inspirational writer and pod designer
Barbara Casey
My name is Barbara Casey. In June 2015, I turned 70 (next milestone birthday is June of 2025). I didn’t want to be an “elderly” seventy-year-old, so I’ve been challenging myself over the years to keep up with new trends, thought-provoking ideas and broader perspectives.
I’ve documented some of this in my review of Chris Guillebeau’s book The Happiness of Pursuit.
Over the past thirty years, I’ve been a tutorial writer with 3 Kindle books and many online how-to articles. Since 2001, I’ve curated and written resources for spiritual entrepreneurs – on Squidoo, HubPages and multiple blogs. Between 1995 and 2002 I published 5 editions of The Metaphysical and Holistic Florida Directory, wrote a marketing newsletter from 2003 to 2009 and conducted numerous teleclasses that were converted to PDF e-books.
I have two Zazzle print on demand shops to augment Social Security, but my main love is writing, reading, and reviewing really good books. So I’ve gathered all my writings from their various temporary homes and herded them back to my own site, under my own banner.
I hope you find something of value during your browsing adventures.
Cottage Laws for Home Food Businesses
Each state has its own rules for home based food businesses... links are provided below. When the economy gets iffy, it might be the time to add a side hustle or launch your own home-based bakery or other food business. Each state has different food safety rules for...
Mouthwatering Mincemeat Muffins
Mouthwatering Mincemeat Muffins Leftover mincemeat? Make mouthwatering mincemeat muffins! What can you do with a cup or two of leftover mincemeat? Make the most delicious muffins in the world! A few weeks before Christmas in 2015, I found a recipe for a very tasty...
What Can One Person Do?
Still, yet, more, again until it stops. What is “it”? The world knows what “it” is. And “it” stops when enough people speak truth to power.
Showing the Way Inspirational Poem
SHOWING THE WAY Blessed are the protestersfor they are walking the talk Blessed are the martyrsfor they awaken the sleeping Blessed are the scribesfor they reveal the truth Blessed are the open-mindedwhose hearts can feel this truth We ask for blessings for...
Barb’s Senior Side Hustle is Working
Here's how I created a successful side hustle that brings in more dollars monthly than my social security income. I joined Zazzle in 2009 – not thinking of it as an income-earning side hustle – but to have fun making Christmas cards and coffee mugs with my photographs...
Creating a Vegetarian Soft Foods Diet
Dental and medical problems often require a soft foods diet. And for vegetarians, this can require a bit of extra research and creativity. Has your doctor or dentist ever told you to eat a "soft foods diet" for a specific dental or health problem? And did you...
My Mom, The Queen of Courage
My mother, Anne, was the Queen of Courage in my life - a graceful, gracious and tough lady, especially when faced with adversity. The Finns have the perfect word for her kind of toughness - sisu - which describes determination and perseverance when faced with...
On Writing by Stephen King
Stephen King on the Art, Craft and Business of Writing On Writing is the first Stephen King book I’ve ever read. It’s an excellent memoir of his life as a writer: what got him started, how he built his writing portfolio, and how his stories evolved, through vivid...
Crafting the Personal Essay
My book review of Dinty W. Moore's Crafting the Personal Essay In my investigation of “alternative” styles of writing, including everything “flash,” I came across a book edited by Dinty W. Moore called The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction. I...
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