Month: August 2019

Everything has a story, including Seafoam Green

- Joel Heffner

If you are a speaker, do whatever you can to include meaningful stories in your talks. Sometimes you have to dig a little deeper to find the right story. What story could you possibly come up with for a color of all things? Well, you can…if you look.

Doing a Google search of the color Seafoam Green I came up with a reference to Canva. Surprisingly, it gave me plenty of info about Seafoam Green. Did you know, for example, that it was a popular clothing color during the 1950s or that Crayola came out with a crayon with that name in 2001?

What is Seafoam Green? This is it…

Seafoam Green

For more Seafoam Green info you can go to Canva. They also have information about other colors to explore. Incidentally, the Hex code for Seafoam Green is #93E98E.

Samuel Morse…and Photography

- Joel Heffner

Most of us think of Samuel Morse as the inventor of the Morse Code. Did you know that he was also a portrait painter? If you do a Google search you’ll see his paintings. Did you also know that he was the one who taught Mathew Brady about photography?

Portrait of Samuel Morse by Mathew Brady

Samuel Morse was a man of many talents. How many talents are you known for?

Encouragement from Twitter (yes, Twitter!)

- Joel Heffner

A tweet appeared today from C.L. Fornari, a well-known writer and podcast host…who happens to be an expert in gardening. Many people know her as The Garden Lady. Her tweet included a very encouraging section that said…

Writers get started or continue for many different reasons. C.L. saw a need and filled it. My own beginning (as described in Dumb Is Good) is a bit different. They both illustrate a simple fact…if you do nothing, nothing will happen. If you write and submit there are endless possibilities.

Write!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! […and submit.]