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The other day I came across a concept that is now my new favorite—glimmers. This is an idea first developed by a writer and therapist named Deb Dana. Glimmers are the tiny moments in our lives that can spark a sense of joy. Glimmers are very simple and can be just about anything that makes…
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Thanks to our guest blogger Debra Cox for providing some thoughts on how the arts promote mental well-being! Have you ever thought of ways to increase your mental well-being? One way is to dive into the arts and learn to express yourself to the point where your creativeness can capture how you feel. Our youth can use…
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I just got back from the 2025 Southern Regional Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference in Savannah yesterday. It was a great event—kudos to the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association and everyone involved who made it an excellent, informative, well-organized event! Our initiative Rural Georgia Growing Stronger had a table at the conference, and I…
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The Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference is next week in Savannah from Thursday January 9 through Saturday January 11. I’ll be speaking on Thursday afternoon about The New Competitive Edge is Mental Resilience in the Business Operations sessions and I hope to see lots of you there. I will also be at the Harvesting…
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I look forward to seeing you in 2025–until then, take care and keep thriving! Anna
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In my family we have this silly running joke about the Seven Dwarves (yes, the ones from Snow White). Whenever one of us is sick and someone asks how we are, the reply is simply “I am all the Negative Dwarves” meaning that I’m Sleepy, Grumpy and Sneezy. Well, for this holiday season I have…
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I don’t know about you, but lately I’ve been feeling like there is a lot of bleakness in the world. Hurricanes, an ag economy full of negative predictions, H5N1, famines around the world…I could go on, but you get the idea. There’s lots of bad news out there. With all this darkness, it is really…
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Thanks to our guest blogger Debra Cox for providing some thoughts on family time and stress during this holiday season. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!! Think back to a time when the whole family, including grandparents, gathered together…a time before cell phones and computers. Families would play board games, work in the kitchen canning…
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Today is National Rural Health Day , established by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) to celebrate the “Power of Rural” and the communities, organizations, and people that work to meet the health needs of folks in rural areas. I really like the phrase “Power of Rural.” To me it highlights…
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Anyone who knows me knows I periodically go on a rant about those processed, pre-packaged orange cheese and peanut butter crackers you can get from a vending machine or by the case from a big box store. Now, don’t get me wrong. I think they are tasty, full of salty, peanut-buttery yumminess. But they are…
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