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This past Wednesday was Veterans Day. While I gave thanks to my family and friends for their service, I’d like to honor a few more. Dave Jones, a fellow Toastmaster from Johnstown, served in the U.S. Army. Alvin Smith was in the Air Force, and Jim Teague also served his country. The Trendy Bunny StudioContinue reading “Trendy Honors Veterans 🇺🇸”

Imagine Greensburg or Latrobe or Ligonier without any of its small, local businesses. Coffee shops, hair and nail salons, corner stores, spas, boutique clothing stores, consignment shops, restaurants, craft stores, bars, fruit markets, shoe/bike/tire repair shops, laundromats, art supply stores, gift shops, gas stations, pet stores, and more – all gone. What would be left?Continue reading “Why You Should Shop Small?”

I made plans to attend the Earlybirds meeting this morning. I served as humorist and jokemaster Wordmaster was Distinguished Toastmaster Walter J Smith. The Word of the Day was Veteran. I paid homage to those who served. I honored my grandfathers who both served in the Army (my maternal grandfather served during World War IIContinue reading “Christmas Haul Part Deux”

It’s been one year since I regularly started posting to this blog. How has it changed me since starting it last November 19? It has reignited my passion for writing and helped me to share my feelings. I talked about my Toastmasters experiences. When my friends were live on Facebook, I shared in the blogContinue reading “Toastmaster Visits and Thanksgiving”

If I told you 2020 was a better year (for me) than last year, you’d think I was crazy. Despite the year 2020 has been I’m feeling a lot better now than I was last year at this time. Last year I was struggling with the loss of my Grandma and more recently my cousin,Continue reading “My Cup Runneth Over”

Cranberry High Noon Toastmasters held its hybrid open House this afternoon at the Seven Fields Community Center and via Zoom. They had 22 people in attendance, including 7 guests. Two of the guests have joined. Serving as Toastmaster of the meeting was Vice President of Education Linde Riley. She picked a great theme for theContinue reading “Build a Better You: Join Cranberry High Noon Toastmasters”

This is a short but sweet blog. Saturday was the Trendy Trick or Treat party at the Trendy Bunny Studio. It ran from 10am to 3pm. I didn’t attend but I viewed all the stories on Instagram and it looks like it was a success. For TTBS owner Alisha Edwards, it was a dream comeContinue reading “Trendy Trick or Treat and Stylish Achievers Hybrid”

It’s been a while since I’ve used stylish in the title of my blogs. This is a preview of what’s to come soon to The Stylish Swanky James. I do like that title. I’m also trendy like my friends at Trendy. First off, you’ll still read about Toastmasters as well as my small business visits.Continue reading “Stylish Sneak Preview”

Yes those are infinity scarves on my wall. I’m rocking the leopard scarf right now and I feel very confident. I didn’t have this confidence before but this year has been good to me, if you can believe that. I’ve begun to follow small businesses on social media and have recently started visiting them inContinue reading “Self Confidence is the Best Outfit”

It’s been a while but I’m back. On September 19, we held our annual Fall Symposium. Because of the pandemic, it was going to be held virtually. The beginning portion of the event was reserved for the awards ceremony. We recognized 43 newly Distinguished Toastmasters. One of them was me. These members earned their achievement.Continue reading “What’s News in Division B—Spirit of Toastmasters”