Give Great Gifts without Paying a Fortune for Them

Give Great Gifts without Paying a Fortune for Them

Sometimes it seems that you are always trying to budget for different occasions where you need to provide a gift. There are always plenty of housewarmings to attend, weddings, anniversaries, and birthdays to ke...
Conversation In An Age Of Confusion

Conversation In An Age Of Confusion

What do people talk about when they all believe different things and nobody is sure what the other person believes? Then you add to that the usual courtesy that most people don’t want to offend other people,...
Commonly Misused Words...and how to use them correctly

Commonly Misused Words…and how to use them correctly

Here are some commonly misused words, and some examples to avoid repeating the same mistakes in your own writing, and speaking.  Have fun. 1.  affect/effect  Affect-to change an outcome/  Effect-the result o...
Collecting Mexican Folk Art 101

Collecting Mexican Folk Art 101

I love Mexican folk art! Whenever possible, I try to buy it directly from the artisans who create it. The pieces that speak to me, I keep and add to my own collection. The others, I share with family and friend...
A Revised History Of Pasta

A Revised History Of Pasta

While Marco Polo, a Venetian, is generally given credit for discovering noodles in China, recent research suggests that Italian pasta in all its glorious varieties was actually discovered in Rome nearly a centu...
Abstract Art As Therapy

Abstract Art As Therapy

Abstract art is not just a mixture of colourful meaningless patterns and arbitrary shapes. There is, I believe, a definate therapeutic value to be found in most of the enigmatic marks made by the very differ...
Being True To Your Art

Being True To Your Art

My name is Jeffrey Michael Miller and I'm a Publishamerica poet with a new book out entitled " From The Inside Out ". This article deals with a most important subject in my view and that subject is how to be t...
What Does It Take To Be In Culinary Arts

What Does It Take To Be In Culinary Arts

Do you hear people say “May I have another serving?” or “This will ruin my diet.” when they taste your cooking? Or do they usually say “What in the world is this?” and you find yourself cleaning away most of wh...