Tag Archives: create

Why Stop At Lemonade?

Posted on January 24, 2013 by russtowne

“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

Wants and Needs

Posted on January 3, 2013 by russtowne

What people want and people need Are often very different things indeed! –Russ Towne Dear friends: As a writer I sometimes get the nagging feeling that something I’ve just written and think of as my own creation might actually be … Continue reading →

Posted in Words or Quotes I Believe I Coined but please let me know if you heard them earlier elsewhere | Tagged create, need, needs, plagiarism, poem, poetry, quote, songs, The Beatles, want, wants, writing | 10 Comments

I LOVE This–And The Potential is HUGE

Posted on November 2, 2012 by russtowne

Ethiopian kids hack OLPCs in 5 months with zero instruction http://dvice.com/archives/2012/10/ethiopian-kids.php What happens if you give a thousand Motorola Zoom tablet PCs to Ethiopian kids who have never even seen a printed word? Within five months, they’ll start teaching themselves … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakthroughs, Children, Creativity, Education, Ingenuity, Inspiring, Making the World a Better Place, Potential, Stories That Touched Me | Tagged children, computer, computers, create, creativity, education, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, experi ment, kids, learning, MIT, MIT Technology, MIT Technology Review's EmTech conference, Motorola, Nicholas Negroponte, OLCPs, tablet, tablets, Zoom | 3 Comments

Ironic But True

Posted on May 26, 2012 by russtowne

Taking time to do nothing often brings everything into perspective” — Doe Zantamata I saw this quote via Online Wellness Network. It has certainly been true for me. When I’m at an impasse creatively or in life, it is often … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, LIfe Lessons, Observations, Quotes I Love, Random Thoughts | Tagged create, creatitivty, Doe Zantamata, everything, ideas, Life, new ideas, solutions, unclutter | Leave a comment

Jet Engine Technology Helps Woman Speak Again After 35 Years

Posted on April 16, 2012 by russtowne

A doctor recently used jet engine technology to help a woman speak again after a car accident that silenced her 35 years earlier. I love to hear how creativity and technology work together to help to create modern miracles. http://tinyurl.com/7me3rvz

Posted in Creativity, Vids & Stories That Touched Me | Tagged 35 years, create, creative, creativity, doctor, engine, hear, help, jet, jet engine technology, Love, miracles, modern, modern miracles, silenced, speak again, speak car accident, technology, together, woman, Work, work together | Leave a comment

Challenge Day

Posted on March 10, 2012 by russtowne

I recently learned about a program called Challenge Day that has a vision and mission that I wholeheartedly applaud. I went to its website at http://www.challengeday.org/ and saw: “OUR VISION Our vision is that every child lives in a world … Continue reading →