Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Green and Educational Family Activities --  Plan now to find ways of creating educational and green living activities with your children and youth this summer.  Over the summer, kids often forget how to learn, their minds become more sluggish and they become bored easily.  A lot of parents are concerned with the increased use of the TV and online games. Adults are concerned too about finding ways to instill conscious living skills in the youth, while finding activities that increase physical ability and help create stronger bonds within the family. We have some great ideas to help you with this. Perhaps you can involve other family members, neighbors, coworkers or other parents who are adept at wood working for some of the projects listed below. Discuss with the youth what they'd like to get involved in to make the world a better place. The best place to start is in your own back yard or on your own balcony, but you can also get i...

-- Quote of the Day --    “Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success – but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.”  ~ Vaclave Havel  -- Referral Corner --  Many of our regular readers are already familiar with this section of our blog - where we offer or suggest recommended resources for our readers to check out in their spare time. We hope that our readers will show support of the amazing organizations by helping to spread the word about them through their own blogs, or social media, etc. We also invite our readers to get involved with the organization or send them a quick note expressing gratitude and support for the wonderful work they do for us all. Feel free to scroll through our blog archives to find previously published Referral ...

 -- Energy Savings for Home-based or Commercial Offices -- * Today's article was written by: Sam Jones writes on environmental and green energy issues. He keeps an eye on energy suppliers and the cheapest electricity prices and to give his readers the latest information. Your office, whether at work or at home, is probably not as energy-efficient as it could be. After all, most of us tend to run multiple lights for a brightly lit space, have a computer running all day and night, and keep several appliances - e.g., fax machines, phones, color printers - plugged in and running even when we don’t need them. Whether you are looking to cut your monthly energy expenses at home, or merely want to implement your green-living initiative at work, here are some tips to help you keep a more eco-friendly and energy-efficient office. Computer Costs - Nowadays, no matter what line of work you are in, you probably use a computer in some professional fashion. Most companies ...

-- Quote of the Day --    “It’s surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you’re not comfortable within yourself, you can’t be comfortable with others.”  ~ Sydney Harris   -- Positive News  -- Farmers who are looking to stand out as being unique in a highly competitive marketplace while diversifying income from their land may well be interested in looking at sharing… sharing the sun that is. Now you’ve heard me mention that in some areas they are experimenting with sharing land with tall wind power turbines and crops in between them on the ground. This idea is a similar one to what I’m talking about here in that solar panels can be spaced out in a grid fashion over the land and crops can still be grown underneath. When you think about it, farmland has an immense sq...

-- Brummet's In the Media -- Come check out my latest interview on the Ink Pantry site - It was a really nice experience and I enjoyed being asked such unique questions. http://inkpantry.com/blog/inky-interview-lillian-brummet -- 8 Simple DASH* Diet Resolutions --    *Today's article was submitted by  Kate Bandos (of KSBPromotions.com) for her client Marla Heller, MS, RD is the author of the best-selling books,  The DASH Diet Action Plan, The DASH Diet Weight Loss Solution, and  The Everyday DASH Diet Cookbook.   Marla's specialty is in making complex nutrition easy to understand. While I don't usually post topics on diet, I do feel that choosing a healthier diet goes a long way in making the world more sustainable. Foods suggested in the article below have a very low impact on the planet and many of these foods can be purchased from local farmers and market garden outlets, or grown in your own back yard or balcony. By taki...

 -- World of Writing -- Joining us today for a world of writing interview is author Hank Quense - who writes humorous and satiric sci-fi and fantasy stories. He also writes about fiction writing and self-publishing. He has published 14 books and 50 short stories along with a few dozen articles. He and his wife, Pat, usually vacation in another galaxy or parallel universe.   They also time travel occasionally when Hank is searching for new story ideas.   Visit Hank's websites: http://hank-quense.com/wp http://strangeworldsonline.com/wp Q: Tell us about the workshops or events you offer. A: I give a number of lectures.   The three most important ones are a two-part lecture called Creating Fiction .   The other two are Self-publishing a Book and Book Marketing .   These are given in libraries and adult education classes as well as on webinars.   I also have a number of shorter ones such as Writing Humor...

-- Quote of the Day --   “ If you want my final opinion on the mystery of life and all that, I can give it to you in a nutshell. The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe. ” ~ Peter De Vries – Let Me Count The Ways -- Brummets In the Media -- Join me for a live 1/2 hour radio interview on the Funky Writer , with Rob Batista (host) @ 2 PM Mountain / 4PM Eastern  ...Today's interview will also be archived so you can access it at your convenience later on. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thefunkywriter/2014/01/25/episode-137-lillian-brummet-2 I was a guest on Rob's show back in 2009... and have been invited to come back as one of his "favorite guests". I feel honored to have become one of his favorites. :) To access the original interview visit: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thefunkywriter/2009/06/19/the-funky-writer-radio-show-episode-27- -- Positive News --  ...

-- Quote of the Day --  Re: song writing process: “Whenever I am in a studio and we discuss a new song, I like to search out songs that talk about real life experiences – that people can find some deeper meaning to the song. Writing a song is pretty tedious between getting the lyrics right and creating the music. …You have to make yourself vulnerable (when writing songs) and so if your lyrics don’t make sense or you feel they aren’t very good you can’t let yourself get mad about it because it is a trial and error process.”   ~ Josey Milner Today’s quote originates from the Conscious Discussions Talk Radio episode that aired back on June 30… titled: Musicians Making a Difference     (*Click on the title to access the full discussion) -- Poetry --  As you have seen from previous posts I occasionally like to share some of my own poetry here on this blog... Here are a couple that I ...