Music Review: True Groove Records – ‘Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics’

April 18, 2016

New York City’s True Groove Records is releasing yet another worthwhile record in May of this year. Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics features a gamut of tracks which, while they can be perhaps lazily (or ignorantly?) all filed under “Latin music”, each have many features that make they each quite distinctive. Produced by Tomás… Read More Music Review: True Groove Records – ‘Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics’

— Planning The Week, Recipe —

Planning The Week – Recipe Recommendation: Lemon Crescent Rolls by Christie

April 17, 2016

Happy Sunday! I use Sundays to plan and prepare for the upcoming week. I have been asked so many times about the resources that help me plan a full week that I decided to launch the “Planning the Week” feature with three concomitant components: a recommended book to make your commute easier; a healthy recipe… Read More Planning The Week – Recipe Recommendation: Lemon Crescent Rolls by Christie

— Book Recommendation, Fiction, YA —

Book Recommendation: ‘The Prank List’, by Anna Staniszewski

April 17, 2016

Happy Sunday! I use Sundays to plan and prepare for the upcoming week. I have been asked so many times about the resources that help me plan a full week that I decided to launch the “Planning the Week” feature with three concomitant components: a recommended book to make your commute easier; a healthy recipe… Read More Book Recommendation: ‘The Prank List’, by Anna Staniszewski

— Maeve's Monthly Movie Review, Movie Review, Review —

Sahar’s Blog Presents: Maeve’s Monthly Movie Review

April 16, 2016

It’s wedding season! We have been lucky enough to be invited to a few again this year for which I am incredibly grateful. I love weddings! They mark the beginning of a marriage, of another family being created and, hopefully, contributing to making the community stronger than without it. It comes as no surprise then… Read More Sahar’s Blog Presents: Maeve’s Monthly Movie Review

— Blogging —

Ten Recommended Blog Reads: Week of 9 to 16 April 2016

April 16, 2016

I’m not quite sure what happened over the last week. I spent the usual amount of time surfing the net and reading, but nothing caught my attention like it usually does. From the usual 5 to 10 reads a day that I share on Twitter I went down to 0 to 5. I tried, guys,… Read More Ten Recommended Blog Reads: Week of 9 to 16 April 2016

— Family, Parenting, Pregnancy —

Big News and The Launch of a Related New Family Focused Feature

April 15, 2016

Someone recently told me that the most important advice she could give my husband and I about my impending dive into parenthood was to be ready for a lot of changes. Like so much of the advice I have received, it seems pretty obvious in theory, but still comes as a little bit of a… Read More Big News and The Launch of a Related New Family Focused Feature

— Author Spotlight, Writing —

Author Spotlight: Melissa Cistaro

April 14, 2016

I discovered author Melissa Cistaro’s Pieces of Me through NetGalley late last year. Although I posted a review in January, the story remained for quite some time on my mind. I was struck by this story of a growth daughter dealing with the imminent passing of her mother, with whom she has had quite a… Read More Author Spotlight: Melissa Cistaro

— Community Building, Community Development, Empowerement, Personal Development —

Positive, Powerful, and Empowering: Standing Up for Compassionate Justice in the Face of Sexual Abuse

April 13, 2016

Sahar’s Blog’s editorial calendar is pretty clear: Wednesdays are dedicated to product reviews. But once in awhile, things happen and plans change. One of these things is an amazingly powerful post Martha uploaded a little under a month ago. In it, she discusses how she was affected after being sexually abused by a family friend… Read More Positive, Powerful, and Empowering: Standing Up for Compassionate Justice in the Face of Sexual Abuse

— Arts, Community Development —

Putting Justice Back at the Centre of the Legal System: the Case of Kesha and Dr. Luke

April 12, 2016

On Friday 19 February 2016, a judge in New York ruled that Kesha could not cancel her six album contract with Sony. From what I understand, Kesha wants to break all ties with Sony, where she would continue to have some form of contact with Dr. Luke, the producer she said drugged her, raped her,… Read More Putting Justice Back at the Centre of the Legal System: the Case of Kesha and Dr. Luke

— Community, Community Building, Community Development, Personal Development —

Voicing Our Concern for Injustice: It Starts at the Very Foundation of Our Societies

April 12, 2016

If you are a long time reader of my blog, it will come as absolutely no surprise that I am a firm believer in the power of the individual to make a difference. And I believe in this power not only in the small or even medium things, but in the big things. One such… Read More Voicing Our Concern for Injustice: It Starts at the Very Foundation of Our Societies

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Contributing to the betterment of the world one blog post at a time.

Bringing New Parents Up Rather Than Bringing Them Down: Achieving the “Unachievable”

It’s Not Just About School Shootings: The Broader Picture, and What We Can Do

Barriers to Help The Weakest Links in our Communities

Little Things We Can All Do to Create a Safe World (aka No More School Shootings)

Don’t Blame Math; Blame the Mathematician

What’s Love Got To Do With It? The Importance Of Love In Community-Building

More People, More Power: How Small Acts Can Contribute to a New World Order

Petitions and Boycotts: Why I Am Boycotting Nestlé Products

What Vanuatu Structure I Wish My Neighborhood Would Build

You Get A Cause, You Get A Cause, Everyone Gets A Cause!

Epiphanies and Realisations: Most People Are Kind, and Most People Want to Change Things

The Implications of Diversity: We Can All Be Right