TO ADVERTISE CONTACT
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CLASSICS WE SHOULD  READ
CANCER CARE
www.cancer.org       
wwwcancer.gov        
www.breastcancer.org     
www.lotsahelpinghands.com
www.talkingabout cancer.
com          
www.carepages.com
CHOICES
Health Services
Is a program to provide
health care for thousands
County who do not have
health insurance.   
www.acchoices.com
CRISIS INTERVENTION

North Central Florida
Residents:  
Dial 2-1-1
Overwhelmed?  Money
trouble?  Depressed?
Alcohol or drug
problems?Legal issues?  
Abused?  Child care
concerns?  Whatever has
you feeling swept away,
we can help.
To get or give help, just
dial:  211. Get Connected.
Get Answers
A service of United Way of
North Central Florida
(352-332-4636) & Alachua
County Crisis Center
                            PRINT THIS PAGE AND KEEP WHERE YOU CAN FIND IT, WHEN YOU NEED IT!

LIFE COACHING
decisions in their relationships, with their children & adolescents, personal issues, trauma, their careers, and in their business or
organizational development.  Essentially, it is problem solving with the help of a qualified objective person.  I work with
individuals, couples, small businesses and non-profit organizations.
 
Why I can help
- I hold a Masters Degree in Marriage & Family Therapy and a BA in Professional Development with a
concentration in Business.  I have over 30 years experience in leadership management, crisis intervention, psychotherapeutic
services and specialty training in crisis intervention and recovery from trauma.    
Fees Are No Mystery - The first session is free as we get to know each other.  The cost per session thereafter is $45
payable the time of the session.  There is no obligation to pre-pay for a set number of sessions and there is no involvement with
insurance.
 
Sessions take place
at The Pink Porch Bookstore - by appointment and after bookstore hours of course!
Thank you for your referrals.
Rosanne T. Morse, MS/MFT
14720 Main Street, Alachua, Florida - Contact me: 386-462-9552 or email
Rosanne Morse.  
AUTISM, ASPERGERS &
RELATED DISABILITIES
Center for Autism and
Related Disabilities
University of Florida
P.O. Box 100234,
Gainesville, Florida
32610(352) 846-2761
http://www.card.ufl.edu
The Center for Autism and
Related Disabilities (CARD)
provides support and
assistance with the goal of
optimizing the potential of
people with autism and
related disabilities: People
who show difficulties in
verbal and non-verbal
communication, social
interactions, and leisure or
play activities may be dealing
with such a disability.
33.  Inner Resources
To know how other people
behave takes intelligence,but
to know myself takes wisdom.

To manage other people’s lives
my own life takes true power.

If I am content with what I have,
I can live simply and enjoy both
prosperity and free time.

If my goals are clear,I can
achieve them without fuss.

If I am at peace with myself,I
will not spend my life force in
conflicts.

If I have learned to let go,I do
not need to
fear.                                           
                           
The Tao of Leadership
by John Heider


ALACHUA EVENTS
Saturdays 10-3
Millcreek Farm visit the retired horses - bring Carrots!
www.millcreekfarm.org

Weekends
Great Outdoors Music Schedule:
Grreat Outdoors Dining  make reservations at 386-454-1288
FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHTS
MUSIC 8:30 PM   BEEF O’BRADYS DOWNTOWN ALACHUA 386-418-0018 www.
beefobradys.com
SATURDAY NIGHTS
MUSIC on the Patio at EL TORO 386-418-1039  info@eltorogainesville.com
February 8 - Monday
Alachua Business League Meeting 6 Pm at Conestogas
April 18 - Sunday
Alachua Spring Festival  www.alachuabusiness.com
July 4
City of Alachua 4th of July Celebration
August 5 - 15
World Series of Girls Softball  www.cityofalachua.com
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Alachua County Events:  http://www.visitgainesville.com - Alachua County Library System: http://www.aclib.us -
City of Alachua Government:  www.cityofalachua.com - Alachua County Government:  
http://www.co.alachua.fl.us/government/depts - Alachua Chamber of Commerce:  www.alachua.com - Alachua
Business League:  www.alachuabusiness.com - State of Florida:  www.myflorida.com
Alachua Branch Library  
14913 NW 140 Street
Alachua, FL
386-462-2592      
http://www.aclib.us

Book I just finished …

DRiVE:  The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H.
Pink

"Drive is the rare book that will get you to think and inspire you to act.
Pink makes a strong, science-based case for rethinking motivation--and
then provides the tools you need to transform your life."   -Dr. Mehmet
Oz, co-author of YOU: The Owners Manual
RECIPE: Sauce Cake  
 
2 cups flour   /   1½ cups sugar   /   4 tsp.
baking powder
½ tsp. salt   /   2 tsp. vanilla   /   1 cup milk
4 tbsp. (1/4 cup) melted margarine

BUTTERSCOTCH:
1½ cup brown sugar
3 cups hot water
4 Tbsp. (1/4 cup) melted margarine         
ORANGE:
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
3 cups orange juice
1/4 t. lemon rind (opt'l)         
CHOCOLATE:
1½ brown sugar
1/3 cup chocolate Quik
3 cups hot water
HOME
BIPOLAR DISORDER:  If you had a
broken leg, you would seek treatment,
wouldn’t you?  Well the same goes for
keeping mentally healthy.  You may
struggle just to get along and not even
realize that something is medically
haywire.   If your moods swing, or
other people tell you they swing, you
may be experiencing what used to be
called manic-depression – one minute
you’re up – the next you’re down –
with no real reason you can identify.

Bipolar disorder is a condition that can
cause extreme swings in mood—from
manic highs to depressive lows. To be
diagnosed with bipolar disorder you
must have experienced a high period,
however, most people with bipolar
disorder when ill or when symptomatic
experience more lows than highs. These
lows are known as "bipolar depression"
—and they can be debilitating.  

Along with medication, ongoing
psychotherapy or "talk" therapy is an
important part of treatment. During
talk therapy, you can discuss feelings,
thoughts, and behaviors that cause you
problems. Talk therapy can help you
understand and ultimately master
problems that hurt your ability to
function well in life. It also helps you to
stay on your medication -- and helps
you deal with effects on your social and
work life. Talk therapy can help you
maintain a positive self-image.  
For a complete list of events,
click
Events Calendar
Hope you can make it, Your
librarian, Joanne Tremblay,
Alachua Branch Librarian I
jtremblay@aclib.us, www.
aclib.us
Alachua County Library
District, …thinking outside the
book
Alachua’s Main Street:
Ace Hardware
Alachua Chiropractic
Alachua County Today
Alachua Farm & Lumber
Alachua Health & Fitness
Alachua Properties
Alachua Woman’s Club
Bev’s Better Burgers
Beef O’Brady’s
Buttery Sweet Bakery
Buttons & Bows Quilt Shop
Christ Central Ministries
The Celebrations Nook
Cloud K-9 Grooming
Conestogas Restaurant
Custom Lighting
CVS  Pharmacy
Deneno’s Ristorante
Garden Gallery Gifts
Green Heron Art Gallery
Ivy House Restaurant
Jackson's Antiques
Cloud K-9 Pet Grooming
Limelight on Main Gifts
Jackson's Antiques
Jeannie’s Attic
Lee’s Hair Salon
Main Street Pie: A Pizzeria
North Florida Flooring
Open Show Photography
P’Diddles Cafe
Pink Porch Bookstore
Prissy Pals
Sarah Vierra Salon
Request Physical Therapy
Smithy's Antiques
Valerie's Loft -Designer
Consignment
Windstream Communications
Discover Rural
North Florida
through the stories of Mary Lois
(Douglas) Forrester.  Read her
wonderful personal stories
about her childhood and how
things used to be growing up in
rural North Florida.  

Mrs. Forrester has authored four
(4) books :

Lest We Forget, A Town,
Newnansville (Alachua)

Florida  Our Towns - The Way They
Were & Memories of my Childhood

High Springs, Florida Our Town  

Think on These Things
Visit Mary Lois Forrester’s
website:
www.northfloridahistory.com

Books Available at The Pink
Porch Bookstore
in downtown
Alachua.
 

The primary symptoms of bipolar
disorder are dramatic and
unpredictable mood swings. The illness
has two strongly contrasting phases:
1) bipolar mania or hypo-mania
euphoria or irritability - excessive talk;
racing thoughts - inflated self-esteem -
unusual energy; less need for sleep -
impulsiveness, a reckless pursuit of
gratification (shopping sprees,
impetuous travel, more and sometimes
promiscuous sex, high-risk business
investments, fast driving)
2) bipolar depression/major depression
depressed mood and low self-esteem -
low energy levels and apathy - sadness,
loneliness, helplessness, guilt - slow
speech, fatigue, and poor coordination -
insomnia or oversleeping - suicidal
thoughts and feelings - poor
concentration - lack of interest or
pleasure in usual activities
It's important that you discuss all your
symptoms with your health care
professional, including any manic
episodes.  Ask about getting a
professional evaluation with a
psychiatrist and possible medication.  
The other important step is to find a
talk-therapist you ”click” with so you,
and your loved ones, can enjoy a more
peaceful life.
Anthem, Rand
House on Mango Street, Cisneros
Our Town, Wilder
To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain
The Chosen, Potok
The Good Earth, Buck
The Red Badge of Courage, Crane
The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne
Wuthering Heights, Bronte, Emily
Pygmalion, Shaw
Macbeth, Shakespeare
The Awakening, Chopin
Roots, Haley

CRAFT & TECHNIQUE:  CHARACTERIZATION:  4
Well-drawn characters carry emotional and psychological baggage. Characters disdain in others what they
cannot abide in themselves – just like people do.  In most stories, the antagonist writes the problem; the
protagonist writes the resolution.

•        The most difficult decisions for characters are those in which each alternative promises both good and
bad outcomes.
•        Characters’ behavior follows a pattern:  they feel, they thin, they act-through sometimes they skip the
second part.
•        Readers will like a character for the character’s strengths.  Readers will embrace a character for the
character’s weaknesses.
•        Your characters’ way of thinking, as well as the thoughts themselves, help to define your character.  From
time to time, let the reader sneak a peek into the character’s thought process.
If YOU doesn’t love your protagonist, neither will the READER.
•        Mistakes, flaws, and contradictions make characters three dimensional.
•        During dialogue and internal monologues, provide your characters with ‘stage business” trivial but
distinctive actions, e.g., adjusting the blinds, browsing through a magazine, or retying boot laces.
You, as the writer, must know exactly how each character feels, even if the character doesn’t.  
•        Even the most cerebral of characters are at their most endearing when they act on the basis of emotion
rather than intellect.
•        You don’t have to like every character you create.  You shouldn’t, in fact.  But you must be awfully
curious about them
•        Avoid thumbnail sketches of characters.  Let readers come to know your characters gradually, just as in
real life.
A character’s physical appearance may not be important to the plot,
but it is always important to the reader!

Standing by, all the way.
Here to help you
through your day.

Holding you up,
when you are weak,
Helping you find
what it is you seek.

Catching your tears,
when you cry.
Pulling you through
when the tide is high.

Just being there,
through thick and thin,
All just to say,
you are my friend.

- Brittani Kokko -

... a woman stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine
(they offered to call paramedics).  She said she had just tripped over a brick because of
her new shoes…she died at 6 PM…

STR:  Anyone can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions.  If the person
has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 911 immediately and describe the
symptoms:

        
S  Ask the individual to SMILE.
        T  Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE
            (Coherently) (i.e. It is sunny out today.)
        R  Ask the person to RAISE BOTH ARMS.   

New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue.  Ask the person to stick out their
tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an
indication of a stroke.

Mix all ingredients together.  Pour batter into
9 x 13" pan. Mix up one of the following
sauces and carefully pour over batter. (...so
it doesn't splatter all over; the sauce liquid
will start out sitting on top of the cake
batter......and end up, after baking at 350
degrees for 35-40 minutes, with a thick
sauce on the bottom with the cake floating
on top of it!  Wait 20 to 30 minutes before
serving. (From the kitchen of Barb Shelton;
Originally from my Mom)
FEBRUARY
CONTENTS
THE NOOK
Valentines Fun
ARTICLE
2010 Handbook:  Being Human
HEALTH
Bi-Polar Disorder; Recognize a Stroke
RECIPE
Sauce Cake
BOOK
DRIVE by Daniel H. Pink
MUST READS
Classics
POETRY
FRIENDSHIP
CALENDAR
ALACHUA EVENTS
SHOPPING
Alachua Main Street
TIPS FOR WRITERS
CRAFT & TECHNIQUE:  CHARACTERIZATION:  4
LIFE COACHING
Why I can help ...
CRISIS NUMBERS
Cancer, Autism, Information and more
2010 HANDBOOK: BEING HUMAN

Health:
1.       Drink plenty of water.
2.       Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3.       Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is
manufactured in plants.
4.       Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5.       Make time to meditate.
6.       Play more games for fun.
7.       Read more books than you did in 2009.
8.       Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9.       Sleep for 7 hours.
10.    Take a 10-30 minute walk daily - and smile.
Personality:
11.    Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea about their
journey.
12.    Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead
invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13.    Don't overdo. Keep to your limits.
14.    Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15.    Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16.    Dream more while you are awake
17.    Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18.    Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her
mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19.    Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20.    Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

21.    No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22.    Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.  Problems are
simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class
but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23.    Smile and laugh more.
24.    You don't have to win every argument-agree to disagree.

Society:
25.    Call your family often.
26.    Each day give something good to others.
27.    Forgive everyone for everything.
28.    Spend time with people older and younger.  
29.    Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30.    What other people think of you is none of your business.
31.    Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will.
Stay in touch.

Life:
32.    Do the right thing!
33.    Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34.    Over time most hurts heal.
35.    However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36.    No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37.    The best is yet to come..
38.    When you awake alive in the morning, thank your “higher power” for it.
39.    Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
MONTHLY TIP # 4 FOR WRITERS:   Writer’s Little Instruction Book
by Paul Raymond Martin
“Each volume includes motivational quotes and secrets for effective writing from prominent authors and
editors, original aphorisms to keep you focused and on track, anecdotes to illustrate key points related to
writing and the writing life, and story starters or publishing strategies to inspire your work when you’re stuck or
when you just want to try something new.”