[Note: If you are looking for the comic strip site also called Something Positive, that can be found at somethingpositive.NET. The two sites are unrelated. Ours may be more positive; his may be funnier.]
“There's a simple charm…
down on the farm.”
Welcome to Something Positive.com--
your soon-to-be home for that warm, fuzzy feeling. The first idea was that the site would have consisted of an original, daily dose of inspiration. On
any given day it could be that next serialized installment of
the goings on in Caldwaller Flats, an interview with that neighbor
you never knew was so goshdarn interesting, or some other meandering
observation from the not-quite-right mind of your author, David
Bartholomew. Heck, if you're real good... I might even cough up
my long-sough-after recipe for cobbler, babaloo shrimp,or Buster's
Baked Beans. What more could you ask for?!
But… the ever-impending book BFE: The Caldwaller Chronicles, while having yielded a good number of short stories up to this point, has not yet materialized in its totality as a published work.
SomethingPositive.com in itself (that is, the expasion of this page) got pushed back for a sister
project— DoingIt!-- a journal of positive living— that was published monthly for 5 years and is currently on hiatus.
Free sample issues of this monthly magazine/newsletter are still available via the DoingIt! page.
And other time and effort has gone into a number of high-minded projects, such as:
- The One World Flag— an international symbol of diversity.
- The One World Flag Blog— where the best of DoingIt! and other thought is presented along these lines.
- my H-Y-P-H-E-N-A-T-E Productions site— where among other things you can find news of our award-winning Peoplementaries, my Spirit Photography, my alternative healing work, and more.
- my wife's Joan Clark's Palais Aromaetica— highlighting her renowned natural perfumery/aromatherapy, empowering classes/retreats for women, intuitive healing/treatment work and readings, her Joan of Art area, numerous product lines and products— including the Goddess Aromaetica, the Pet Alchemist, the B the Messenger line of goddess t-shirts and more, the Moon Goddess Oracle Deck, etc. ... believe in the Power, Magic and Beauty of your own heART.
- the general Joan Clark Blog— showcasing the wisdom in numerous areas of my better half.
- Powerful Passionate Women for Peace— just one of the many-chaptered circles of women Joan has started.
- the Powerful Passionate Women for Peace Blog— now the only place to receive the New and Full Moon meditation postings. If you want peace done right… ask a woman!
- The on the back burner, moving to the front burnerCheerleader for Humanity website— yet another manifestation of the Tools, Expressions and Creations for Empowerment that we, as the self-proclaimed Eclectic Pair continue to issue forth.
Chalk this all up to a trust that things happen as they are supposed to, and that each step along the path thus far as yielded what it was supposed to. I believe everything released by us to-date honors the original intent behind SomethingPositive.com, and I may just yet get down to sharing some of the goings-on down at Caldwaller Flats; that slice of heaven positioned somewhere between the friendly neighbors of Mayberry, Lake Wobegon, etc.
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