Today’s video features 11 singers from 8 different countries. Enjoy! By the way, for those who love choirs (aka choir nerds), it’s a high D for the soprano and a low G for the bass. What makes this most unusual is the tracing of the globe. And this was done before the pandemic forced global choirs to do this all the time! (If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, …

TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY is September 19. In preparation for this upcoming day, I’ve provided some completely unoriginal pirate jokes for your fun and enjoyment. Convert your own book into pirate-speak at this translator site: Pirate Monkeyness. Please do not tell your pastor or priest to give their Sunday sermon like a pirate. There is all sorts of wrong in that. For “the wages o’ …

Enjoy the delightful storytelling of Andy Andrews. Afterward? Impress your friends with your own versions. The lesson here? There are many ways to sing a tale, but only one is the way the author intended. But it’s still okay to laugh. (If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.)

Todays’ video is both hilarious and sad because it pokes at the “look at me” nature of social media! I laughed so hard the first time I watched it. (Which does suggest multiple viewings.) Enjoy! Oh, and try not to make a similar connection to your writing life.. . . . ahem. (If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly …

Today is a 10-minute video talking (rather rapidly) about a number of strange borders in the United States and how they came to be. Do any of you live near places like these? Is it a big deal in your community or only a conversation piece?I read of a library that is split with one half in Canada and the other in the United States (article click here). Do you need a passport to go over to the …

Enjoy the jump-rope talent of World Champion, Adrienn Banhegyi. Breathtaking! Do you see yourself as a writer jumping over various obstacles? Sometimes over and over again? But with each jump, the next one is “easier” and less of a challenge. But you have to start somewhere! (If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our …

Human creativity seems to know no bounds. Today’s video is a road in Hungary that plays music as you drive over the grooves in the asphalt. You have to go the speed limit You have to go the speed limit Hah! Watch the video and then imagine a Ferrari zipping over the pavement at 120 mph. Little bit of trivia? The same thing was attempted in Lancaster, California, and it did not go well. Here …

With the Olympics happening in Japan, I thought this video would be enjoyed by all. Watch some very clever gymnasts create new feats of athleticism using hula hoops! Writers? Again, this proves that creativity can come from anywhere! (If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.)