Friday, May 9, 2014
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Humor, Poetry, Garden, Stress Awareness, Earth Day, and Arbor Day. What do they all have in common? Author of Zenobia - Birth of a Legend, Russ Wallace.
All month we focused on author Russ Wallace. We shared his hobbies and interests which went perfectly with the month of April. Here are some highlights:
http://geodepress.com/humor-poetry-month-and-author-interview-with-russ-wallace/
Humor Month
Keep looking you’ll get it
Poetry Month-
Here's a limerick (we hear Russ enjoy’s them).
http://geodepress.com/stress-awareness-and-garden-month-now-that-your-taxes-are-done-time-to-de-stress-your-life/
Garden Month -
Grab a Shovel and Some Seeds
Health.com reported on a Netherlands study, suggesting that gardening can help to lower cortisol levels and boost mood among people who had just finished a stressful task. That’s because doing something that requires “involuntary attention” — like sitting back and enjoying nature — helps to replenish ourselves, Health.com reported.
Visit http://www.nationalgardenmonth.org/
Ways you can participate in Garden month:
Visit your local farmers’ market.
Green up your street or a local park by picking up trash.
Celebrate other important “green” holidays: Earth Day (April 22) and National Arbor Day (April 26).
Share your garden’s bounty with a neighbor.
Have fun doing a gardening project with a child. Click here for some ideas.
Deliver houseplants or flowers to a nursing home or children’s hospital.
Stress Awareness Month-
Eat Some Chocolate
Dark chocolate doesn’t only have health benefits for the heart — eating it can also help to lower stress.
LiveScience reported on a study illustrating that eating 1.4 ounces of dark chocolate a day for a two-week period is linked with decreased levels of the stress hormone cortisol. That study was published in 2009 in the journal Proteome Research.
Earth Day -
NASA had everybody on Earth help create the new image of the planet composed entirely of selfies taken during Earth Day on April 22. http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/globalselfie/#.U1QkY_ldWpB
Here’s my #GlobalSelfie
Arbor Day -
Tree-hugging facts:
- Trees produce nearly 260 pounds of oxygen per tree each year
- Trees remove up to 2.6 tons of carbon dioxide each year per acre of trees
- Trees can make buildings up to 20 degrees cooler in the summer
My hope is not only for you to get to know the Author of Zenobia – Birth of a Legend a little bit better but also to help you refocus your life on what’s important. Remember it’s the little changes that make all the difference.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Author Russ Wallace of Zenobia – Birth of a Legend and Zenobia – Challenging a Legend is on our spotlight this month.
Outside of writing an epic historical novel, Russ Wallace has many other interests and hobbies. Reading is one of them. He reads all kinds of genres. He loves to read and study the bible.
One thing people may not know about him — since the Zenobia series is adventurous historical drama — Russ loves humor. You might even consider him an amateur stand-up comedian. Whenever opportunity allows he loves to share this talent. Russ’s wife Ruth says when they are on a cruise, which they are world travelers, Russ enjoys doing his stand-up comedy gig at the talent night.
Russ’s day job for most of his life was designing and building houses. The designing part especially has helped with developing his creativity skill.
Not only is Russ planning a seven book series for Zenobia, he has another historical fiction series on the back burner, and plans to write a diet book to share his knowledge of health and fitness. A lot more to come from Russ.
Russ enjoys sharing a good Limerick (Poetic Verse Form) with others.
Russ is a great gardener and landscaper- wherever he lives you are sure to find lots of trees, plants, and flowers all around.
April is National Humor Month; Lawn and Garden Month; National Poetry Month; and Stress Awareness Month. All those things seem a perfect way to focus on what Russ enjoys.
April 2014 is National Humor Month!
You know what they say, “Laughter is the best medicine.”
Did you know that adults laugh about 15 times a day while children laugh hundreds of times a day?
There is strong evidence that laughter can actually improve health and help fight disease. Studies show that laughter could be the simplest and surest way to reduce stress and improve physical and mental health. Josh Billings, a researcher from the late 1800s, may have said it best – “There ain’t much fun in medicine, but there’s a heck of a lot of medicine in fun.”
The fact is that laughter itself changes us physiologically. Like exercise or waving your arms around, it boosts the heart rate and increases blood flow, so we breathe faster and more oxygen is delivered to the body’s tissues. Our facial muscles stretch and we actually burn calories when we’re laughing. In fact, the mere act of smiling can alter your mood almost immediately.
Laughter Reduces Stress: When stressed, we produce a hormone called cortisol. Laughter can significantly reduce cortisol levels.
Laughter Can Reduce Pain: Laughter causes us to produce endorphins, which are natural, pain-killing hormones.
Laughter Strengthens the Immune System: A hearty laugh decreases stress hormones and increases production of T-cells, immune proteins and infection-fighting antibodies.
Laughter Helps the Heart: When we laugh we increase blood flow and the function of blood vessels, which can help prevent cardiovascular problems.
Laughter Relaxes the Whole Body: One good belly laugh can relieve physical tension and relax your muscles for up to 45 minutes.
Laughter Helps You Recharge: By reducing stress levels and increasing your energy, laughter can help you focus and achieve more.
Full article found at – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/25/national-humor-month-laug_n_1441488.html
HUMOUR FOR LEXOPHILES (Lovers of Words)
I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger; Then it hit me.
To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.
A will is a dead giveaway.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
A backward poet writes inverse.
In a democracy it’s your vote that counts; in feudalism, it’s your Count that votes.
With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
You are stuck with your debt if you can’t budge it.
A boiled egg is hard to beat.
He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
When you’ve seen one shopping center you’ve seen a mall.
Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
Acupuncture: a jab well done.
For more funny lexophiles go to: http://www.humormonth.com/index.html
Check back all month as we focus on humor
More information can be found at:
Founder: http://www.larrywilde.com/month.htm Website: http://www.humormonth.com/index.html
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Zenobia is the most powerful woman you've never heard of.
It’s time to change that-
Zenobia is incredibly beautiful like her ancestor
Cleopatra, in book two Zenobia – Challenging a Legend,
she will use seduction to bring
revenge upon her enemies.
Zenobia is highly intelligent, well educated and speaks
five languages.
Zenobia carries the greatest female military mind in
history. She’ll eventually come into control of the
second most powerful army in the world.
In book two, Zenobia – Challenging a Legend,
Zenobia learns about a slave trade organization
kidnapping young innocent ladies and Zenobia is
compelled to take action and turns her warrior skills
into piracy.
Zenobia’s love for justice will bring her into conflict
with the strongest empire on earth, she will set her
sights on the greatest conquest of all – Rome.
Picture from Zenobia the Musical (copyright Photography by Michelle Ho)
For more information see: https://www.facebook.com/zenobiathemusical
We appreciate your support and hope you will continue to enjoy Zenobia’s story as it unfolds.
To view the full article about the history of female superheroes please check out our website at: http://geodepress.com/female-superheroes-and-why-zenobia-will-make-a-great-one/
Friday, March 7, 2014
What makes a good superhero? And why would Zenobia be a strong superhero?
See our full article on what-makes-a-good-superhero
Below we've added why we think Zenobia would be a strong superhero.
Zenobia trains as a warrior in Zenobia – Birth of aLegend and becomes elite with her bow and arrow andextremely skilled with a sword.
In Zenobia – Challenging a Legend, Zenobia disguisesherself to get up close and personal with her enemies.
Zenobia should have been put to death at birth justbecause she was a girl. She was raised pretending to be aboy. That gave her plenty of motivation to prove a girlcan be just as useful as a man.
Zenobia – a true historical figure from 3rd centurySyria, led her armies against Rome. She rode onhorseback wearing full armor.
Real or fictional superheroes show us how to stand up for what it right.
Zenobia is a great example of what a super hero is andthe world needs to learn about her amazing story.
Tune in next week as we explore female super heroes.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Zenobia a Superhero
An interesting article on Entertainment weekly:
12 Signs It’s a Joss Whedon Project…
1. Strong Women
Read full article at http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20302134_20738454_30025734,00.html
Joss Whedon is known for writing scripts with strong female characters. Whedon’s work has reached cult status, like, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Also, my all time favorite TV series “Firefly” and the movie “Serenity,” which had plenty of strong women characters.
Whedon’s lists of accomplishments are long with great creative characters, men and women. Right now the entertainment industry is on a big Superhero kick. Wouldn’t it be great to have more novels, comic books, and movies that have strong female Superheroes?
AH HA! I FOUND ONE. Shannon Hale, my favorite author and movie screenwriter wrote recently about loving Superheroes growing up but not having enough female superheroes. I completely understand. Check out Shannon’s new book coming out March 4th called “Dangerous” that has a female Superhero.
I think we need to support great projects like this to let the world know we want more. See Shannon Hale’s blog at: http://oinks.squeetus.com/2014/02/a-dangerous-history.html
To me, Zenobia would be the perfect Superhero, especially since she’s a real person in history. I’m always surprised that she’s been overlooked in the history books. Her story is unknown but what a great story it is. It’s time to get to know Zenobia. She’s a strong woman who stands up for justice. She conquered Egypt, battled alongside her troops, and challenged Rome. Now that is real Superhero status.
Would you like to see a movie about Zenobia the Superhero?
If I could do the casting for the movie about Zenobia the Superhero, I would get Lorrisa Julianus to play our lovely butt kicking Zenobia. She’s already well acquainted with the part of Zenobia. Lorrisa Julianuscreated Zenobia the Musical and did an excellent job playing Zenobia.
Zenobia with a determined look, “if looks could kill.”
(Lorrisa Julianus)
Zenobia the deadliest women who ever lived (Lorrisa Julianus)
Check out the FB page for the musical at https://www.facebook.com/zenobiathemusical
Wouldn’t it be great if we could get Joss Whedon,
Shannon Hale, and Lorrisa Julianus on board to write a
movie script for the Zenobia series? I’d love to see
Zenobia on the big screen someday. For now, I’m going
to enjoy Zenobia the book series by Russ Wallace and
read about how she tries to change the world for the
better.
So what do you say, would you like to see more female
superheroes?
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