Category Archives: Creativity

Creative Loving

Posted on February 12, 2013 by russtowne

(Source: Unknown) A little creativity can go a long way in love. Russ

Posted in Creativity, Love, Photos That Touched Me | Tagged creativity, heart-shaped pizza, Love, loving | Leave a comment

I’ll Bet This Makes You Smile!

Posted on February 3, 2013 by russtowne

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/01/170863255/an-oscar-nominated-guacamole-your-friday-visual-feast The extremely short film – 1 minute 45 seconds, including credits – is up for an Academy Award in the Animated Short category on Feb. 24. It’s a charming stop-motion take on the beloved Mexican dish, with a twist: … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Humor, Ingenuity | Tagged childrens' toys, grenade, guacamole, Monopoly houses, NPR | 2 Comments

A Table and Chairs For Horses

Posted on January 30, 2013 by russtowne

When a farmer was denied a permit to build a shelter for his horses, he built a table and chairs for them instead! (Source: True Activist’s photo)

Posted in Attittude, Challenges, Creativity, Ingenuity, Photos That Touched Me | Tagged chairs, denied permit, farmer, horses, table | 6 Comments

“When life gives you lemons make lemonade” We’ve all heard that worn-out phrase before But why stop at making lemonade When we can have a whole lemon smorgasbord? We all get a lot of lemons in our lives from time … Continue reading →

Posted in Adversity, Attittude, Challenges, Creativity, Poetry I Wrote | Tagged bars, coconuts, cookies, create, fun, lemon merangue pie, lemon pie, lemonade, lemons, Life, limes, pineapples, poem, rum, smorgasbord, tarts, time | 12 Comments

Hallway Torture

Posted on January 22, 2013 by russtowne

(This is a re-post for newer readers.) One of the toughest challenges we had as parents was regarding discipline. We wanted to be firm but loving and fair and for the consequences to be effective, age-appropriate, and child-specific. Unfortunately, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Children, Creativity, Discipline & Consequences, Fairness, Parenting, True Stories I've Written, Youth | Tagged child, children, consequences, discipline, fair, fairness, hallway, parenting, torture | 2 Comments

What You Need To Say

Posted on January 19, 2013 by russtowne

Never try to write what You think people want to hear Don’t try to please your readers That’s not the way, my dear If you want to make a difference Write what you need to say Because that’s the only … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Poems By Others, Quotes I Wrote, Writing | Tagged hear, Love, need, quote, readers, say, saying, write, writing | 6 Comments

My Poetry

Posted on December 13, 2012 by russtowne

Hi everyone. This post is an elaboration of a reply I gave to a relatively new reader of my blog’s comment along the lines of that he likes poetry and wishes he could write it too. I thought you might … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Music, Photos That Touched Me | Tagged Friend, friends, poem, poems, poetry | 8 Comments

People and Trash Making Beautiful Music Together

Posted on December 8, 2012 by russtowne

Someone is taking trash and making it into musical instruments that poor children are using to play beautiful music together. Another example where creative and caring people are creating solutions that are making the world a better place for everyone. … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Making the World a Better Place, Music | Tagged beautiful, Caring, kindness, making the world a better place, music, musical, musical instruments, people, trash | 2 Comments

The Goofiest Christmas Tree and Beach You Ever Saw

Posted on December 5, 2012 by russtowne

A Most Unusual Christmas Tree Visitors who come to our home near the holidays are often struck by the sight of a most unusual Christmas tree. Instead of a fir or some other traditional kind, we have a palm tree. … Continue reading →

Posted in Acceptance, Challenges, Children, Choices, Creativity, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Dreams, Family "Fun", Generosity, Inspiring, Pain & Grief, Parenting, True Stories I've Written | Tagged beach, beach incurable, bonfire, built, Crhristmas tree, disease, friends, fun, palm tree, sand, splashing, star, unusual | 6 Comments

This Kid Is Going Places and Bringing the World with Him

Posted on November 19, 2012 by russtowne

Meet Kelvin Doe, a 15-year-old from Sierra Leone, who took scraps from garbage cans and created his own radio transmitter to create his community’s first radio station. He broadcasts daily, even the community only gets electricity about once per week. … Continue reading →