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03/19/2021

So true!

12/16/2020

When applying for a new opportunity, try being yourself! Check out our new post on authentic communication.

When I taught children’s music, the number-one cringe-causing comment I would hear from parents was, “Plug your ears. He can’t sing.” I’d want to scream out (most un-musically): “Hey parent, you’re missing the point!” “Mommy & Me” classes were not about performance. They were abo...

12/02/2020

Thanks to Photographer Shayd Johnson for Words River's seasonal page!

out exploring backroads in BC we stumbled across this landscape. off the side of a bridge. the sun broke through as there was a gust of snow drift passing through the landscape.. Download this photo by shayd johnson on Unsplash

12/02/2020

Your WR outfitter's hosting a new Word of the Week challenge! Try using this word some time during the next 7 days. Let us know if you use it without raising the eyebrows of your audience. The first challenge word is: LOGOPHILE (a lover of words of course!)

11/25/2020

Hopeful words for times like these by poet Carl Sandburg. This excerpt is from "The People, Yes," written during the Great Depression:

"Man is a long time coming.
Man will yet win.
Brother may yet line up with brother:

This old anvil laughs at many broken hammers.
There are men who can’t be bought.
The fireborn are at home in fire.
The stars make no noise.
You can’t hinder the wind from blowing.
Time is a great teacher.
Who can live without hope?

In the darkness, with a great bundle of grief
the people march.
In the night, and overhead a shovel of stars
for keeps, the people march:
'Where to? What next?'"

So much balm in the word jars of great books! Read and get better...and better....

11/23/2020

11/11/2020

Happy Veterans Day!🇺🇸
As a veteran-owned business, I offer discounts to active duty and retired military members. Job seekers transitioning to civilian life have enjoyed enhancing their resumes and interview skills at Words River. Drop us a line.

11/02/2020

There's good news...and more good news! At Words River, we have tools to help.

The good news: You found a job you're interested in! The bad news: You have to update your resume. This is something that some consider worse than having a root canal. Words River clients have offered some reasons for this: "Writing is hard." "I'm uncomfortable selling myself." "Structures and style...

10/25/2020

Inspired at Mt Vernon today. “A knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.” – George Washington.

10/22/2020

First post is up - check it out!

It was 39 years ago, in Journalism 101 class, that I learned the importance of asking questions. “It’s a tool called ‘the 5 w’s and the h,’” said Mr. Moses, a no-nonsense character and the best "J-School" teacher I ever had. As a “Mr.” — not “Dr.”— he had come to the classroo...