Confirmation that I was to follow in my father's footsteps jarred me in ways I never imagined. Since hearing the news, I awaken between 3 and 5 in the morning. Zero dark thirty is when my eyes fly open and I'm full-on aware. The words that normally tumble off my tongue now flow feverishly by pencil over a yellow-lined pad—as though I am possessed. And I write. Poetry. It is through my stepping up, speaking out, and sharing my own very personal thoughts and feelings that will emancipate the...

"In Art, a picture is worth a thousand words. In Literature, Authors write a thousand words to tell a single story."I had this idea of taking photos of American authors and exhibiting them across the country. I started photographing Las Vegas authors with absolutely no one's help. All on my own. The form and style of my photos are of my creation. I alone with no one's help have designed everything that has to do with this project, from taking the photographs to the layout of the An...

Blue.River.Apple. – SECOND HARVEST – A continuation of Alzheimer's through poetry – covers the following two years of "how-to" wade in the salty dementia truth. It's not lofty or lightly, or unintended, but large, open to receiving and trusting that there is hope and help. It took a lot of "you got this, girl!" self talk to believe. During this time, Nancy's diagnosis changed from early on-set Alzheimer's to Mild Cognitive Impairment. Though a lesser diag...

Writers Sidekick Resource Hub gathered great authors and their literature to create the Las Vegas Authors Anthology 2019.Paul Atreides, Keech Ballard, Ned Barnett, Anderson Black, Darlien Breeze, A.L. Campbell, Tamia Dow, Tracy Downey, Lauryn Dyan, Nadia Fox, Andres Fragoso Jr., IM Humanity, Kristine Johnson, Colin Mole, Chema Montecristo, Nancy Nelson, John Bear Ross, Valerie Runyan, Judy Shine-Logan, Lauren Tallman, Tonya Todd, Joe Van Rhyn, RJ Waters, Darrah Whitaker William.

Writers Sidekick Resource Hub gathered great authors and their literature to create Literary Visions Las Vegas Anthology 2020.Paul Atreides, Keech Ballard, Ned Barnett, Anderson Black, Darlien Breeze, AL Campbell, Tamia Dow, Tracy Downey, Lauryn Dyan, Nadia Fox, Andres Fragoso Jr, IM Humanity, Kristine Johnson, Colin Mole, Chema Montecristo, Nancy Nelson, John Bear Ross, Valerie Runyan, Judy Shine-Logan, Lauren Tallman, Tonya Todd, Joe Van Rhyn, RJ Waters, Darrah Whitaker William.

Blue.River.Apple. –THIRD HARVEST – A caregiver's orchid. Alzheimer's. Letters of Love. Poetry. – Another year passes. What an honor to win the 2018 Senior Citizen of the Year Award by the Nevada Delegation of the National Silver Haired Congress, a grassroots initiative that promotes issues involving older Americans. Nancy was awe-struck by everyone's words and sentiments, and saw for the first time just how important her dementia advocacy is as it spreads positive...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A story-driven collection of essays on the twelve powerful phrases we use to sustain our relationships, from the bestselling author of Glitter and Glue and The Middle Place“Kelly Corrigan takes on all the big, difficult questions here, with great warmth and courage.”—Glennon DoyleNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE AND BUSTLE...

Everyone has that moment—the realization that adulthood has arrived, like a runaway train, and there's no getting out of its way. From the hit Tumblr blog of the same name, F*ck! I'm in My Twenties perfectly captures the new generation currently testing the waters of post-college reality. Quick-witted and self-deprecating, the author pens irreverent missives, DIY diagrams, illustrations, and tongue-in-cheek checklists that chronicle her experience as a twenty-something living in t...

A guide to more successful communication for the millions of Americans caring for someone with dementia: "Offers a fresh approach and hope. "—NPRRevolutionizing the way we perceive and live with Alzheimer's, Joanne Koenig Coste offers a practical approach to the emotional well-being of both patients and caregivers that emphasizes relating to patients in their own reality. Her accessible and comprehensive method, which she calls ha...

A stunning collection including the story "Sea Oak," from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyHailed by Thomas Pynchon as "graceful, dark, authentic, and funny," George Saunders gives us, in...

The bestselling, wonderfully unconventional, “warmly conspiratorial…seriously good” (The New York Times) memoir-in-letters from the Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe Award–winning actress that has received fabulous and wide praise. “There is no one else quite like Mary-Louise Parker…Funny, heartbreaking and profound” (ELLE).An extraordinary literary memoir, Dear Mr. You renders the singular arc of a woman’s life through letters Mary-Louise Par...

WHAT THE HECK IS AN INTERNET MEME?Meme (pronounced meem): An idea, belief or element of social behavior spread that is transmitted from one person or group of people to another.This word was coined in the '70s by Richard Dawkins, the atheist godman worshipped by neckbeards everywhere.Simply put, Internet memes are memes that spread on the Internet through social networking sites, blogs, email, news sources, and so on. In the real world they're calle...