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A&E | Financially Able To Thrive or Just Barely Surviving
There is a fundamental difference between thriving and surviving. Surviving means “to continue to live or exist,” while thrive can be defined as “to grow or develop well, to prosper or to flourish.” The difference between these mindsets is relatively straightforward. Surviving is doing what is necessary to live. A starving artist is an artist…
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A&E | My Favorite Mainstream Artists That I Met/Al Jarreau
Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met? Years ago I worked at Wyndham Garden Hotel in Woodinville, WA where we housed the Jazz Artists that would come to perform at Chateau Ste Michelle Winery. https://www.ste-michelle.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=listing&utm_campaign=chateau+ste+michelle I was blessed to have met and interacted with a varied of Mainstream Jazz Artists,…
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60+ | Lake Washington | My Favorite Place in Seattle
What is your favorite place to go in your city? Lake Washington is a place of Peace, the ever flowing calm of Seattle. People come to sit and relax, toss a line out to fish from the docks, while others walk the lake and children play. The home of the summer hydroplane races and Seafair…
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60+ | Happy Thanksgiving
thanks·giv·ing noun the expression of gratitude, especially to God. “he offered prayers in thanksgiving for his safe arrival” (in North America) an annual national holiday marked by religious observances and a traditional meal including turkey. The holiday commemorates a harvest festival celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621, and is held in the US on the fourth Thursday in November. A similar holiday…
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60+ | I Am My Daddy’s Daughter (but life has shifted)
I am my Daddy’s Daughter… He always spoke his Truth, even if it made people uncomfortable… I do not lay down and let people disrespect… If something can be done more effectively, I will speak up… I try to see things from several perspectives to make sense of the why… I am not a follower,…
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A&E | Criticism Is Necessarily
When I was coming up I was blessed to have people who guided me through my errors in life. We called it, “pulling your coattail.” No I didn’t want to hear what was the errors of my ways, but I listened to the explanation and always reflected on what was being said. This is how…
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60+ | I Will Return When I’m Ready
Doing Me It’s interesting when people make what I’m doing about themselves, than to just accept I am doing what I choose to do for myself. I don’t have an answer for my why, it’s just what feels right for me. So, I am staying to myself, not talking to many people and not getting…
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60+ | Keep A List
CHALLENGE:What If We Kept a List of What We Do and Consume into our Body, Mind & Soul on a Daily Basis for 1 Week Could You Do It? Would You Do It? Life Patterns will Help you see How your Life Works and Why you Feel the way you do. List Time & Action:…
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A&E | Black History Facts | Margaret Walker #poet
Margaret Walker was born on July 7, 1915, in Birmingham, Alabama was a college student at the age of 15 when she begin writing poetry. She received a BA from Northwestern University in 1935 and an MA from the University of Iowa in 1940. In 1936 she joined the Federal Writers’ Project in Chicago, where…
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60+ | Simple Kindness
Today a patient came into the clinic where I was working, he had a pleasant kind energy with a great smile. When I verified his identity, he jokingly said, “I’m accepting birthday gifts.” It wasn’t his birthday, but we laughed and joked. I directed him to the waiting room and went back to working the…
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Welcome to Simply Flava. A soulful blend of reflection, resilience, and real talk from a 65-year-old woman walking boldly through life. Formerly rooted in the indie arts scene, this blog has evolved into a space where wellness, aging, and purpose take center stage. Through storytelling, resources, and heartfelt moments, Lady Flava shares her truth—one post at a time.
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