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Authentically Teresa Funke – Never AI

A Tale of Two Artists

I have two necklaces that I count among my favorites. Every time I wear each of them, I’m guaranteed a compliment. One was made by a local artist I met at a craft show. I’ve bought several pieces from her over the years. The other I purchased at Macy’s department store. It’s from the 1928...

Give with Faith and Abandon

One of my favorite things about December is the call to action to support charities and nonprofits.  I donate to several nationwide and global organizations, but I also enjoy finding those smaller, local nonprofits quietly going about great work in our communities. A donation to their organizations is always treated with such a wealth of...

The Power of Can’t

From the time we are children, we are taught to worship the power of “can.”  “If you can dream it, you can do it.”  “You can do anything you set your mind to.” We never talk, though, about the power of “can’t.”  I recently took a personality test and, apparently, I have a bit of...

Are Gatekeepers Still Relevant?

Several times over the past few years, I’ve listened to colleagues tell me that an editor who loved his/her work had called, sometimes in tears, to say they could not make an offer on their book project. Why? Because the marketing and sales departments at the publishing house decided that the book, though good, was...