Unsung Neighbors: Short Short Stories of Heroes Among Us - Book Released!

Discover the Remarkable and\ Inspiring Stories of Ordinary People

Unsung Neighbors Short Stories of Heroes Among Us, by Charlotte Endorf

"After reading this book, you will see people-all people-in a new light, knowing that there is a story there someplace."- Anita Lewandowski Brown, businesswoman

http://www.unsungneighbors.com/Entertaining/unsung-teaser.mp4

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FINALLY ! YIPPY!! I am excited to announce that Author, Charlotte Endorf's book -

Unsung Neighbors Short Stories of Heroes Among Us been released and is available for

purchase by Outskirts Press!

I am honored that Charlotte considered me one of her "Unsung Neighbors" and she asked me to submit my story to the book. I can;t wait to hold my own copy and be able to sell copies as well. My plan is to donate 10% of each copy that I sell to THE HOME for LITTLE WANDERERS. http://www.thehome.org/

Be sure to buy a copy of the book Unsung Neighbors Short Stories of Heroes Among Us, by Charlotte Endorf. http://www.unsungneighbors.com/

http://outskirtspress.com/wholestore.php?search=endorf

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Too often, we go about our days, oblivious to those living in our very own hometowns. Unsung Neighbors: Short Short Stories of Heroes Among Us will kindle the profoundly human desire to seek out the company and unique stories of people all around us. Here are nearly three-dozen vignettes of ordinary people in and around Norfolk, Nebraska, whose extraordinary tales of life's work, accomplishment, triumph and persistence are sure to inspire readers everywhere.

Follow author Charlotte Endorf on her mission to discover their unforgettable personal histories: Meet Lori, whose daughter Alex's strange and debilitating illness can't shake their strong faith-and propels her to push for improved health-care legislation; Emily, a 12-year-old girl who started a nonprofit fire-safety awareness program; Wanda, the 79-year-old whose gift to her community is the thousands of irises that have become a local tourist attraction.

There are also quirky characters like Lee, whose marble collecting habits have earned him more than a half-million glass spheres. And that's just for starters.Culled from hours of wide-ranging interviews, this collection of lovingly detailed "snapshots" of real-life personalities (and a fewplaces) is perfect for raising spirits and sharing with loved ones. Remarkable and heartwarming, Unsung Neighbors reminds us what's truly important are the stories and experiences we pick up along the road of life."After reading this book, you will see people-all people-in a new light, knowing that there is a story there someplace."- Anita Lewandowski Brown, businesswoman

http://outskirtspress.com/wholestore.php?search=endorf

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Find out more about my journey with THE HOME on the Home for Little Wanderers Website
Read The Home 2008 Summer E-Newsletter
http://www.thehome.org/site/PageServer?pagename=news_newsletter_summer08_main

Read The Home 2008 Summer E-Newsletter
http://www.thehome.org/site/PageServer?pagename=news_newsletter_summer08_feature

See The 2008 Home Honoree video
http://www.thehome.org/site/PageServer?pagename=news_video_voices_visions_08_honorees


Be sure to visit Charlotte Endorf's website.

http://www.unsungneighbors.com/

And buy the book!!
http://outskirtspress.com/wholestore.php?search=endorf

Salve Regina/2009 Newport Rhode Island Winterfest

"In keeping with the traditions of the Sisters of Mercy, and recognizing that all people are stewards of God's creation, the university encourages students to work for a world that is harmonious, just, and merciful".

About Salve Regina University - History : Salve Regina College was chartered by the State of Rhode Island in 1934. Founded under the sponsorship of the Sisters of Mercy, Salve Regina was established as an independent institution in the Catholic tradition of education, providing higher education to women and men. In 1947 the university acquired Ochre Court and welcomed its first class of 58 students. By a 1991 amendment to the Charter the name was changed to Salve Regina University.

As a community that welcomes people of all beliefs, Salve Regina University, a Catholic institution founded by the Sisters of Mercy, seeks wisdom and promotes universal justice.

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AnnualNewport Winter Festival February13th-22nd - Voted "BEST OFF-SEASON EVENT" Newports 21st Annual Winter Fest is sure to keep the entire family entertained. With a variety of events ranging from Cook-offs to Art Shows its easy to miss something you might really enjoy!

Greetings Friends!

I am just checking in today. I really owe an update so here is a quick HELLO!

I am heading down to Salve Regina University for a Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) Training this weekend. http://www.salve.edu/about/ the location is a historic Mansion - can;t wait to see that!

I am also taking Sabrina, her friend Rachael (Ray Ray) and her Mom Melanie. We are staying at a Hotel in Newport and are also going to enjoy the Winterfest Activities. - http://www.newportrirocks.com/winterfest09.html

It should be a fun weekend rich with culture and sightseeing.

I am looking forward to connecting with and support my Division G Toastmasters who are getting ready to put on a great Toastmasters Leadership Institute - Thanks to Division G Governor Esther Paris, Area Governor, Dick Karon, TLI Dean Jan Wheeler and Past Division Governor, Ed Skurka (who was also the 2006-2007 "Toastmaster of the Year" when I was the 2006-2007 "Area Governor of the Year"!

Thanks also to the trainers, volunteers and members and of course to our newly chartered Salve Regina Club and the Salve Regina Univeristy for hosting the location - with free coffee, tea and bottled waters! And how could I forget studen Gupu for making it all happen when last year by asking to Charter a Toastmasters Club! THANKS TEAM!

And now that we have a new District Governor - we are All heading down there as a TOP THREE TEAM!! Yup You Got that right a new DG who is a great mentor and excellent leader!

http://www.salve.edu/

Keith Knight - Professional Cartoonist!!!

"Keith Knight was born in the Greater Boston area, and is part of a new generation of talented young African-American artists who infuse their work with urgency, edge, humor, satire, politics and race. His art has appeared in various publications worldwide, including Salon.com, ESPN the Magazine, L.A. Weekly, MAD Magazine, the Funny Times and World War 3 Illustrated".

http://www.kchronicles.com/k-chronicles.shtml#

http://www.knightlifecomic.com/

WOW - I just re-connected with a old college friend from my Salem State College days (Salem Massachusetts) Keith Knight on Facebook (great social networking tool I may add!).

The ironic part is I was just thinking about Keith and his cousin Joel and how we entered a contest at Salem State College (SSC). I believe we performed "Aligator Woman" and won first place - I think the prize was $100.00 dollars but I NEVER got my 1/3 cut. In fact a few decades later and am still waiting for my $30something!!

It is like being the "teased little sist'ha" cuz when I asked Keith for my cut he said "Joel had it" and when I asked Joel he says "Keith had it". See my dilema?? I think this would make a great cartoon right??? Hmm tell you what Keith - if you create a cartoon about it - you can (Still) keep my $$$ - giggle and grin !

Serious, I must admit that I am sooo impressed with Keith who became a Professional Cartoonist but I am not surprised (nor would any else from SSC!) because he had talent way back in the day! What is really wonderful to see how he is marketing himself and his skills through the radio stations, newspapers, books (YA author of books - goo Keith!), T-shirts, cards, calendars and website/s, blog/s and networking on Facebook and other ways to let others know what he does.

And what a GREAT feeling to be able to note that I "knew him back in the day" during my Salem Stage College years 1985-1987 when we lived in the Bowditch Hall (Co-Ed) dorm. I was on the forth floor with my roommate Lillian DeJesus and we were right above Keith's room on the third floor. Oh yea and I had a BIG cursh on his little roommate David (PEE WEE) Patterson. It was fun hanging out and attending many parties and functions - good times - I miss those fun days just before I transferred to Emerson College.

I believe Keith was an Art Major and had a comic stip published in the Salem State College Newspaper that shared his profound thoughts and comedy through art, words and characters. Of course his main character was modeled after himself with a little jeri curl that looped in front of his forhead - just like the Keith wore his hair back then.

It sure is great to see someone doing what he LOVES to do and making a living at it!

How about you? Are you doing what you LOVE and MARKETING yourself too?

If not...what is stopping you?

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KEITH KNIGHT

http://www.kchronicles.com/store/

Knight’s weekly comic strip The K Chronicles won the 2007 Harvey Award and the 2006 & 2007 Glyph Awards for Best Comic Strip. Three of his comix were the basis of the award-winning live-action short film, Jetzt Kommt Ein Karton, in Germany. His comic art has appeared in museums and galleries from San Francisco (CA) to Angoulême (France).

Keith Knight is also the creator of (th)ink, a weekly single panel editorial comic, as well as a passionate media literacy teacher, who tours the world with his famous and inspiring multimedia slideshow, in which he tackles race issues, the media, censorship, and activism with a humorous D.I.Y. attitude.

In his spare(?!!) time, Keef raps in the semi-conscious hip-hop group, the Marginal Prophets. After 16 years in San Francisco, Knight recently moved to Los Angeles to expand his work beyond the printed page.

To book Keef for his world-famous slideshow, contact: mailto:andyroth@theagencygroup.com

http://www.knightlifecomic.com/

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COMICS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics

For the entertainers known as "comics", see Comedian. For the magazine format usually containing longer self-contained stories, see Comic book.
"Sequential Art" redirects here. For the webcomic, see Sequential Art (webcomic).

Little Sammy Sneeze (1904–06) by Winsor McCayComics (via Latin, from the Greek "Κωμικός", kōmikos, of or pertaining to "comedy", from kōmos "revel".[1]) is a graphic medium in which images are utilized in order to convey a sequential narrative; the term, derived from massive early use to convey comic themes, came to be applied to all uses of this medium including those which are far from comic. It is the sequential nature of the pictures, and the predominance of pictures over words, that distinguish comics from picture books, though there is some overlap between the two media. Most comics combine words with images, often indicating speech in the form of word balloons, but wordless comics, such as The Little King, are not uncommon. Words other than dialogue, captions for example, usually expand upon the pictures, but sometimes act in counterpoint.[2]

Early precursors of how comics we know it today include Trajan's Column and the work of William Hogarth. By 19th century, the medium as we know it today, began to take form among European and American artists. Comics as a real mass medium started to emerge in the United States in the early 20th century, with the newspaper comic strip, where its form began to be standardized (image-driven, speech balloons etc). The combination of words and pictures proved popular, and quickly spread throughout the world. Comic strips were soon gathered into cheap booklets, comic books, and original comic books soon followed. Today, comics are found in newspapers, magazines, comic books, graphic novels, and on the web.

Although historically the form dealt with humorous subject matter, its scope has expanded to encompass the full range of literary genres. Also see: Comic strip and cartoon. In the anglo-saxon world, comics are still typically seen as a low art[3][4][5] [6][7][8], although there are a few exceptions, such as Krazy Kat[9] and Barnaby. However, such an elitist "low art/high art" distinction doesn't exist in the french speaking world (and, to some extent, continental Europe), where the Bandes Dessinees medium as a whole is commonly accepted as "the Ninth Art", is usually dedicated a non-negligible space in bookshops and libraries, and is regularly celebrated in international events such as the Angoulême International Comics Festival.

In the late 20th and early 21st century there has been a movement to rehabilitate the medium. Critical discussions of the form appeared as early as the 1920s,[10][11] but serious studies were rare until the late 20th century.[12]

Although practitioners can eschew any formal constraints, they often use particular forms and conventions to convey narration and speech, or to evoke emotional or sensuous responses. Devices such as speech balloons and boxes are used to indicate dialogue and impart establishing information, while panels, layout, gutters and zip ribbons can help indicate the flow of the story. Comics use of text, ambiguity, symbolism, design, iconography, literary technique, mixed media and stylistic elements of art help build a subtext of meanings.[13] Different conventions were developed around the globe, from the manga of Japan to the manhua of China, the comic books of the United States, and the larger hardcover albums in Europe.

25 Random Facts: Sherri Raftery, M. Ed.

2003 WCPS, Jim Key with wife Past District 50 Governor, Angie Flinn Key, District 51 LGET, Ritchie Chong, LGET D31 Sherri Raftery and two other Toastmasters (I think Tammy Miller with her partner) dancing at the 2007 TM Interntional Convention in Phoenix AZ .

I am posting this from my Facebook Notes - I was tagged by several other people and decided to write my own 25 Random Facts: Sherri Raftery, M. Ed.

Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you. www.facebook.com/

(To do this, go to "notes" under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click post.)

Please feel free to write YOURS TOO!!


1) I am the youngest of four biological siblings.

2) I am ambidextrous - my paternal grandmother was left handed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambidexterity

3) The only scar on my body that I am proud of is my C-section – from giving birth to my daughter Sabrina.

4) I do not drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes , or take any controlled or uncontrolled substances.

5) I do not drink coffee – but I love coffee ice cream. I do not drink soda - but on occation will have a rootbeer or gingerale

6) I favor John Grisham books and admittedly am VERY behind on my reading.

7) My eyes turn green in the sun, the light and when I am crying.

8) I am still open to the possibility of getting married and having another child - but not too much longer - gentlemen callers...

9) I can walk into a room and not know anyone but by the time I leave I will know everyone!

10 ) I have done stand-up comedy in Boston and Los Angeles. I hope to join an Improve Group someday.

11) I love sooo many friends that I have all around the world from Toastmasters, Schools and many other events and programs - wish we could spend more time together - there is nothing like a belly laugh!! !!

12) I miss my years at Emerson College in Boston and Los Angeles – what an incredible experience – I highly recommend it to those who are interested in Communications and Performing!

13) Pet Peeves –
* Road Rage – including my own
* When a cigarette is flicked out of a car
* Any type of littering
* The smell of cigarettes YUK

14) I am great at the game SCATTERGORIES.

15) I can’t add – numbers and I don’t get along.

16) Shirley Temple was my role model when I was growing up.

17 ) I am an Orphan even though my biological parents are alive.

18) I was engaged twice. Never married. Was a brides maid once when I was VERY pregnant with Sabrina.

19) I always wear my Irish Claddagh ring towards my heart even when I am NOT in a relationship. BTW - Italians call it gravy not sauce!

20) I miss Revere Beach - Massachusetts when Revere Beach Boulevard was rocking with amusement rides and entertainment – those were special times!

21) I never wore braces – my daughter can’t wait to wear them!

22) I am a contributing writer to a book soon to be released called UNSUNG NEIGHBORS!
www.unsungneighbors.com

23) People either really like me or really dislike me…

24) I am still a tomboy!

25) I would love to go for a ride on a motorcycle for Valentine’s Day – any hotties out there??


Sherri Raftery, M.Ed.

http://www.findyourplatform.com/


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FACEBOOK

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/F/Facebook.html

The name of a social networking site (SNS) that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep in touch with friends, post photos, share links and exchange other information. Facebook users can see only the profiles of confirmed friends and the people in their networks.