9 Factors to Consider When Writing a Grant

Grant writers will increase their success rates and find it easier to write proposals if they understand these top 9 factors when writing grants: funding sources, grant seeking, project design and development, grant applications, writing compelling cases, managing post-award, ethics, professionalism/social capital and relationship building. This article describes these 9 factors. Factor 1 – Funder Resources There are two main […]

Not a real witch, just a grumpy green

Saint George and his man, Jack, had been looking for a stray Windermere Winnie that they had pulled from the great lake and were going to bring to their menagerie in Gloucestershire. When they found the rogue monster, he seemed to have returned to a remote farm where he had been raised from an egg, so they went over to […]

Teaching Children to Read and Spell – Learning Objectives for Teaching the First Six Sounds

When teaching children to read and spell in the early years, the most effective method, as recommended by every government report in the last decade, is a ‘systematic phonics’ approach combined with blended activities to promote phonological awareness. If parents are teaching their own children to read, write and spell at home, they can choose an ‘initial set of speech […]

Album Review: Seal – Commitment (2010)

Seal strikes again… and he sure does! His magical rasping voice drew me into a realm I hadn’t anticipated and once there, I was truly so pleased to have gotten there. He needed it. Loaded with a series of heartfelt ballads, carefully constructed with flawless vocal delivery, full and appropriate orchestration, brilliant production, and a very structured feel, the album […]

Canada: The problem with a northern escape plan

When I lived abroad, some of the fellow global travelers I met were Canadian. One sure way to confuse them was to ask what part of the United States they were from… which could easily happen if they hadn’t already said “about.” It wasn’t that they didn’t like America, although there was some of that, especially between 2003 and 2004, […]

French Country Inn Dining – The Silver Spring Farm French Restaurant in Flanders, NJ

The movie recently “Julia and Julia” has debuted on big screens across the country and has rekindled our passion for exceptional cuisine in many of us. As the film’s Julie and Julia explore the enormously challenging tasks of mastering French cooking at home, my wife Fran and I re-ignited our palettes for the equally satisfying pleasure of eating at a […]

Friends in Need: Interventions for Domestic Violence

Last month I received the following letter from an old friend, Lloyd Barnhart. “One topic I would like you to cover/explore is that curious phenomenon that allows independent women to be dominated… even abused… by men with whom they share some sort of relationship. Why is it that a seemingly strong woman, an intelligent woman would allow herself to be […]