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Mind-blowing Dance Vol. 4: Crystalized Glides by Javierr

Gina Greenlee, Author

Dec 4, 20221 min read

Mind-blowing Dance Vol. 4: Crystalized Glides by Javierr

Hypnotic. Elegant. Surprising. Watch it now.

Gina Greenlee, Author

Nov 27, 20221 min read

A Trip to the Grocery Store

Author and educator Dr. Joy DeGruy shares how her sister-in-law uses her White privilege to stand up to systemic inequity.

Short Film Festival #6: Café para Llevar

Gina Greenlee, Author

Nov 20, 20221 min read

Short Film Festival #6: Café para Llevar

Powerful story of love found and lost by Spanish director and screenwriter Patricia Font. Watch it now.

Mind-blowing Dance Vol. 3: Rachid Alexander

Gina Greenlee, Author

Nov 13, 20221 min read

Mind-blowing Dance Vol. 3: Rachid Alexander

Be mesmerized by classically trained Rachid Alexander, male belly dancer.

Gina Greenlee, Author

Nov 6, 20221 min read

The Rules

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. Katharine Hepburn Heavy into shopping at the markets in Jaipur, India, I realized I was...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Oct 30, 20221 min read

The Gabor Maté Reader

Acclaimed Canadian physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté has worked for decades in Vancouver as a family physician, palliative care...

Mind-blowing Dance Vol. 2: Duo Straps by Tarek & Kami Lynne

Gina Greenlee, Author

Oct 23, 20221 min read

Mind-blowing Dance Vol. 2: Duo Straps by Tarek & Kami Lynne

Watch these transcendent aerial artists.

Gina Greenlee, Author

Oct 16, 20221 min read

Mind-blowing Dance Vol. 1: Tuu by Momix

Watch Tuu by Momix.

In the Grand Scream of Life I’m Doing Well

Gina Greenlee, Author

Oct 9, 20221 min read

In the Grand Scream of Life I’m Doing Well

I’m wild, wet, worn and woven into gossamer hung between earth and heaven in a five-star dream where angels are liberated from Satan’s...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Oct 2, 20220 min read

Just for Kicks

Gina Greenlee, Author

Sep 25, 20222 min read

Letting Go

A journey is like a marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you can control it. John Steinbeck I visited the port city of...

A Black-Owned Beach Is Returned to Its Owners after 97 Years

Gina Greenlee, Author

Sep 18, 20221 min read

A Black-Owned Beach Is Returned to Its Owners after 97 Years

Wedding portrait of Charles Aaron and Willa A. Bruce who purchased the beachfront property in 1912. Image Credit: California African...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Sep 12, 20220 min read

Mailbox Poetry Vols. 3 and 4

Gina Greenlee, Author

Sep 7, 20221 min read

Crushed by Negative News? Sign up for the Reasons to be Cheerful Newsletter

Discovering Reasonstobecheerful was a lifesaver. I discovered it on Oct 7, 2021, when I was feeling deeply hopeless about humanity....

Gina Greenlee, Author

Aug 21, 20221 min read

She Dreams of Dance

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Conversation Starter: SNL’s Amazon Go Skit

Gina Greenlee, Author

Aug 14, 20221 min read

Conversation Starter: SNL’s Amazon Go Skit

“So, you want me to just take something and walk out?”

Stepping Out: Life Lessons from Solo Moments in New York

Gina Greenlee, Author

Aug 7, 20222 min read

Stepping Out: Life Lessons from Solo Moments in New York

I learned that I was very capable on my own after years, during marriage, of being told I was incapable. Lynda, 69-year-old “financial...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 31, 20221 min read

Don’t Put Your Passions on Hold

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Perception: Life Lessons from Solo Moments in New York

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 24, 20222 min read

Perception: Life Lessons from Solo Moments in New York

I was living in New Jersey and I had moved from a small town in upstate New York for work. My job required me to travel to the Manhattan...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 19, 20221 min read

Power Recipe No. 8: You are in Control

“The only way you can ever live the life you want to, is by first accepting that you are the one in control of it.” Lee Crutchley