Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Events this Week -- - Last night on Desert Rose radio I had some very unexpected support and was invited to join in the live discussion. It was a fun experience... The host and her crowd there was so excited about Dave's work as a percussionist & his band's CD - it was quite unexpected. They were looking up our main site and discussing it on air! It was really cool. This is a 2 hour radio show and I appear on it around 90 min into the live show... www.blogtalkradio.com/DesertRose - Nov 18th: Poetry Readings, airs live at 2:30 PM (Pacific), but will be archived for your convenience as well. Several poets (including me!) are joining to share their work based on the theme: Loneliness - www.internetvoicesradio.com - Nov 20-21st: Location: Brussles, Belgium Event: International Conference on Organic Waste in Urban Environments - www.acrplus.org - National Addiciton Awareness Week (Canada) - National Family Week (USA) -- Conscious Discussions talk radio show -- Renowned aut...

-- Quote of the Day -- “…This is one time that you can get involved… 37 years I wasn’t green, and now I am. …I feel like I am making a difference in my families life, other families’ lives through the book… it gives you a sense of accomplishment and a sense of being a part of trying to make a change. …Children are going to be the biggest force of changing the way we do things. …I created the book with my eldest son because of his love for garbage trucks – he used to sit there at the window and watch them; he was pretty much my focal group. …All the things I’ve done in life, I’m having the most enjoyment now. …It is a thrill. …I’ve had parents coming up to me saying ‘James, you are getting me in trouble – my son is giving me heck because we don’t recycle’…” ~ James Martin 08/03/08 The interview with children's author James Martin was one that most of us can relate to. Most adults today did not grow up with the recycling and reuse mentality that our children now experience. We began ...

-- Quote of the Day -- “…I think we all have a responsibility to the youth… and the youth understand that there are problems and that climate change is there… and a lot of times they feel helpless; this is a huge issue to them. And what we have to do is make sure the youth get inspired to each do something small – because if everyone can do something small and make one decision to help the environment, the synergy from that will just grow and grow. …They may be small, and they may be young, and they may not think they have any power – but we have to change that thinking because they DO!” ~ Laurie Shutt 07/27/08 I love this quote - it originated through a discussion with author Laurie Shutt on the Conscious Discussions talk radio show in July, 2008. It was prominent in my thoughts lately due to some discussions in our local newspapers in the Letters to the Editor sections where the issue of youth is raised. Often what happens is "children" get all the attention - meaning if y...

-- Authors Read Radio -- Our guest this morning (9 AM - PST) on the Authors Read radio is Joan Gelfand – and we had the pleasure of hearing Joan read an excerpt from the first of these books: Seeking Center. Now, I do want to let you know that Joan will be appearing on the Conscious Discussions talk radio show on Jan 6, 2009 – you can find out more about that radio show at www.brummet.ca To find this authors reading simply click on the hyper-linked show title here in the blog, click on the link on your right here on this screen for the Authors Read show or click on the image below: -- Holiday Tips -- We appreciate your support… if you feel you have enjoyed our radio shows ( Conscious Discussions & Authors Read ) our blog, newsletter or articles - please consider our books as a gift for those on your list over the holiday season and whenever gift giving holidays arise. By doing so, you are not only supporting the work we do - you are also helping us support some amazing charit...

Its a little strange to be here this morning in front of my monitor with a clear agenda for the day. Usually I can barely keep up to it all - today, I'm actually in a position to Choose what I'll do next. Hmmm.... Even with a fairly light schedule ahead of me, I find myself anxious to get started. My husband is often asking me things like "just how much time have you spent in there today?" - and sometimes... he's right. Still, I find myself so passionate about what I do and I often wake up thinking about how I can improve or enrich the radio shows, blog and so forth. This particular time in our lives is a very difficult time to hit that "off" switch since we have so much going on in regards to creating promo sound bites and getting the website finished in time so that we can dedicate our energies to the new edition of Purple Snowflake Marketing - coming out around Feb 2009. ...Dave, too, is very passionate about what we do... he just has an easier tim...

-- Greening the Publishing Industry -- Eliza beth Eagan Cox was featu red as the guest at Consc ious Discu ssion s radio today - Topic : the green aspec ts of today ’s publi shing indus try. Eliza beth has a passi on for anima ls and the envir onmen t - she has penne d dozen s of corpo rate histo ries for some of Ameri ca’s most prest igiou s compa nies, and she has been a colum nist for Old Calif ornia Gazet te and a schoo l libra rian. With all of this exper ience , Eliza beth certa inly knows her way aroun d the world of writi ng. Green Publi shing - what is that? Why is e- publi shing so incre dible ? What choic es are avail able and how can we as autho rs help influ ence the publi shing indus try? What quest ions shoul d we ask when looki ng into the publi shers green activ ities and choic es? How can we use this infor matio n to promo te our books ? Why is this chang e impor tant? Learn insid er’s insig hts in deali ng with publi shers , publi cists and m...

-- Events this Week -- * Remember: November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Month (USA) 11th – Remembrance Day (International) 12th-14th - Southeast Recycling Development Council Annual Meeting & Trade Show. Location: Point Clear, Alabama; www.serdc.org 15th - I Love To Write Day - Founded in 2002 by Delaware author John Riddle, I Love To Write Day is now celebrated in over 20,000 schools all across the United States. 16th – International Day of Tolerance -- Authors Read Radio -- It was a sincere pleasure to have children's author and substitute teacher Darcie Mae join me today to read from her book, Mother Mouse, on the Authors Read radio show. Darcie Mae has been writing children's stories since 2001. She has completed The Peablys series - which includes 6 books, and has recently released the first installments of 2 other children's series including Sammy & Robert, and Mother Mouse. Some of you may remember Darcie appearing on Authors Read on Oct 10 to read the f...