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by Pamela Lamp
August 10, 2020
in How Does This Work?, Travels
tags animals, beach, dune lakes, environment, Florida, Jenna Testa Kilpatrick
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Jenna Testa Kilpatrick – Coastal Dune Lakes

by Pamela Lamp
August 10, 2020
in How Does This Work?, Travels
tags animals, beach, dune lakes, environment, Florida, Jenna Testa Kilpatrick
0

I can’t think of anything I enjoy more than walking the beaches of 30A, the pristine stretch of coastline in Northwest Florida’s Walton County. When surrounded by waves and sandpipers and the rising sun, I’m in my happy place. If I’m lucky, as I sip my morning coffee, a dolphin or two will swim by to greet me. And then, I know, it will be a good day. Besides soft

by Pamela Lamp
July 28, 2020
in Creativity, Self Study
tags author, Books, happiness, Nashville, RJ Jacobs, writer
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RJ Jacobs – Mystery Author and Clinical Psychologist

by Pamela Lamp
July 28, 2020
in Creativity, Self Study
tags author, Books, happiness, Nashville, RJ Jacobs, writer
6

A few years ago, while conducting research for his first book, RJ Jacobs reached out to a virologist at Vanderbilt University. She and her lab colleagues studied viruses and the diseases they caused. “We’re currently investigating a strain of the coronavirus,” she said during their interview. RJ, and most of the rest of the world, had never heard of it. And Then You Were Gone arrived in bookstores last March,

by Pamela Lamp
July 19, 2020
in Creativity
tags artist, business, Evelyn Henson, happiness, North Carolina
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Evelyn Henson – Happy Art and Artist

by Pamela Lamp
July 19, 2020
in Creativity
tags artist, business, Evelyn Henson, happiness, North Carolina
3

In a world with disturbing news coming at us from every angle, Evelyn Henson’s art makes me smile. And don’t we all need a little happy these days? Loaded with bright colors, delightful animals, and spirited landscapes, her colorful art is “meant to brighten your day and bring sunshine to your home for years to come.” Mission accomplished. As I browse the splashy paintings and mugs and beach towels and

by Pamela Lamp
June 26, 2020
in Creativity, How Does This Work?
tags business, environment, fashion, Julie Wainwright, San Francisco, startups, The RealReal
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Julie Wainwright – The RealReal

by Pamela Lamp
June 26, 2020
in Creativity, How Does This Work?
tags business, environment, fashion, Julie Wainwright, San Francisco, startups, The RealReal
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I love pretty clothes and shoes, but I don’t have the budget for Chanel or Prada or Gucci. I’d only given The RealReal website, and its high-end apparel, a cursory glance. “Take a harder look,” Julie Wainwright encouraged me. “Not all our brands are luxury, and I bet we recirculate some of the lines you do buy.” Julie hasn’t changed. The 62-year-old is still energetic, confident, beautiful, and whip-smart. And

by Pamela Lamp
June 12, 2020
in How Does This Work?
tags Bea Johnson, environment, zero waste
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Bea Johnson – Zero Waste Home

by Pamela Lamp
June 12, 2020
in How Does This Work?
tags Bea Johnson, environment, zero waste
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A well-meaning friend, bearing a box of individually-wrapped cookies and cakes, knocked on Bea Johnson’s door. “Are you kidding me?” grumbled Bea, after the guest left. “I guess people don’t know what our zero waste lifestyle means.” Before I spoke with Bea, I didn’t either. I run errands with my fabric bags and reusable water bottle, plunk our wine bottles into our glass recycling bin, and switched to cloth napkins