What View Do You Choose?

I joined the Great Escape Publishing community when I attended the 2017 Ultimate Photography Workshop in San Diego. At the time, I had no idea there was a community that was hiding there in plain sight, waiting to help me whenever I felt ready. Throughout the year following this, the community has been available for …

Dreams to Reality Goal Setting and Planning

Dream to Reality

In life, work, fun or families…It is all equally important. As the following adage goes: A DREAM Written down with a date Becomes a GOAL A Goal broken down into Steps becomes a PLAN A PLAN backed by ACTION becomes REALITY We have all been exposed to this motivational adage in some form by a …

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3 Important Turkey Tips

From the former director of the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line My name is Mary Clingman, and my most favorite job was being the director of the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line. The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line was started way back in 1981. Toll-free phone calls had just become available and someone at Butterball wanted to know if people would …

When do children grow up?

When Is Your “Adult Child” a Grown Up?

My children are grown up. How do I know this? They are out of the proverbial nest. They are off the payroll. They are full-fledged legal adults. They pay their own taxes. They have jobs. They have rent that I don’t help them pay. They have spouses. But I still help them financially with things …