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Thanksgiving State of Mind

If you are like me, when I think of Thanksgiving I often think of our family traditions. You know, the things we do each year as we visit, bake, make and enjoy time with the folks or things we hold most dear. But traditions needn’t only happen once a year. We could mold a tradition each month, week or day and be thankful for the moment we give to our special tradition. And some traditions can be as simple as a morning cup o’ joe.

So, this Thursday morning as I pour the hot, dark liquid caffeine into my bright green mug, I’ll be thinking of ya’ll – and wishing you and your family the very best!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Cyn

p.s. So what’s your favorite food to make or eat during Thanksgiving? Mine is pumpkin pie!

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It’s true, I DO design book covers, book jackets and interior pages for publishers and authors. Like the cover to the left, Beginner’s Finnish, for example.

I’ve done this work for many years and I simply love it! I like the feeling I get when I walk into Barnes & Nobles and see the titles I designed on the book shelves. It’s an “I made this!” moment. Of course it takes many people to get a book from concept to bookshelf, but I am proud of my little corner of the process. I also like when I go to a friends home and find a book I designed on their bookshelf.

In general, I love the idea of books and want to contribute to the success of keeping content flowing in print. When authors, individually or with publishing assistance, put their know-how, experience and thoughts to creating content and produce a book, it is truly an incredibly exciting moment.

I work with publishers, individuals, authors and editors. I use …

Today the countdown begins. 30 days until the start of SPARKcon, the South’s premiere creativity event showcasing the creative spirit that lives within each of us. I look forward to this event every year and not just because I am actively involved in organizing ideaSPARK and PechaKucha Night Raleigh. It’s because I treasure our creative community and enjoy seeing the outpouring of community support. During SPARKcon I try to participate in events that are fun and inspiring and sometimes a little whacky. For example, last year I donated my car to graffitiSPARK, was a cocktail judge at tastySPARK, attended an Intellectual Property panel hosted by ideaSPARK, attended multiple venues for musicSPARK, feasted my eyes on hundreds of artSPARK chalk street drawings, saw hula-hoops on fire at circusSPARK and watched in awe as local fashion designers made the scene at fashionSPARK.

ideaSPARK Events Thursday – PechaKucha Night Raleigh Vol.8 starts off SPARKcon with an awesome ideaSPARK event. This well attended and much anticipated event ( Tickets go fast so get …

On Dec 2, 2010 we had our #5 PechaKucha Night at Noir Bar & Lounge in downtown Raleigh’s trendy Glenwood South. We had a great night with a fantastic turnout of over 130 attendees. Noir management had the event area all spiffy for the holiday and provided some snacks to soak up the many drinks that were bought at the bar. Yelp! was there and sponsored beer for the first 30 people to checkin using the Yelp! app. Thank you Yelp!!

If you were unable to be there live, we have video, yay!, so you can see all the presenters doing their “thing” at the PKN website. Thanks to our Videographers ( Ted Huff, Maria Droujkova) and Carlee for editing and posting the video.

One thing that was super special that night was that Carlee and I did a joint presentation on How we Created and Cultivated a Global Family. We found pictures and bits and pieces of memories to weave together an awesome talk. In the audience that …