Mary Tate Engels - Romance Writer
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Etched in glass, in every major language, on a hotel bathroom wall in Lisbon: Everything is Possible.

1/14/2019

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Spanish: Todo es possible.
This is my year of getting organized. I’ve been stewing about it for years. Trying to change my bad habits. But now, I have what my techy son calls “digital clutter.” And in this era, who the heck wants clutter? It weighs you down and takes your energy (so he says). In order to get out from under the weight and gain creative energy, I intend to get a handle on all my stuff, take control of my incoming, utilize Delete and Trash liberally, and be more creative. I’m still wondering if getting organized will improve or decrease my creativity? I’m betting on the former.
 
French: Tout est possible
I’m not saying I’m a hoarder, but I admit, I do save a lot. An awful lot! But you never know when you might need something, right? Admittedly, I can’t always find what I need or want.
Realistically though, how can a person of a certain age (moi) with years of undisciplined organizational practices, advocate of the Chaos Theory, someone with a Wild Mind who files in a horizontal (spread out all over the desk) fashion, be both creative and organized?
 
Portuguese: Tudo é possível.
My initial act toward organizational nirvana was to clean up my computer desktop (completely covered with files and folders!), create bins or folders, and place files where I might be able to find them when needed. Next will be to unsubscribe and delete daily incoming that I don’t use. I will also eliminate one of three email addresses. Yes, three. What was I thinking? Not clearly, for sure.
 
So far, refocusing 2019 marketing material into one file and donating 1 large bag of books and magazines. Today I unsubscribed from a last-year’s speaker to our writing group. I feel lighter already. But not more creative. We shall see… follow my progress and I’ll let you know how things are going. Hey, it’s only January.
 
I keep telling myself everything is possible!


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Corazon Contento, Sonoran Recipes and Stories from the Heart
Mary Tate Engels and Madeline Gallego Thorpe

 
This delightful cookbook is filled with such distinctive regional recipes as tamales, enchiladas, and posole, but so much more. Every recipe is a story with recuertos (memories), dichos (sayings), and herbal remedios (remedies). It provides a delicious record of a way of life and cooking that developed along the American - Sonora Mexican border.
 
For purchase: $10.00 each book plus shipping. Contact-  rvengels@yahoo.com

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Tales from Wide Ruins, Jean and Bill Cousins, Traders
Mary Tate Engels, co-writer and editor, memoirs of traders to the Navajo
 

What was it like to live and work on the edge of two cultures? From the birthplace of the Wide Ruins rug, comes a seamless tapestry of Navajo life, trading, and the building of a cultural bridge between Southwest Indians and the invading Anglos. This original source material of the life and times of Jean and Bill Cousins shows how traders helped forge a basis for commerce, the development of vegetal dyed Navajo rugs, and for mutual respect.
 
 


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