November 2014
The Secret Paintings of Clementine Hunter
Garden Cinderella Goes to the Smithsonian Updated April 8, 2025 Editor’s note: Despite completing an extensive college-level course, Women in Art from the Middle Ages to the 21st century, this artist was not included. I first learned about Clementine Hunter while watching an episode of Antiques Roadshow on PBS. So, I called and spoke to a […]
MusicBiz Notes: Quiz
4 Questions About the Music Business Back in 2009, I took a course from Foothill College called Music Business and one of the assignments involved listening to a song I’d never heard before. The link had no pictures. I did know who the musician featured was and groaned… In general, my favorite category of music […]
MusicBiz Notes
Music Biz Notes: A Beginner’s Guide to Overlooked Tips, Facts & Lessons about the Music Business and the Music Industry… 38-pages, more than 85 links with 19 questions, including three video-based activities, pdf, print enabled. Irreverent, entertaining, and educational bits about selected men, women, and groups, including Les Paul, Lloyd Price, Aretha Franklin, Adele, and […]
Nature’s Tranquilizers
Fish Therapy This is an excerpt adapted from the new Biz Literacy worksheets: S for Success… If animals and Insects Were Entrepreneurs. In 2004, Purdue University published a study that found aquarium owners had lowered anxiety and blood pressure. Other studies document a variety of health issues and improvements noted. And Students who own fish have higher Math […]
Moonlighting Banned On The High Seas
19th Century Lightship Workers In dark dangerous waters, men men worked aboard whaling vessels to provide light at night for ships.In time, Lightship workers in Nantucket, Rhode Island began to weave baskets, which became prized items with tourists. “Lightship duty…probably 90 percent boredom and a lot more than 10 percent shear terror. Duties first, then…time killing activity […]
Biz Literacy Worksheets: Update
Name Game & S for Success Advanced- 11th-12th & College Level Name Game 4-pages Click here for Table of Contents SampleNameGameContents Click here to Buy Now PayPal/Payloadz.. http://www.payloadz.com/go/sip?id=2766177 Short entertaining lessons, activities and backstories will improve awareness of frequently overlooked do’s and dont’s when trying to create a name for a startup or product Adobe […]