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.
Make French, German and Spanish Accents
List and Instructions for Making French, German and Spanish Accented Letters on Your Computer Keyboard Hold down the Alt key, then type in 0 (zero), followed by the last three numbers - using the numeric keypad on the right of your keyboard. Then you can let up the...
Keyboard Symbols List and Instructions
How to Make Keyboard Symbols Using Alt Key, HTML and Unicode Characters Here is a handy list of Alt Key, HTML and Unicode symbols you can make with standard text fonts on your computer keyboard with how-to instructions to make it easy. It helps if you have a numeric...
Recession-Proof Your Business
How Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs can help you recession-proof your business Are you a small or home-based business owner? Then you have a definite edge over the corporate giants when the economy falters. In this tutorial, you'll learn ways to re-focus your...
The Happiness of Pursuit Book Review
Chris Guillebeau's book The Happiness of Pursuit shifted my perspective on aging Have you ever read a book that set you on a whole new path in life? Or that joggled your sense of passion and purpose into practical action? I did... and I’m on a 30-year quest because of...
E-Cubed by Pam Grout Book Review
A heartfelt review of Pam Grout's book E-Cubed, where she teaches us to play in the quantum field As I write the words of this book review, I sip the “Magical Weight Loss Potion” that I energetically created a few minutes earlier, using Pam Grout’s suggestions in...
Wool by Hugh Howey
Wool by Hugh Howey Life in Hugh Howey's "silo" world Generations ago, the world suffered an upheaval of some kind. Everything about the “old world” has been forgotten, the memories obliterated. Your current world in an underground silo is all that exists... as far...
The Hunger Games Trilogy Book Review
I read The Hunger Games trilogy from two perspectives: that of senior citizen... and also a 1960s hippie. I was impressed on both counts. I may be a senior citizen now, but I'm also a counterculture hippie-type person from the 60s. So I read and then...
The Crash of 2016 by Thom Hartmann
Thom Hartmann reviews the "cycles of crisis" in the U.S. since the American Revolution In The Crash of 2016, Thom Hartmann documents why it is no longer wise to put faith in most elected politicians, or in our once-trusted institutions, especially the public media,...
Placing Punctuation with Quotation Marks
Do commas, periods, colons, semi-colons, exclamation points and question marks go before or after quotation marks? There are many different ways to use quotation marks and, in this tutorial, we'll look at sentence punctuation in relationship to quotations. In other...
Which Word is Correct?
When to Use "Lie" versus "Lay" A common word usage question is when to use "lie" versus "lay." Here's a quick tutorial with the meanings and rules for lie and lay. Lie: One usage of the verb “lie” means “to recline” I am going to lie down on the sofa for awhile. Watch...
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