Announcing the launch of my new business: Cookietopia, LLC, homemade cookies made from 50 year old family recipes. These are cookies my mom used to make during the holidays when I was growing up...yum.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Township Times Article #7
Local Author writes about the Law of Attraction
Author Mandy (Menahem) Lender, MD illustrates the key concepts of the Law of Attraction (LOA) in his book, The Vision of HabakkuK: The Law of Attraction in the Holy Bible. Among the so called “Minor Prophets” was the mystic Habakkuk, who was a major thinker of philosophical and theological concepts of faith.
According to Dr. Lender, many Biblical figures such as Moses, Solomon, Elijah, Jesus, and Paul acted, healed, and taught in alignment with the LOA, although they did not use the term “Law of Attraction.” The Books of Wisdom in the Hebrew Bible are replete with key concepts that in the whole constitute the LOA.
Dr. Lender calls Habakkuk’s prescription “The best practice of the LOA in the Bible.” He is convinced for many reasons that the LOA is important in attracting good health. The third chapter in The Vision of HabakkuK is a commentary explaining 4 verses that constitute the best practice of the LOA in the Bible.
As a member of Rise and Shine, a Toastmasters club for advanced speaking, it was Dr. Lender’s turn to give a speech. While preparing for the speech, it occurred to him that if the LOA is so insistent in our lives then it should have been part of the lives of the biblical figures, going back four millennia. Studying the Holy Bible, he found evidence and direct references to the LOA and its effects in the lives and teaching of many of the biblical heroes and prophets. After giving his speech, Dr. Lender realized there was enough information for a book. Since then, he has been reading and rereading and researching biblical commentaries and documenting the evidence for the presence of the LOA in the Bible.
Among Dr. Lender’s collection of bibles are a facsimile of a Gutenberg Bible in Latin, a facsimile of the Leningrad codex in Hebrew, and a quad-centennial facsimile edition of the 1611 printing in London of the KJV by Robert Barker and sons.
Originally from Israel, Dr. Lender (1970, Hebrew University, Jerusalem) is a physician and a Bible student enthusiast. He graduated from Rosary College, with an MBA degree, (1990, Brennan school of business, Dominican University, River Forest, IL). In 1976, Dr. Lender was invited for advanced training at the Department of Veteran’s Affairs in Chicago. A job promotion brought him to Saginaw in 1993 and he decided to stay after he retired. He volunteers his time and skills at a free clinic in Bay City, supporting patients without healthcare insurance who have nowhere else to turn for their infirmities.
Dr. Lender lives on a farm in Mid-Michigan with 5 boxer dogs, and sometimes in his house in suburban Chicago. For more information about the author and his book, The Vision of HabakkuK, visit his website at http://www.visionofhabakkuk.com/.
Author Mandy (Menahem) Lender, MD illustrates the key concepts of the Law of Attraction (LOA) in his book, The Vision of HabakkuK: The Law of Attraction in the Holy Bible. Among the so called “Minor Prophets” was the mystic Habakkuk, who was a major thinker of philosophical and theological concepts of faith.
According to Dr. Lender, many Biblical figures such as Moses, Solomon, Elijah, Jesus, and Paul acted, healed, and taught in alignment with the LOA, although they did not use the term “Law of Attraction.” The Books of Wisdom in the Hebrew Bible are replete with key concepts that in the whole constitute the LOA.
Dr. Lender calls Habakkuk’s prescription “The best practice of the LOA in the Bible.” He is convinced for many reasons that the LOA is important in attracting good health. The third chapter in The Vision of HabakkuK is a commentary explaining 4 verses that constitute the best practice of the LOA in the Bible.
As a member of Rise and Shine, a Toastmasters club for advanced speaking, it was Dr. Lender’s turn to give a speech. While preparing for the speech, it occurred to him that if the LOA is so insistent in our lives then it should have been part of the lives of the biblical figures, going back four millennia. Studying the Holy Bible, he found evidence and direct references to the LOA and its effects in the lives and teaching of many of the biblical heroes and prophets. After giving his speech, Dr. Lender realized there was enough information for a book. Since then, he has been reading and rereading and researching biblical commentaries and documenting the evidence for the presence of the LOA in the Bible.
Among Dr. Lender’s collection of bibles are a facsimile of a Gutenberg Bible in Latin, a facsimile of the Leningrad codex in Hebrew, and a quad-centennial facsimile edition of the 1611 printing in London of the KJV by Robert Barker and sons.
Originally from Israel, Dr. Lender (1970, Hebrew University, Jerusalem) is a physician and a Bible student enthusiast. He graduated from Rosary College, with an MBA degree, (1990, Brennan school of business, Dominican University, River Forest, IL). In 1976, Dr. Lender was invited for advanced training at the Department of Veteran’s Affairs in Chicago. A job promotion brought him to Saginaw in 1993 and he decided to stay after he retired. He volunteers his time and skills at a free clinic in Bay City, supporting patients without healthcare insurance who have nowhere else to turn for their infirmities.
Dr. Lender lives on a farm in Mid-Michigan with 5 boxer dogs, and sometimes in his house in suburban Chicago. For more information about the author and his book, The Vision of HabakkuK, visit his website at http://www.visionofhabakkuk.com/.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Township Times Featured Photos
You can view my pictures of the 2011 Freeland Walleye Festival featured in the Township Times at: www.lorivillarreal.com/articles/article_walleyefest2011.html
Friday, April 15, 2011
Published on Smashwords
I'm now published on Smashwords, an eBook distributor for Indie Authors. For a limited time, you can purchase Twelfth Moon for only $2.00 using this coupon code: DZ98L
Visit my Smashwords Author Page
Visit my Smashwords Author Page
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Whispers in Time Book Trailer
I created this trailer a few years ago, but have updated the website address at the end.
Whispers in Time Book Trailer
Whispers in Time Book Trailer
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Twelfth Moon
Twelfth Moon (A Legend of the Pantera Novel) is now available on Kindle and NOOK.
Cadence LaPorte is about to be hanged.
For weeks, U.S. Marshal, Jonah Kincaid, has been hot on her trail for the murder of his brother. His pursuit ends in a dusty Texas town at the scene of a lynching – namely, Cadence’s. Since revenge is at the top of his list, he saves her from death-by-hanging – for now.
Except Jonah thinks he’s been tracking a young boy.
And Cadence has this itsy-bitsy little problem: The women in her family are shape-shifting panthers, and once a year they’re compelled to mate with any male who happens to be in the vicinity – and become bound to him for life.
Jonah Kincaid is the last man on earth Cadence would wish to bind herself to. If she doesn’t find a way to escape him soon, she’ll be mauling the infuriating (handsome) U.S. Marshal – but as a woman, not as the panther.
Cadence LaPorte is about to be hanged.
For weeks, U.S. Marshal, Jonah Kincaid, has been hot on her trail for the murder of his brother. His pursuit ends in a dusty Texas town at the scene of a lynching – namely, Cadence’s. Since revenge is at the top of his list, he saves her from death-by-hanging – for now.
Except Jonah thinks he’s been tracking a young boy.
And Cadence has this itsy-bitsy little problem: The women in her family are shape-shifting panthers, and once a year they’re compelled to mate with any male who happens to be in the vicinity – and become bound to him for life.
Jonah Kincaid is the last man on earth Cadence would wish to bind herself to. If she doesn’t find a way to escape him soon, she’ll be mauling the infuriating (handsome) U.S. Marshal – but as a woman, not as the panther.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Township Times Article #6
National Denim Day Wednesday, April 27
Wearing jeans on “Denim Day,” during April’s National Sexual Assault Awareness Month has become an international symbol of protest against erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual assault. Community members throughout Saginaw County can show their support by contributing $5.00 and wearing jeans/denim to work. Proceeds will benefit the Sexual Assault Center’s Nurse Examiner Program at Child & Family Services.
While April 27th is officially marked as Denim Day, Carrie Schultz, Marketing and Development Director of C&FS, is quick to say that any day during the year will do. Some companies participate throughout the entire year by having a Denim Day every Friday. Others might pick a certain month.
The history of Denim Day began when in Rome—Italy, 1997, an 18- year-old girl was raped and abandoned by her 45 year old perpetrator in an alley. Undeterred, she prosecuted him and won. The perpetrator was convicted of rape and sentenced to jail.
Months later, in 1998, the perpetrator appealed the sentence. The case made it all the way to the Italian Supreme Court. Within a matter of days the case against the driving instructor was overturned, dismissed, and the perpetrator released.
Why Denim?
In a statement released by the Head Judge, he argued, “Because the victim wore very, very tight jeans, she had to help him remove them… and by removing the jeans… it was no longer rape but consensual sex.”
Enraged by the verdict, within a matter of hours the women in the Italian Parliament launched into immediate action and protested by wearing jeans to work. This call to action motivated and emboldened the California Senate and Assembly to do the same, and Denim Day was born.
So far this year, there are approximately 45 participating Denim Day Companies. Schultz would like to get more companies involved to help raise awareness of erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual assault, and to show their support of the invaluable services provided by the Sexual Assault Center’s Nurse Examiner Program at Child & Family Services.
The Sexual Assault Center of C&FS provides 24 hour crisis intervention & advocacy, sexual assault & abuse counseling, victim advocacy, legal advocacy, sexual assault response team, community education & prevention. Child and Family Services is a non-profit agency which has been providing services to individuals and families for over 140 years. Other services include the Employee Wellness Center-EAP and the Counseling Center.
Activities scheduled throughout the month of April include:
April Coffee sleeve awareness campaign begins at your favorite local coffee shop.
April 5, 6:30 p.m. and April 7, 11:00 a.m., Story Time and crafts at Barnes and Noble in Saginaw
April 8, Strike out Sexual Assault Bowl-a-thon at Saginaw’s Stardust Lanes
April 16, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., YMCA Healthy Kids Day at the Saginaw YMCA
April 21, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Happy Bear Takes to the Streets at Child and Family Services 2806 Davenport –please honk!
April 27, Companies participate in National Denim Day
April 28, Bennigan’s Benefit – All Day
For more information on how you and your co-workers can join in on “Wear Denim to Work Day,” e-mail Carrie Schultz, MSA, Development/Marketing Director, Child and Family Services, at cschultz@cfs-saginaw.org, call her at 989-790-7500 ext. 229, or visit their website at www.childandfamilysaginaw.org.
Wearing jeans on “Denim Day,” during April’s National Sexual Assault Awareness Month has become an international symbol of protest against erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual assault. Community members throughout Saginaw County can show their support by contributing $5.00 and wearing jeans/denim to work. Proceeds will benefit the Sexual Assault Center’s Nurse Examiner Program at Child & Family Services.
While April 27th is officially marked as Denim Day, Carrie Schultz, Marketing and Development Director of C&FS, is quick to say that any day during the year will do. Some companies participate throughout the entire year by having a Denim Day every Friday. Others might pick a certain month.
The history of Denim Day began when in Rome—Italy, 1997, an 18- year-old girl was raped and abandoned by her 45 year old perpetrator in an alley. Undeterred, she prosecuted him and won. The perpetrator was convicted of rape and sentenced to jail.
Months later, in 1998, the perpetrator appealed the sentence. The case made it all the way to the Italian Supreme Court. Within a matter of days the case against the driving instructor was overturned, dismissed, and the perpetrator released.
Why Denim?
In a statement released by the Head Judge, he argued, “Because the victim wore very, very tight jeans, she had to help him remove them… and by removing the jeans… it was no longer rape but consensual sex.”
Enraged by the verdict, within a matter of hours the women in the Italian Parliament launched into immediate action and protested by wearing jeans to work. This call to action motivated and emboldened the California Senate and Assembly to do the same, and Denim Day was born.
So far this year, there are approximately 45 participating Denim Day Companies. Schultz would like to get more companies involved to help raise awareness of erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual assault, and to show their support of the invaluable services provided by the Sexual Assault Center’s Nurse Examiner Program at Child & Family Services.
The Sexual Assault Center of C&FS provides 24 hour crisis intervention & advocacy, sexual assault & abuse counseling, victim advocacy, legal advocacy, sexual assault response team, community education & prevention. Child and Family Services is a non-profit agency which has been providing services to individuals and families for over 140 years. Other services include the Employee Wellness Center-EAP and the Counseling Center.
Activities scheduled throughout the month of April include:
April Coffee sleeve awareness campaign begins at your favorite local coffee shop.
April 5, 6:30 p.m. and April 7, 11:00 a.m., Story Time and crafts at Barnes and Noble in Saginaw
April 8, Strike out Sexual Assault Bowl-a-thon at Saginaw’s Stardust Lanes
April 16, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., YMCA Healthy Kids Day at the Saginaw YMCA
April 21, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Happy Bear Takes to the Streets at Child and Family Services 2806 Davenport –please honk!
April 27, Companies participate in National Denim Day
April 28, Bennigan’s Benefit – All Day
For more information on how you and your co-workers can join in on “Wear Denim to Work Day,” e-mail Carrie Schultz, MSA, Development/Marketing Director, Child and Family Services, at cschultz@cfs-saginaw.org, call her at 989-790-7500 ext. 229, or visit their website at www.childandfamilysaginaw.org.
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