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Designing, Disney, and Driving

Daphne — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:25:15 +0000

Its been an incredibly busy time over the past couple of months!! The holiday rush, three trips out of town to work at Disney in Orlando, a family illness, and dealing with upheavals in my children’s lives are only the tip of the iceberg. Between all that, I’ve also done quite a lot of posting at my [...]

Who Says History Can’t Be Fun?

Daphne — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:00:07 +0000

Though I’ve been very busy of late, I did make time (as I do every year) to attend the AncientWorlds GoldFest festivities. As usual, I had a great time and was wow’ed by the talent, knowledge, and creativity of the AW members. Here are some of the goodies I gathered from the event: You can see more [...]

Passion for Music

Daphne — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:42:37 +0000

I’ve added a new page to the Getting Personal section, about my passion for music and listing my faves. Check it out — click here! Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach What’s your music passion? Feel free to share! Daphne Cochran-Shapiro is an Author, Virtual Assistant and Entrepreneur who specializes [...]

When You Fall Get Back Up!

Daphne — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:02:52 +0000

{from my blog at SparkPeople} While playing tennis yesterday I took a tumble and got some nasty scrapes in the process. Hubby wanted us to stop playing and go home to tend the wounds. But I didn’t want to lose out on my calorie-burning opportunity, and though I was in some pain I wasn’t mortally wounded. [...]

The Reminder

Daphne — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:02:49 +0000

A lot of people are hurting inside these days given the mess the world is in (think the economic crisis, global warming, job losses, and on and on). A terrible sorrow fills me sometimes when I resonate with all that pain. At other times, I am filled with a great hope that all will be [...]