a new resurgence based on tourism and leisure activities. Its quiet environment, fresh air and cooler breezes provide a haven from the hustle and bustle of the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. Boaters, weekend visitors, and summer residents find Oxford a welcoming change of pace.
Filmmakers came to Oxford in 2006 when they captured some of their scenes for the movie Failure to Launch, a romantic comedy staring Matthew McConnaughey, Terry Bradshaw and Sarah Jessica Parker. This film can be ordered through the Internet Movie Database http://imdb.to/14ZGByG .
Photo: The stars of the film Failure to Launch in Oxford, Maryland
Do return tomorrow and I will show you more photos of fulfilling things I found to see and do, when I traveled from Oxford to St Michaels, Maryland.
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June 14, 2013
Never lose a holy curiosity ~ Albert Einstein
I am trying to put two and two together, and it has me inquiring. As I have driven around the Mid-Atlantic States, I have noticed a trend that never occurred to me before.
What is it about churches and red doors? There must have been a run on them at some time in history because they seem to be prevalent. Or perhaps, I think, “maybe I am reading into something that isn’t there.”
As I have come to find out, red doors on churches, apparently, do have historical and meaningful significance. They indicate a place of harbor for those who are facing life’s storms. Physical and spiritual protection is found for many who open and enter into crimson-colored doors.
Did you know there is an award-winning film called Red Doors?
http://www.reddoorsthemovie.com/story.html. It is not a new release but it still has relevance in the world today and it is worthy of attention. The film is about a family that is trying to communicate its feelings and each member is doing their own soul searching about relationships. Diversity of culture is also a theme that runs throughout the movie.
If you are looking for something to do that is thought provoking this weekend, Red Doors may be the solution. The movie can be ordered through the Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415234/.
Before you leave this website, there are photos below of some of the places that have given me inspiration for this writing.
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Photo Above: Old Trinity Church, Church Creek, Maryland - built between 1686- 1692 http://oldtrinity.net/aboutus.html
Photos Below: Other “ Safe Harbors “ on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland
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May 31, 2013
“Joy is the umbrella for life’s storms.” ~ Chris Vanderzyden
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to have lunch with author Chris Vanderzyden. We met at the Northshire Bookstore http://www.northshire.com/ in Manchester, Vermont and she arrived every bit the “dynamo” I expected, despite having just returned the night before from Bali and many hours of international travel. She had been at an event with Jack Canfield of Chicken Soup for the Soul fame.
Chris is a corporate trainer, motivational speaker and business development leader. After years of working as a CPA and living a stressed-out lifestyle in Los Angeles, she traded in her career for a quieter way of life that has afforded her the ability to design a joyful existence that works for her and her family.
Her book, A-Z Blueprint for Success: A Strategy of Action Steps to Elevate Your Business and Life was published out of Vanderzyden’s desire to help others create a more fulfilling way of life. She establishes, at the outset, that “having a successful life means something different to everyone.” According to Vanderzyden, a person is prosperous if they have a lifestyle that supports a healthy mind, body and spirit.
In order to achieve this result, defining one’s own core values is essential. The author provides an appendix of words which helps the reader to personally draw up a “custom” blueprint that very specifically identifies what a successful life looks like for them. Vanderzyden points out that action and persistence is necessary to achieve what one desires. Anyone can be successful with commitment to the principles she outlines in her A-Z Blueprint for Success. To read more about this book, please visit http://bit.ly/12jXSrt.
I’d put Vanderzyden’s publication on a booklist for independent publishers who struggle to find time to complete their publishing projects or for those who need to find steps that will motivate them to consistently and successfully self-market their books. As the author points out, sometimes a better route to success is to hire someone else, for a small amount of money, so that will free up your talent for more productive tasks. She has become an expert on effective time management skills.
To learn more about Chris Vanderzyden’s corporate training programs and about a second publication that “is slotted to become a bestseller,” please visit http://bit.ly/12jZaTh. Her next book is scheduled for release on November 1, 2013.
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May 30, 2013
It’s back to books, business and publishing today on All Things Fulfilling.
May 22, 2013
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
On Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Lone Tree, Colorado, the 2013 EVVY book awards were presented by the Colorado Independent Publishers Association. Three authors, all members of We Write Steamboat, a meet-up group for independent publishers in RouttCounty, came away winners.
A first place prize in the health and fitness category was won by Dawn V. Obrecht, M.D. for her publication, From the Edge of the Cliff: Understanding the Two Phases of Recovery and Becoming the Person You’re Meant to Be, published by Richer Press of Phoenix, Arizona. “Doc Dawn” is also the author of Mission Possible: A Missionary Doctors Journey of Healing. It is also an award-winning book. Her practice, specializing in addiction medicine, is based in Steamboat. For more information on books by Dawn V Obrecht, M.D., please visit www.docdawn.com.
Second place prize in the autobiography/memoir category was given to author, Donald Moss, PhD for his book Alzheimer’s: My Journey to a Next Generation Treatment. Dr. Moss resides in RouttCounty on a part-time basis, and recently retired as professor at University of Texas, El Paso. Dr. Moss’s book is available as a paperback and as an e-book through Amazon.
A merit award was also given to author D.A. Hill of Steamboat for his first novel Newton’s Ark. This book is the first in a trilogy series. It is available as a paperback, in digital format (e-book) and also as an audio book. To read more about the writings of D.A. Hill, please visit his website http://www.dahillauthor.com.
More EVVY award winning books will be featured on All Things Fulfilling in coming weeks.
Do return to this blog tomorrow. I will be featuring a book that I mentioned several weeks ago in the blog called Star of the Publishing World http://bit.ly/10RIonQ. The principles within this book will be helpful to writers who struggle with completing their publishing projects.
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May 29, 2013
“We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they are called memories. Some take us forward, they are called dreams.” ~ Jeremy Irons
I loved living in the suburbs of Baltimore as a child and teen growing up. On rainy weekends, my twin sister and I often took the bus from the suburbs into the city to take in art and culture. Come along as I continue to revisit some more familiar places throughout the city.
A familiar site of my Baltimore-rooted memories. The “RCA Victor” Dog “Nipper” atop the Heritage Museum
Maryland Humanities Council brings fulfilling words to the streets through windows display
Image below: Sculpture in Mt. Vernon Square – just up the street from the Walters Art Museum
Below: Peabody Institute – “first major intellectual and arts center in an American city.”
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Radio Broadcasting – WBAL is still in existence. I still remember some of the radio personalities from back in the 1950′s and 1960s.
Images above & below: Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church faces Peabody Institute. As a teen I used to go to the Baltimore Flower
show in Mt. Vernon Square. The one day of the year my mom would let us skip school. We’d ride the bus from the suburbs.
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May 27, 2013
It’s surprising how much of memory is built around things unnoticed at the time. ~ Barbara Kingsolver
Things have really changed in Baltimore from the days of my childhood in the 1950s and 1960s.
This past weekend I spent time visiting tourist sites in and around the Harbor Place and in other sections of Baltimore where monuments and museums I remember from my childhood, still stand. Now dubbed “CharmCity,” Baltimore has made the most of attracting tourists from all over the world to their port.
As my sister and I walked the city this weekend, so many fulfilling memories came flooding back. I was reminded of the fact that writers Edgar Allen Poe, H.L. Mencken, musician James “Eubie Blake,” and singer Billy Holiday called Baltimore their home. And of course, Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled in this city filled with art, culture and one of the top medical institutions in the country, Johns Hopkins.
Today, join me on my tour of the BaltimoreHarbor. It is always fun to return to this city and see the various phases of development that have come to sections of the city since my growing up in the suburbs of Towson, Maryland.
Pyramid Structure in Distance is the Aquarium http://www.aqua.org/
Maryland Science Center http://www.mdsci.org/
Spirit of Baltimorehttp://www.spiritcruisesbaltimore.com/
Frozen Custard, piled high, on the cone always brings fulfillment!
Historic Ship – USS Constitution moored in the Baltimore Harbor http://bit.ly/13WUHQA
Above Image:Barnes & Noble in the Power Plant – awesome store, multi-storied
Below: Interior of Barnes & Noble – books and more
Performing Arts Center on the Harbor
Portable Beer cart – Taps are musical instruments
Street Performer on a Unicycle
Beach Volleyball in the Center of the City, Amid the High rise office buildings
Of course- a trip to “Bawlmer” isn’t complete without mention of the Marylander’s beloved “Oreos” (Orioles baseball team)
or “goin’ downy o-shun” (going down the ocean), Ocean City, of course. Marylanders favorite vacation spot.
Do return to All Things Fulfilling tomorrow, as I bike over to a place of personal fulfillment that I loved to go as a teen on rainy afternoons – The Walter’s Art Gallery. The architecture of the building is as spectacular as the permanent collections of art. The light filled spaces illuminate the art exquisitely. We will also see the Peabody Institute, Maryland Humanities Council, Mt. Vernon Place and other iconic historic landmarks.
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May 24, 2013
“Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.” ~ Frank Borman
My travelogue of Newport, Rhode Island continues today. I had the opportunity to tour the Marble House, one of the mansions. High up on the Cliff Walk, overlooking Rhode Island sound and the Atlantic Ocean, it was home to the Vanderbilts who made their fortune as venture capitalists in the NY Central Railroad and steamships. Their investments and other wealthy families foresight in our country’s future, brought more prosperity through expanding commerce.
The opulent stone palace, now a National Historic Landmark, was designed by Richard Morris Hunt and was constructed during the years 1888-1892. Once complete, it was a 39th birthday present to William K Vanderbilt’s wife, Alva. How do you wrap a present like that? In gold, of course, inside, rather than out. She loved to entertain and saw the Marble House as “her temple to the Arts in America.”
Husband and wife, had separate private reading rooms filled with books, on opposite sides of the mid-level landing of the enormous, two story marble stair case. It is where they went to get away, relax from all their social entertaining. They also built a Chinese teahouse on the property with a magnificent view where guests could go for peace and solitude away from the hustle and bustle of the Marble House activities.
Alva and William K Vanderbilt had three children. Their son, William K, Jr. was a pioneer in auto racing. Their son, Harold pursued his passion of yachting and sailed in the America’s Cup three times. Their daughter Consuelo became the 9th Duchess of Marlborough.
Photos are not allowed to be taken inside the mansion. To read more about the Marble House and to see a photo of the gold room in the Marble House, please visit this link. http://www.newportmansions.org/explore/marble-house.
It was a fulfilling weekend in New England, exploring art, history and architecture.
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Another “summer cottage” along Belleview Road
Above: Marble House, the Vanderbilt’s Summer Cottage by the Sea.
Chinese Teahouse on the property of Marble House
The Backside of Marble House – facing the sea
Above: Me with the Babcocks, my niece Kara & Her husband Joe – two architects!
Above: Gates of Salve Regina Univ in Newport, RI – it was graduation day!
Above & Below Images: Stopped by the International Tennis Hall of Fame – it was neat!
Newport Harbor
Goodbye, Newport! Can’t believe we saw all these sites in Newport in one day. Well worth the stop!
Signed, Grateful, that I returned to this area once again. Loved every minute!
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May 22, 2013
All that I know of tomorrow is that Providence will rise before the sun ~ Jean Baptiste Lacordaire
It’s a city rising, moved by philanthropists, architects, artists, bankers, shopkeepers and others who have engaged in The Providence Portrait Project http://providenceportraitproject.com/ to revitalize Providence, R.I. a city full of history, art, architecture. I enjoyed a day in this city last week when I went to visit my niece who is an architect at Union Studio Architects, and is currently involved in the design of a new library in Tiverton, Rhode Island. http://www.unionstudioarch.com/ .
I encountered so many wonderful sites in Providence that had to do with architecture, history, libraries, books, art, design and education that I will share what I saw through images, rather than words. Enjoy the pictures!
My next stop will be in a city of mansions where wealthy bankers, investors, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs lived in the early days of our country. Many of them invested in the railroad which allowed for westward expansion of commerce and thus, more prosperity for citizens of our country. Many of the castle-like mansions have become museums, open to the public for touring.
Do return to All Things Fulfilling tomorrow.
Above two images – my niece Kara explaining about the Providence Portrait Project http://bit.ly/14tLl1w.
The roof top garden above Union Studio Architects
Image above: Symposium Books, Providence, RI www.symposiumbooks.com
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Image above & below: Athenaeum Library http://www.providenceathenaeum.org/
Twin Sisters (yeah, I know, it’s hard to believe) together at the List Art Center
Walter Feldman Book Arts Studio http://brown.edu/academics/visual-art/facilities
At the Gates of Brown University, Providence, RI http://www.brown.edu/
Image above: John Hay Library http://library.brown.edu/about/hay/
Three Images Below: Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
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Above: Catherine Bryan Dill Center for the Performing Arts http://bit.ly/16MpQN5
Above Image: The Edna Lawrence Nature Lab in Providence, RI http://naturelab.risd.edu/
Photo above & below: Strolling the streets of Providence looking at church architecture and steeples.
A beauty, isn’t it?
Image below: Grace Episcopal Church, Providence, RI
I found providence, grace and many more fulfilling things in Rhode Island! Thank you Kara, for being a tour guide and showing the sites.
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Posted by sueleonardCFS
May 20, 2013
“Each day I am thankful for; nights turned into morning, friends that turned into family, dreams that turned into reality and likes that turned into love.” ~ Ritu Ghatourey
I’ve been swept up in a whirlwind of fulfilling things since arriving on the East Coast. It all began with attending a social event of a book club group with women who reside in and around the historic area surrounding TaylorsIsland in Dorchester County, Maryland. The Grace Foundation is restoring churches and doing work on the island to preserve the history of the churches and schoolhouses. http://bit.ly/16Ezcex.
“The Postmistress” by Sarah Blake, a book I recently read and adored, is on the reading booklist for the book club for this coming summer. Based on a small town sea-side community during World War 2, the post office was a hub of activity, and the spinster postmistress knows secrets which if told, will change the lives of some of the residents. If you haven’t read this book, I highly recommend it.
Then I traveled to the Boston area to attend the beautiful wedding of our niece on my husband’s side of the family. It was so wonderful to see the bride and her sister (our second Leonard niece), who are now both married adults.
We also spent a lovely evening in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and had dinner at Loretta’s. The harbor area in Newburyport has changed greatly since last time I visited many years ago. Full of wonderful restaurants with varied cuisine, we also went art gallery hopping. As a Mother’s Day present, my husband bought me a New England artisan-crafted necklace from Annie’s of Newburyport. Then we finished the evening with dessert at a fantastic coffee shop complete with musical entertainment featuring a sole independent musician playing the guitar.
Join me tomorrow on my journey back to Vermont, my state of residence for more than thirty years. I was greeted by “Miss America” of the independent publishing industry! She’s quite a package! Well-built, for future developments.
Here are just a few pictures from my fulfilling travels:
My favorite home away from home, my favorite writing place in the lighthouse
Hope for a bountiful catch
Rode my bike to the vineyards on the Island
too early in the season for fruit on the vine
John the Baptist Church, Peabody, MA for niece’s wedding
Beautiful bride (above)
and her maid of honor – her sister
Stained Glass Window
Dinner in Newburyport, MA at Loretta
Couldn’t resist this photo http://www.imarc.net/ for our son, Marc R Leonard.
He seems to be showing up everywhere!
My Mother’s Day Present – New England Artisan Crafted
Left my heart in Taylor’s Island, Maryland
will be back to get it before my trip to the East Coast is over!
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Posted by sueleonardCFS
May 14, 2013
Photographic Design and Photo Credit © Sue Batton Leonard
Whew - Yesterday’s blog was kind of wild and crazy, today will be more of a quiet, subdued celebration!
When I began this blog All Things Fulfilling three years ago, I thought, “I’ll just float a few of my independent thoughts, words and views over the internet from the Boat. You never know what will become of it. I’ll give it a shot.”
Today I celebrate a blogging landmark of 1,111 blogs written. It occurs to me that I have penned as many pages as some of the most well-known classic novels. Like Gone With the Wind, Atlas Shrugged, War and Peace, just to name a few, they all have more than 1,000 pages in them. And as I look at the significance of the number 1,111, it has relevence in many ways to what I write about. http://bit.ly/13Mhip5.
In each post, I’ve tried to provide our readers with something of value about independent publishing and other fulfilling viewpoints, writing little about myself. I’ve saved that for my first book, which is in the final stages of revision.
Let’s be realistic. There are blogs out there with larger audiences. But, the purpose of All Things Fulfilling is to inspire our readers to explore and discover all kinds of things that are satisfying in life. Today, I thank each of our readers who have ever stopped by this website. You are the motivating force that encourages me to keep on communicating.
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