Posts by E.L. Chappel
Big Girl Pants: A blog re-entry (Compliments of the universe; styled by Carhartt.)
How do you know when you are an author? After the completion of one book? Two? Three or even more? When friends and love ones read your work? Or an editor either validates or tears your story apart. When a publisher offers a contract? Or a title sells over a hundred thousand copies? Hum… Knowing…
Read MoreQuote of the Week
“Time is short, wear your good underwear.” E.L. Chappel author of Risk/Spirit Dance/Storm Chasers Taking advantage of every moment aka The Glamorous Wife
Read MoreThere’s Magic In The Air
On the eve of the new year, the sun shines brighter, snow glistens whiter, the winds have settled, and the skies are painted with pastel pinks and corals before stars light the way to 2014. Hope reigns Peace, an option Happiness, in abundance A fresh start Anything is possible. Tap in. Can you feel it?…
Read MoreYour Village
pic courtesy of holycow.com Families are complicated. Especially when something runs amuck. Marriages, divorces, births, illness, deaths all test the strength of genetic bonds, for better and often times worse. Believers in Newton (Sir Isaac, not Sir Fig–even though fruit-filled cookies can be a huge help when relations start to spin) realize that every action…
Read MoreQuote of the week–Embracing The Stink
Friday, nearly the crack of dawn, I’m midway down the drive, my city toter in hand, when unexpectedly I hear an echo. An upbeat dance track. My head snaps around to find the source. Out of nowhere, a sleek black truck barreled from the darkness. As it approached, I could see that this rig was…
Read MorePitching In–How Corporate Jets Are Helping Angels
pic courtesy of wired.com “Howdy,” the pale little boy waved, touched the plastic crew wings pinned to his shirt and then rushed up the air stairs, his mother less than a half step behind. His wisp of a frame easily slid past me and angled for the cockpit . “Weather good in New York?” he…
Read MoreQuote of the week– “Fellow Americans, there’s no need to feel down.”
If we all are really so different, then why can I travel all over the world, meet people from varied cultures, who speak different languages, practice any number of religions and when the Village People pipe over a sound system, not a single sole hesitates to dance and sing the words to Y.M.C.A. E.L. Chappel…
Read MoreGetting What You Want
It’s simple. Just ask my cat. But before I reveal the secret, the answers to the “how to get what you want” test, let me share what will bring the exact opposite. Actions that keep dreams at arms length, rendering us unable to soar, grounded on the airport tarmac. Perhaps the most common and difficult…
Read MoreQuote of the week–Fashion Week Fall Out
“Wow, how cool. With those six inch heels and your hair bouffed up, you could easily dunk.” The Baron’s version of functional fashion. E.L. Chappel author of Risk/Spirit Dance/Storm Cashers Soaking my aching feet aka The Glamorous Wife
Read MoreWhat’s your style?
I’ve always admired fashion. Discovering the unexpected. Quite frankly, a good hunt. From gluing hundreds of glittery rhinestones on my prom shoes to scouring pages of fashion magazines in order to pull together outfits that were uniquely me. Lately, however, I’ve found myself in a bit of a fashion lull. With hem lines and heel…
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