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When Helen and Nate move to the country to build the house of Helen's dreams, they never expected the land they would purchase held so many secrets and a large hidden fortune. A century ago, Hattie Breckenridge was hung for the loss of two of the townspeople's children, but not before she hid her fortune somewhere on the property. As Helen and Nate build their home, the historic pieces she brings in will also allow three generations of Brekenridge women's spirits to make themselves known. Will Helen, with the help of her 13 year old neighbor Olive, be able to figure out where the treasure is and who in the town can be trusted before it's too late? Another 5 star book in our eyes - we couldn't put it down and never could have seen the ending coming!

Batten down the hatches, the Barksdale sisters are in town! It's "Aunt Nauseam," this week on Morgendorks! When Helen's niece gets ready to file for divorce, it ends up bringing the Barksdale sisters together again ... but not in a good way. Turns out they only exist to destroy one another? This is an episode that is somehow both busy (there's a friggin' D plot, y'all) and repetitive, and we get a little lost trying to figure out what that means for our episode rankings. That said, there's some truly lovely sisterly bonding in here for Quinn and Daria, and we couldn't be more stoked about that. And the Fashion Club gets a strong B plot! Oh man, I'm already talking myself into questioning our ranking. Enjoy! Links: The Prevalence of Substance Abuse and Other Mental Health Concerns Among American Attorneys | Journal of Addiction Medicine 144 Years of Divorce and Marriage in One Chart | Randal S. Olson Provisional Number of Marriages and Marriage Rate | CDC Episode Rankings Outpost Daria Reborn Patreon: patreon.com/morgendorks Email: morgendorks@gmail.com Twitter: @morgendorks Facebook: fb.me/morgendorks.podcast

Today we celebrate a German landscape and flower painter who was forbidden to paint by her father. We'll also learn about a self-taught botanist who spent nearly a dozen years in the Amazon rainforest. We hear an excerpt about spring from the man who wrote A Farewell to Arms. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about one of the 19th-century’s top botanical illustrators. And then we’ll wrap things up with a little story from the 2017 Beijing Crabapple Conference.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy.   The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter featuring: A personal update from me Garden-related items for your calendar The Grow That Garden Library™ featured books for the week Gardener gift ideas Garden-inspired recipes Exclusive updates regarding the show Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf.   Gardener Greetings Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org   Curated News My Trees: Alive, Dead, or In-Between? Evaluating Plants 2 Months After Texas Freeze | Pam Penick   Facebook Group If you'd like to check out my curated news articles and original blog posts for yourself, you're in luck. I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So, there’s no need to take notes or search for links. The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community, where you’d search for a friend... and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events April 14, 1844 Today is the birthday of the German landscape and flower painter Helene Cramer who was born on this day in 1844. Helen and her sister Molly were both painters in Hamburg, Germany. Their father, Cesar, forbade his daughters to become painters. And so, the two sisters didn’t start painting until middle age. Helen was 38 when she first picked up a brush. Her primary subject with flowers. After studying with other artists and painters, Helen and Molly exhibited their art throughout Germany and at the 1883 World's Fair in Chicago. Most gardeners say that their favorite painting of Helene’s is her work called "Marsh Marigolds and Crown Imperials." When Helen died in 1916, she was 72 years old. Both she and her sister are buried in Plot 27 of the "Garten der Frauen," Or the garden of women at the Hamburg Ohlsdorf cemetery.   April 14, 2020 On this day the book, A Naturalist in the Amazon: The Journals & Writings of Henry Walter Bates was published. Unlike many of his scientist friends and peers, Henry was entirely self-taught. Early in his career, Henry met the great English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. By 1848, Henry and Alfred left England to explore the Amazon Rainforest. While Henry stayed in the Rainforest for eleven years, Alfred returned to England after four years- though all of Alfred’s specimens and notes were lost at sea on his voyage home. After the ship he was on caught fire and sank, Alfred and the crew were rescued after ten days adrift in the Atlantic. During his eleven years in the Rainforest in Brazil, Henry collected butterflies, and he sent back a whopping 15,000 insect specimens - with over half of his collection listed as brand new discoveries. As Henry wrapped up his time in the Rainforest, he had survived both yellow fever and malaria in addition to many other uncomfortable maladies. Toward the end, it’s not surprising to read that Henry had grown weary of the enormous challenges of life as an explorer. He wrote, “I suffered most inconvenience from the difficulty of getting news from the civilized world down river, from the irregularity of receipt of letters, parcels of books and periodicals, and towards the latter part of my residence from ill-health arising from bad and insufficient food.” In the end - after a dozen years away from family, friends, and civilization - Henry Bates, the great Naturalist, could not ignore what had been building in his heart: he was lonely. He wrote, “I was obliged, at last, to come to the conclusion that the contemplation of nature alone is not sufficient to fill the human heart and mind.” In 2014, Henry’s Amazon notebooks were digitized, and they are now online to view from the Natural History Museum Library. And in 2018, Henry’s remarkable story was shared in an IMAX film called Amazon Adventure.   Unearthed Words “With so many trees in the city, you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. This was the only truly sad time in Paris because it was unnatural. You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees, and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days, though, the spring always came finally, but it was frightening that it had nearly failed.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast   Grow That Garden Library James Sowerby by Paul Henderson This book came out in 2016, and the subtitle is The Enlightenment's Natural Historian. In this book, Paul Henderson introduces us to James Sowerby -  arguably one of the best botanical illustrators during the mid-18th to mid-19th centuries. One of the reasons James was such a successful artist, was no doubt due to his extremely high intellect. He was also one of the period's most knowledgeable natural historians. Paul introduces James this way: “This book is the story of a remarkable man. Unusual and his breath of scientific interest which he applied successfully; unusual in his desire to learn throughout his life and to impart his knowledge widely;  unusual and going against the current practices by being at one - at the same time his own researcher, writer, illustrator, teacher, publisher and bookseller; unusual in his considerable output of innovative, high-quality and influential works; and unusual in becoming the patriarch of a successful line of natural historians.” I've talked about James numerous times on the show. He teamed up with numerous botanists during his lifetime, and his illustrations Grace the pages of many of their books. As for James, his Masterpiece was called Sowerby's Botany -  a detailed 36-volume reference on the plants of England. Of course, the book also included over 2,500 hand-colored illustrations. This book is 336 pages of the first-time biography of an incredible artist and scientist: James Sowerby. You can get a copy of James Sowerby by Paul Henderson and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $40   Today’s Botanic Spark Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart April 14, 2017 On this day, the Beijing Crabapple Conference began. Visitors toured the Crabapple Garden during the conference, which featured many new American cultivars of crabapples like Brandywine, Cinderella, Molten Lava, Lollipop, and Madonna - all of which were created by the respected and admired nurseryman from Lake County, Ohio, Jim Zampini. During the conference, attendees were sad to learn that Jim had passed away at the age of 85. Today, Jim’s legacy lives on in his fantastic crabapple varieties like Centurion, Harvest Gold, Lancelot Dwarf, Sugar Tyme, and the Weeping Candied Apple. Crabapples are small, deciduous trees with densely woven branches that feature fragrant and beautiful white, pink, or red petals when they bloom in the spring. Self-sterile crabapples rely on bees and other insects for pollination. The trees rarely grow taller than 25 feet high. Generally speaking, it takes two to five years for a crabapple tree to bear fruit. Crabapples differ from standard apple trees in that they offer smaller fruit. Apples that are less than 2 inches in diameter are considered crabapples. If you want to plant a mini-orchard of Crabapple trees, space the saplings 6 to 15 feet apart. Group them on the closer end of the range if you are planting dwarf or more upright varieties. Crabapple trees are just beginning to come into bloom in our 2021 gardens. When they are in flower, few flowering trees can rival their charm. In Polish folklore, apple trees were considered dream trees. Sleeping under apple trees was thought to create a dream-filled sleep. And, placing an apple under a maiden’s pillow could induce a dream of her future husband. In English folklore, crabapple seeds or pips were thrown into the fire on Valentine’s Eve while chanting the name of your true love. If the pips explode, your love will be true and will last forever.   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener. And remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

“Retrain your teams, because the times are different.” Our guest today is someone who knows how important it is to be constantly leveling up and reskilling. She even launched a global challenge to help support the restaurant industry during the pandemic, because she knows we need new, innovative solutions for the biggest challenges facing our workforce today. On today's episode of Bring It In, 1Huddle's CEO and founder Sam Caucci sat down with Helen Lao, the founder and president of ClearPath Solutions. ClearPath is an executive search firm that matches talent within the industry. In her role, Helen leads a dynamic team across the country in matchmaking different growth brands with top leaders within the industry. When Helen saw how the restaurant industry was being impacted by COVID, she got to work launching her #StepUptoTheTable initiative, where people from all over the U.S. buy gift cards or a meal from their favorite restaurant, share it on social media, and challenge someone else to do the same. Some of the topics Sam and Helen cover in today's episode include how you can step up and make an impact even if you don't have a lot of resources to work with, what the future of work looks like for the restaurant industry, and what it means to be a true leader in times of disruption. This is an episode you won't want to miss, so let's… Bring it in!

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Season 9 Episode 2. This is a recap of my interview with Helen Hares and we talked about how she increased her direct bookings. 02:50 About Helen 04:40 Why Helen settled in Competa, Spain 06:50 The first thing Helen did when she opened her business 08:00 About Villa Andalucia 10:00 Helen's biggest marketing shift 12:50 When Helen started to look at social media 14:10 Helen's problems before she encountered Boostly Academy 22:20 Helen's pivot • https://Boostly.co.uk • https://Boostly.co.uk/5steps • https://instagram.com/boostlyuk • https://Boostly.co.uk/guidebook • https://Boostly.co.uk/website • https://BookdirectMap.com • https://Boostly.co.uk/podcast

Discharged naval officer Johnny Morrison returns to his wife, Helen, in Hollywood after fighting in the South Pacific, and with him are two military friends, George, and shell-shocked Buzz. Johnny is stunned to discover Helen’s unfaithfulness with a local nightclub owner named Eddie, who then breaks it off with her. When Helen is found murdered, ... Read moreGuns Dames Cigarettes Episode 15

Who would wave goodbye to household names and a successful digital marketing agency to start a brand new business? In 2017, Helen Pritchard did exactly that and began training entrepreneurs, coaches and businesses in LinkedIn lead generation. A year later, sales for her LinkedIn Mastermind alone totalled nearly £218k. In 2019, she hit the £1 million turnover mark. In her two short years in business, Helen has reached hundreds of thousands of business owners with her training and won an Enterprise Vision Award in the Internet Industry category. Over 10,000 people have taken part in her famous free 5-day challenges in 2019, and she aims to quadruple that figure in 2020. A single mum of two girls, Helen has proven that dropping the BS excuses and just sitting down and doing the work gets you results. She’s become known for her no-nonsense approach and now mentors others who want to replicate her success. When Helen was last on the show (see episode 12), we talked a lot about LinkedIn. And this time we’re not. We are talking about how Helen has famously achieved several 6 figure launches (including 1 during the Coronavirus lockdown) and her first 7 figure year. What it really takes, why it’s led by a simple set of principles and how easy it is to overcomplicate. Plus we discuss what it takes to create the systems, structure and team in the background to support success.   Highlights: “When you do a BETA, as we call it, people should know and be totally on board with the fact that it’s not gonna be the finished polished article.”   “If you’re trying to shortcut it, you’re missing the point.”   “People want to see you live and people want to see you giving up the most precious commodity of all, which is your time and your knowledge.”   “It’s the process. And understanding the process is where you win, because you then get to repeat it again and again and again.”   “Get some real clarity on setting those goals and working out how many of your thing you’ve got to sell to hit them.”   More from Helen: Follow Helen on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LinkedInLeadGen Follow Helen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helenpritchardonline/ Connect with Helen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenpritchard/ Join the Expert Focus community on Facebook for bonuses, exclusives and excellent jokes (well that’s for you to decide). All designed to help you grow your expert business:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/theexpertfocuscommunity

Helen Shiner, owner of The Shiner Group, talks about her boutique brokerage style in our interview—which is based on building long-lasting relationships—and not pushing sales to hit numbers. I knew Helen was going to bring such a great amount of knowledge and professionalism to the table and her mission to build a trusted brand is why she emphasized that actively seeking agents to join her firm—has to be 100% the right fit. If an individual is in alignment with her compassionate, professional and courteous overall brand and vision, she said she openly welcomes newcomers to their team. When Helen brought up how many people in her industry will automatically shy away from the millennial generation—Helen said she loves working with them because they just work in different ways. And her passion to serve the people in her community, is why she typically services generations within the family’s and relationships that she organically cultivated. Helen’s compassion came through when she talked about how the city of Quincy designated her office as the primary emergency center for families in need during the March storms of 2018—and how being able to support her community in such a profound way is exactly why she decided to open her own boutique brokerage of Realtors at The Shiner Group. To work with Helen contact her directly at: helen@shinergrouprealtors.com

Helen Shiner, owner of The Shiner Group, talks about her boutique brokerage style in our interview—which is based on building long-lasting relationships—and not pushing sales to hit numbers. I knew Helen was going to bring such a great amount of knowledge and professionalism to the table and her mission to build a trusted brand is why she emphasized that actively seeking agents to join her firm—has to be 100% the right fit. If an individual is in alignment with her compassionate, professional and courteous overall brand and vision, she said she openly welcomes newcomers to their team. When Helen brought up how many people in her industry will automatically shy away from the millennial generation—Helen said she loves working with them because they just work in different ways. And her passion to serve the people in her community, is why she typically services generations within the family’s and relationships that she organically cultivated. Helen’s compassion came through when she talked about how the city of Quincy designated her office as the primary emergency center for families in need during the March storms of 2018—and how being able to support her community in such a profound way is exactly why she decided to open her own boutique brokerage of Realtors at The Shiner Group. To work with Helen contact her directly at: helen@shinergrouprealtors.com

Read by Douglas.When Helen and Jensen are playing in Castle Earnose they discover a trapdoor that leads to the darkest and scariest place they've ever been! But after they meet an old friend, they come up with a clever plan to escape. 

When Helen was 5, her baby brother Martin died in a cot death. She remembers his little white coffin being put into the neighbours car, her other brother, who was four at the time, remembers that car registration number to this day, over fifty years later. Decades later, Helen went on to found the Children’s Grief Centre in Limerick, supporting children who are grieving. In this conversation, Helen and Liz discuss children’ grief and draw on their experience as counsellors to discuss some of the important themes that can come up for children who are grieving and offer some really practical suggestions on how to best support grieving children, whether their loss be through bereavement or parental separation. For more information on children's grief, see https://www.childhoodbereavement.ie, the website of the Irish Childhood Bereavement Network. The Children's Grief Centre in Limerick can be contacted here https://www.childrensgriefcentre.ie. See their video here https://youtu.be/jgKcdZeW5rs And for people in the USA, The Dougy Centre for grieving children can be contacted here https://www.dougy.org and in the UK, https://www.childbereavementuk.org The article by Daniel McConnell that Helen refers to can be read here https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/analysis/every-child-has-right-to-be-heard-829640.html Note from Liz: I hope you're all getting something really beneficial from the Shapes Of Grief podcast. I want to send out a huge thanks to those of you who have sponsored the podcast so far. I'm delighted to let you know that there is a new sponsorship option of just $1 per month - I'm hoping this will encourage more listeners to sponsor us and help to keep us going. Become a sponsor for as little as $1 per month! Your support is much appreciated. ♥️ https://www.patreon.com/shapesofgrief

Today we celebrate the daughter of a millionaire who found solace in nature and the refreshing approach of one of the country's top naturalists. We learn about the discovery of vanilla (complete with a ravishing recipe for vanilla coffee liqueur from 1974), and we'll commemorate the Doctor's Pit where the botanist David Douglas died. We'll hear the oft-quoted poem that begins, "The scarlet of maples can shake me like a cry of bugles going by," and we Grow That Garden Library with a new book for 2019 called The Sanctuary of My Garden: Poems by Fotoula Reynolds. I'll talk about the last call for bringing your houseplants back indoors and then wrap things up with the sweet story of a botany curriculum for 4th graders in Louisville, Kentucky.   But first, let's catch up on a few recent events. I ran across the most delightful wedding story the other day. It was shared in the blog Plans and Presents. It was a wedding that had a garden theme, and it took place at The Asylum Chapel in London.  Helen Abraham Photography captured the gorgeous images of this wedding. I shared the post in the Free FB community for listeners of the show. You can check out the full post there. But, here's a quick overview of how the couple (who share a love for gardens and garden history) met from the Bride, Nancy: "As a life-long learner, an avid gardener and fan of early American history, I had embarked upon a trip to follow up the research I had done on the plant exchange between Philadelphia and London in the 18th century, and a botanist named Peter Collinson who had lived at that time in Peckham. Journeying to London, I made contact with people who suggested I get in touch with Derek, as he had written an article about Collinson. Eventually, Derek and I met up, talked endlessly about Collinson, research, and other things. Back in California, we exchanged many emails, and when I was next in London, we met up again, and as time transpired, we spent more and more time together. Derek and I are an older couple, he being in his late 80s and I am in my late 70s. Having been happily single for 40 years, I was never expecting a marriage proposal. But it did happen…" Now for the good part. Here's how Nancy decided to incorporate the garden into her beautiful wedding: "I wanted the flowers of the day to be a peach/pink/apricot color scheme, and I knew they would add a punch of color alongside the black outfit I planned to wear, also coordinating with the colors of the inside of the Chapel. Because of our background, I wanted the Chapel to look like a garden. Rather than have typical flower arrangements, Anya turned Asylum Chapel into an amazing and magical garden, with plots of the garden here and there and a path through the garden to the altar. Even the staff said they had never seen the Chapel look so wonderful." I reached out to Alison over at Plans and Presents to tell her how much I enjoyed her post, and she said: "That wedding was stunning, and it was my honor to feature it."     Another great story in the world of horticulture recently ran in the Denver Post. It turns out, there's a fun new collaboration between the Denver Botanic Gardens and Mythology Distillery, a cocktail bar and distillery in the heart of the LoHi neighborhood in Denver.  Blake Burger is a horticulturist at the Denver Botanic Gardens, and Scott Yeats is the founder of Mythology Distillery. And, they're also old college buddies from their days back at Colorado State. I love this story so much that I reached out to the Mythology Distillery to learn more. Btw, the bottle of Forager Gin is beautiful.  And I love how Mythology tells the story of the gin on their website: "Two Friends, a Distiller, and a Horticulturist …. Forage for a missing ingredient in a garden one mile above the sea.  Two pounds of chamomile and elderflower along with three pounds of lemon verbena were all it took to make3,000 bottles of Forager botanical gin.  If you're in Denver, you can pick up a bottle of Forager Gin for yourself or as a gift for around $35 from Mythology.     Brevities #OTD On this day in 1910, the news out of Pittsburgh announced the creation of a new chrysanthemum named in honor of Henry Clay Frick's only daughter Helen who was 22 years old. The public was invited to view the lovely blossom in Frick's million-dollar conservatory. The newspaper reported that it took Frick's "high-priced gardeners" four years to create the flower. A few years earlier, when Helen became a débutante, her father offered to give her a gift of whatever her heart desired. Helen asked for a park - but not just any park. Helen requested a wilderness park. She wanted a place where the land would remain in a natural state, and she hoped the children of Pittsburgh would use the park to connect with the natural world. Helen's birthday present became known as Frick Park, and today it remains the largest park in Pittsburgh with 561 acres of trails and wooded areas. Helen's request doesn't seem so peculiar once you learn that nature had been a refuge for Helen as a child. When Helen was three years old, her older sister Martha died.  Her father called Martha his little "Rosebud," and she died when she was five years old. Martha's death was the result of swallowing a pin. The incident caused two years of painful complications that ultimately led to her death.  Then, when Helen was four years old, her father was shot in an assassination attempt. Two days later, her newborn baby brother died. These early losses left Helen's parents grief-stricken and depressed. After her parents died, Helen used her immense fortune to create a 640-acre nature sanctuary in New York State. She also made a point of adding gardens to any of her developments. She also gave money for 1,000 azaleas to be planted in a garden across from the Phipps Conservatory in Schenley Park. A Frick descendant, Martha Frick Symington Sanger, wrote a book about Helen called Helen Clay Frick: Bittersweet Heiress. In the book, Sanger noted that her aunt lived in a moss-covered cottage and rather enjoyed gardening. Helen even performed everyday garden chores like weeding and planting fruit trees. She also had a good understanding of local birds and could identify their songs.  #OTD  On this day in 1942, the Freeport Journal published a delightful story about the naturalist Edwin Way Teale. Here's what it said, "To most of his neighbors Edwin Way Teale Is known as the man who can spend a solid day In a two-acre field without 1) being on a picnic, or (2) apparently doing a stroke of work.  Scientists... assert that his collection of 15,000 photographs of insects—most of them taken in that same two-acre field—is an important contribution to entomology. Edwin Teale himself insists that he's just an amateur who managed to make a hobby pay.  ... In college, he had majored in English; entomology was only a word to him.  About six years ago," he recounts, "I was writing an article on fishing. I took some pictures of dry flies, and somehow that started me photographing live insects.  Soon afterward, neighbors stared when they saw him crawling around his back yard with a magnifying glass.  This led him to rent the "insect rights" to a nearby field that contains several apple trees, a patch of swamp, and other features attractive to winged and crawling life. He estimates there are 1,800 varieties of insects in the tract.  "It is a universe," Teale says. "Exploring it provides the thrill of travel and adventure."  ... Once, he made friends with a praying mantis. He named her "Dinah," and she shared his study for weeks. Finally, Dinah devoured her own arm. Teale had just time to get the picture. Earlier, he had taken her to New York City, where she escaped from his pocket on Broadway. Denizens of that cynical thoroughfare were surprised to see a well-dressed six-footer frantically pursuing a bug." A year after this article, Teale's book By-ways to Adventure: A Guide to Nature Hobbies won the John Burroughs Medal for distinguished natural history writing.   Sadly, during World War II, Teale’s son, David, was killed in Germany. Teale and his wife began traveling across the country by automobile. The trips help them cope with their grief and became an integral part of Teale's writing. Their 1947 journey, covering 17,000 miles in a black Buick and following the unfolding spring, led to Teale's book North with the Spring. Additional road trips lead to more books: Journey Into Summer, Autumn Across America, and Wandering Through Winter. Wandering Through Winter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1966. And, it was  Teale who said: "For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad." " Any fine morning, a power saw can fell a tree that took a thousand years to grow." “Our minds, as well as our bodies, have need of the out-of-doors. Our spirits, too, need simple things, elemental things, the sun and the wind and the rain, moonlight, and starlight, sunrise and mist and mossy forest trails, the perfumes of dawn, and the smell of fresh-turned earth and the ancient music of wind among the trees.”     #OTD  On this day in 1974, a newspaper clipping from the Star-Gazette out of Elmira New York shared a Recipe for Vanilla Coffee Liqueur. But, before the Recipe was shared, the author took a moment to explain how the signature ingredient, vanilla, was discovered: "In school, I learned that the explorer Hernan Cortes discovered vanilla during the 15th century when he quaffed a cup of hot chocolate at the court of Montezuma. The Aztec Indians made this pungent beverage from the beans of the cacao tree, combined with pods the Spaniards named vanilla. For three centuries, vanilla remained a luxury within reach of only affluent Europeans and Americans. People believed the orchid would only grow in Mexico. Then a French botanist discovered the bee that pollinated the orchid. Eventually, Madagascar became the primary grower of the vanilla orchid, which grows on a coarse vine that requires about three years of pampering before it bears fruit. Vanilla came into its own with the invention of ice cream in the 17th century. Today vanilla is three times as popular as any other flavor." Here is a liqueur sauce that, in my opinion, can transform a dish of ice cream or pudding into an epicurean treat. VANILLA COFFEE LIQUEUR I ½ cups brown sugar, firmly packed 1 cup granulated sugar 2 cups water ½ cup instant coffee powder 3 cups vodka 2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract Combine sugars with water. Bring to boil and boil for 5 minutes. Slowly stir in coffee powder. Cool: Pour into jug or jar. Add vodka and vanilla. Mix thoroughly. Cover and let stand at least 2 weeks. Serve over ice cream or pudding or as a flavoring for milk drinks. Yields about 5 cups.   #OTD On this day in 2014, the botanist David Douglas was memorialized with a plaque at his death site. The occasion marked the 100th anniversary of Douglas's death. The Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission created the plaque because Douglas was the first scientist to visit the Oregon territory. Douglas scientifically identified hundreds of plants during his lifetime, including the Douglas fir, the state tree of Oregon. In addition to the Oregon contingent, botanists from Scotland, England, and Hawaii placed the plaque at the spot on the Mountain where Douglas died on the Big Island. The locals call it the "Doctor's Pit." Douglas died after falling into a pit designed to trap animals. Tragically, a bull was also in the pit and gored Douglas to death. The site hasn't changed much over the past 180 years. Today, a dirt road leads the occasional visitor near the site.    Unearthed Words The scarlet of maples can shake me like a cry Of bugles going by. And my lonely spirit thrills to see the frosty asters like smoke upon the hills. ~ Bliss Carman, Canada's Poet Laureate    Today's Grow That Garden Library book recommendation: The Sanctuary of My Garden: Poems by Fotoula Reynolds  I love what CS Hughes wrote about Fotoula's book : "They say that poetry is a garden, sometimes wild and unhewn, sometimes carefully tended. Fotoula Reynolds' poems ably demonstrate that - there is always a new and carefully tended bloom, and sometimes something unexpected, that you might think a weed, but I would say, a wildflower gone perhaps just a little astray." Here's an excerpt from her signature poem: The Sanctuary of My Garden: "In the evening of a Mediterranean summer Where the stars wink their Little eyes and the moon Graces us with her Outstanding-ness I have traveled the world Fearlessly in my imagination For a time I am out of reach But you can always find me In the sanctuary of my garden."   Fotoula's book is available using the Amazon link in today's Show Notes. It's a paperback and would make a lovely Christmas present. It sells for just $8.   Today's Garden Chore It's the gardener's version of "Last Call for Alcohol," and it's "Last Call for Houseplants Ya'll." Seriously, if you are a northern gardener, bring your houseplants inside. The colder it gets, the greater the shock they will experience.  When you bring your houseplants inside, spray them down with sharp streams of water, and I like to add a little dawn dish soap to give them a good cleaning.  There's a large, old,  antique table in the middle of my botanical Library where I place many of my houseplants. The houseplants form the centerpiece of the table. They are ringed by an old typewriter, stacks of garden books, baby pruners, a mister, and some extra pots. I have to say that I love how my houseplants have brought life and fragrance into that space. Then I added a little Alexa dot on the windowsill. I have her play sounds from Nature or the Rainforest. You'd never know it's cold and dreary outside.   Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart On this day in 2003, the newspaper in Louisville Kentucky featured an article about a 4th-grade classroom that had turned into a laboratory of botanists. For three weeks, the kids - wearing lab coats - were led down a path of botanical discovery by their student-teacher named Bill Stangel. "In the first week, the children collected and studied leaves and looked at plant parts under a microscope. In week two, they dipped carnations into water [mixed] with food coloring to see the petals change colors. They made guesses about how long it would take for the color to reach the petals, and they discussed how water and nutrients move from the roots to the leaves. ... At the end of the class, the children stood up and sang [to the tune of “Head Shoulders Knees and Toes”] “Stigma, petal, stem, and roots … stem and roots” Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

Season 7 ‘Wellbeing’ continues on the Education on Fire Podcast. Helen Pengelly – Happy Teachers & Conscious Schools Happy Teachers was founded by Helen Pengelly in 2015. Her mission is to enable all school leaders, teachers and pupils to shine their inner light out into the world. However too many teachers are overwhelmed, stressed and burned out. They are struggling with ever increasing workloads and trying to balance their work and home life. 82% of teachers say their school does not do enough to help them with their wellbeing (according to a TES survey in 2017). As a result more teachers are leaving the profession for good or are going off sick with stress-related illnesses. The financial cost for schools is huge when they have to pay for supply cover and extortionate recruitment fees.   (https://www.educationonfire.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/banner_3.jpg)         When Helen was in primary school she was top of the class. She went to a grammar school where she was also in the top sets. So why for much of her adult life was she a massive underachiever? She dropped out of university at 19, struggled to secure a well-paid job, was in an abusive marriage and lost her house. In her fifties the penny dropped. Trauma. She had an unusual illness as a child for which she was shamed and bullied. She was afraid to speak out and to follow her heart so she became a people pleaser. In her early career she worked as a bookkeeper and started to train as an accountant. In the 1990s she lived abroad and worked as an EFL teacher. She went back to university in her 30s and qualified as a maths teacher in 2002.   Helen was one of the 40% of teachers who leave in the first 5 years. The reasons were complex – being a single mum to 3 young boys, illness, lack of fulfillment, being bullied, being stuck in a classroom that only looked out on a brick wall to name but a few. After she left she ran a business selling gluten free food for 5 years then returned to teaching in 2010. This time her experience was very different. Why? In the meantime she had learned to meditate. She had realised that no one else was responsible for her happiness and whatever had happened in the past did not define her future. She wondered why she had never been taught this in her teacher training and in 2010 set an intention to help teachers with their personal growth and development. She qualified as a leadership coach in 2014 and was a pioneer in the school wellbeing movement. Now she helps headteachers and teachers gain balance in their lives and take back their power. Her long term vision is to work with more headteachers to create a network of conscious schools and end the cycle of shame. Do you have a wellbeing policy or don’t you even know where to start? Are you getting into a panic about staff wellbeing and making more work which defeats the object? You can’t think your way out of this dilemma the solution is easier than you think.   Contact Helen today to see how she can help you.   Website  www.happyteachers.co.uk (http://www.happyteachers.co.uk/)   Social Media Twitter @consciouschools Facebook Group – Conscious Teachers YouTube – Happy Teachers (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEMzEhkWKEKkbMFWw3h__Qw)   Show Sponsor             The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. NAPE is a non-political charity and works tirelessly to support teachers in the classroom as expressed in their ‘Value of Membership’ Document. NAPE leads the Primary Umbrella Group of thirty primary subject associations and unions and gives teachers and... Support this podcast

We're almost to the end of the warm up period of the season as the real deal of Mets baseball is upon us! Opening Day is in one week and we at A Metsian Podcast cannot wait for the season to begin. To help us celebrate the end of Spring Training, we welcome “Catching Heat's” Helen Silfin to the program, LIVE at 9pm ET! Helen has been a Mets fan for as long as she can remember and despite her best efforts does not anticipate that changing anytime soon. She is particularly loyal to defense-first catchers. When Helen is not watching or talking about the Mets she is probably geeking out about theatre, baking cookies, or doing both at once on her @BroadwayCookies instagram account. Will both Dominic Smith and Pete Alonso, who have each had excellent springs, come north with the team? How exposed at center field are the Mets with neither Juan Lagares nor Keon Bronxton lighting it up? Is it possible the Mets will bring 3 catchers north with them? Which players will the infield depth bring us? Which 5 outfielders will head north with us? And what are we thinking about the new Netflix pricing model? So many burning questions, so little time! Can't wait to discuss it with Helen Silfin LIVE at 9pm ET on the latest edition of a Metsian Podcast!  

Part 7 of the conspiracy thriller. Written by Timothy X Atack, starring Hattie Morahan and Jonathan Forbes. When Helen and Freddy discover a bunker which holds the secret of ‘Patient Zero’, they must form an unlikely alliance to get inside. A gripping thriller, chart topping podcast and winner of Best Sound (BBC Audio Drama Awards) and Best Fiction (British Podcast Awards), now Tracks is back with another 9 part headphone filling thrill-ride. Helen…. Hattie Morahan Freddy….. Jonathan Forbes Astrid…. Lea Mornar Angelo…. Francois Pandolfo Martinsen…. Simon Armstrong Lead writer…. Matthew Broughton Directed by James Robinson A BBC Cymru Wales Production

Helen joined a running club four years ago mainly because she needed a new social scene that didn’t involve drinking! She threw herself in to the club scene, going to cross countries at weekends and it was a revelation. For a city girl like Helen, hanging out in a cold, muddy field on a Saturday and buying thermals and waterproofs was a complete change of life! At her first race she didn’t even own a backpack so carried kit in a designer tote bag! But each time she survived a day in the cold, it made her want to test more boundaries.  Helen, started road cycling, open water swimming and then triathlons. For two years she filled almost every weekend with a new endurance challenge - She did a 112 mile cycle through the Peak District, a 5km ocean swim between two islands in Greece, and spend two days of fell running in Isle of Wight. Two years later, she qualified for the age-group World Champs triathlon and got to go to Chicago and compete in GB kit. In her book she talks about how outdoor sport changed her life and outlook. Not only has it made her physically stronger but it also made her mentally tough, calmer and more patient. She stopped being a slave to glamour and feminine ideals, and made her appreciate what a beautiful country we live in and introduced her to a whole new wholesome social scene.  Her goals is to inspires more women to get into sport and she’s passionate about getting women to discover their adventurous side. Show notes Author, Journalist and producer working freelance This Girl Ran: Tales of a Party Girl Turned Triathlete is a memoir about ditching a glamorous city girl lifestyle,  toughening through outdoor sport, and two years later qualifying to be a GB age-group triathlete. Never seeing herself as sport but loving the outdoors Losing her love for the outdoors and becoming an indoors person Wanting to be fit and using the gym and being very image conscious. Fitness is not a chore and the realisation of what the body and mind can do Joining a local running club and discovering how much she loved it Why she wanted to make this change at 36 Making new friends and ditching drinking Deciding to run 10 miles on her first run with the running club Feeling a sense of achievement and getting hooked Buying a bike and cycling to running club    How it changed her life    Her first race and how it led to future challenges Signing up for a half marathon and going on a triathlon training holiday! The imposter syndrome and dealing with fears Being torn between the old person and the new person Her first triathlon race and why it stands out in her memory When Helen has learnt most from doing triathlons that she has applied to other parts of her life Qualifying for the age group world championships after 2 years of starting triathlon! (June 2015) Deciding on whether or not to get a coach What training looked like and being near breaking point Racing in Chicago! Being in GB Kit and getting to meet other athletes Feeling lonely at the race and feeling low at the end  Why she changed her attitude after the race and relaxed her regime  Cycling to Paris and planning to cycle the South Down’s Way Tips and advice for other women and why you have to know your reason why Why you just have to go - no thinking - just get up and go!   Social Media Website  - www.helencroydon.com   Twitter - @helen_croydon  

Staging is a very important aspect of getting your house ready to put on the market. While the home-staging professional can come help and bring their wisdom, every home seller is a stager. In today’s episode, Monica and Helen Bartlett will discuss some inexpensive ways to stage your home so it’s ready for buyers, as well as virtual staging and some other aspects of staging and the processes involved. Home staging is preparing your house to go on the market so that it sells quickly and gets the highest dollar by appealing to the most number of people. Some examples of staging are painting, cleaning, making repairs, or updating your home — the goal is to create a warm and welcoming house that will capture a buyer’s attention. Buyers want to see how they can live in that house. Home staging is more than just decorating. The difference between the two is a house versus a lifestyle. Staging allows the buyer to focus on the house and their emotional and psychological connection to it. It is especially important to stage a vacant house because when there’s nothing else to look at, the buyer may start to focus on the negative things. Once a buyer is connected to a house, they are willing to pay more for it, and a staged house may sell more quickly. When a professional stager comes into a house that’s occupied and needs attention, one of the easier ways to highlight a home is to “edit” existing pieces of the house and de-clutter the house of things that can make the space feel outdated. Painting and updating the light fixtures are two of the least expensive ways to make a home seem relevant. These types of updates can make a home feel move-in ready, and when a home feels move-in ready for a buyer, they are willing to pay more. What are some of the types of ways a stager can bring value to a transaction? They bring their wisdom and experience to help pick good paint colors or appropriate light fixtures. A first consultation might be getting the feel of the space and setting a plan for staging, and then another consultation might be helping the seller move things around. Everyone selling their home should at least have a stager consultation. In a consultation, a stager can give advice to a homeowner about things to put away. An hour-long consultation could lead to value in the thousands of dollars and runs at a reasonable rate. For REALTORS®, you can make a consultation part of your business model, especially if you don’t particularly have an eye for decorating. When Helen is getting people ready for staging, her advice is to take out things they don’t want in their next house, personal pictures that could distract the buyer, or collections. Everything left in the room should serve a purpose. There are also things that should be taken out to prevent them from being broken or stolen. Vacant staging is a bit more involved, but it’s equally important for helping a buyer to connect with a house. Adding furniture will allow buyers to see how they might utilize the space for the stuff they have and their lifestyle. There is a lot of upfront work involved in vacant staging, including what needs to be done to prepare for  the staging days and then getting the inventory back out after it sells. Staging usually costs anywhere from .5% - 3% of the list price, depending on where you are in the country.Typically, a staged home will net anywhere from 7% - 10% more than an unstaged home, which will likely more than cover the staging cost. The home will also likely sell more quickly, which will save you money on holding costs. Every home can benefit from some level of staging. Though it is a seller’s market in many places in the country right now, with a little bit of staging, you can get multiple offers or even over asking price. As a REALTOR®, having a stager as part of your team can be beneficial for both you and the seller. You will be appealing as an agent if staging is something you can offer your seller, and the stager can also help to share their best advice for the sellers, and that can help preserve the relationship between seller and REALTOR®. Home stagers are on the same team as the real estate agent, because it’s about making a successful transaction for the REALTOR® and the homeowner. With the rise HGTV and DIY, many people feel that they either don’t need to make any changes to their house or feel that they can stage it themselves. While the latter may be true, many buyers are not looking for houses to which they would have to make updates. They often don’t have the money or the time — there aren’t as many people that are into fixing up houses as there used to be. When a house is competing with new construction, staging becomes even more important. While being the first homeowner of a house is exciting, many existing houses may have more amenities for the same price. Staging can help get your house ready to compete with new construction homes. Virtual staging is when someone is working digitally online, and they add furnishings or different paint colors to the pictures of the house. Personally and professionally, Helen feels like virtual staging could be good for new construction plans. For existing homes, virtual staging may not be the best route to go. As a buyer, when you go to see a house that was virtually staged, you may feel like you weren’t shown what was represented through the virtual staging, because it may not always be an accurate representation. Helen’s final advice on staging: Sometimes it can be hard as a homeowner to have a home stager come into your home and tell you the things you should change. As homeowners, it’s important to keep an open mind, because, in the long run, it’s a service that will help them. Everyone benefits from successful staging — the seller benefits from a quick sale at top dollar; the buyer benefits because they’re excited about making the space work for their lifestyle; and the real estate agent benefits from the referral business that could come from the successful transaction. Guest Links: Links for Helen Bartlett: Website: KansasCityHomeStagers.com Book: Home Staging — The Power That Sells Real Estate, by Helen Bartlett Facebook:  Facebook.com/kansascityhomestagers Twitter: @refinedinterior Instagram: @Kansascityhomestager LinkedIn: Helen Bartlett Email: helen@kchomestagers.com Additional Links: Visit the Center for Realtor Development Online Learning Platform: Onlinelearning.REALTOR® Coupon Code: Podcast Find a Live Classroom Designation or Certification Class at Training4RE.com CRD@REALTORS.org Center for REALTOR® Development NAR Conference Host Information: Monica Neubauer Speaker/Podcaster/Realtor Monica@MonicaNeubauer.com FuntentionalLiving.com FranklinTNBlog.com

Helen Suk moved to the UK shortly after she graduated university. What she told her mother was only supposed to be a summer trip, ended up being two years away from home. Helen was hooked with the travel bug ever since. On the show, Helen admits that traveling will not solve your problems. In fact, your problems will follow you. The good thing about travel is that it is a powerful tool that can change your perspective, and can even help heal you when you’re feeling lost.   Key Takeaways: *Why is Helen such a strong supporter of women’s solo travel? *Using travel to escape will do you no good. Your problems will follow you no matter where you go. *For Helen, travel was not the answer, but it was a tool. A very powerful and enlightening tool. *Helen told her mother she’d be spending just the summer in the UK. The reality was she didn’t come home until two years later. *As Helen has traveled the world, she has developed a deep respect for the world’s wide life. *What country or place has become a sanctuary for Helen? *There’s beauty no matter where you go. *What has been the hardest part for Helen about traveling solo? *Fortunately, Helen has never been robbed while traveling. *Helen tends to get a bit restless when she’s been in one place for a bit too long. *Helen went to India about a year after her brother had been murdered. Helen was struggling emotionally, and knew she needed to take a pause in her life. *When Helen went to India, it was so transformational for her. She was finally able to let go. She learned that death is just a natural part of the soul. *Remember, solo travel is the ultimate form of self-care.   Mentioned in This Episode: Transformviatravel.com Transform via Travel on Facebook @GoSoloLive on Twitter Email: Jennifer@TransformviaTravel.com Patreon.com/gosololive   Connect with Helen: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram   Leave a Review: Did you like this episode? Please leave an honest review on iTunes with your feedback! Also, please subscribe to the Go Solo Live podcast on iTunes, to get notified when a new episode gets released. I appreciate your listening to this week’s show. And tune in next week for another great guest.

Discover how Helen Bennett inspires our future generation of leaders by bringing together deserving teenagers and business leaders in Bennett's Business Bash. Helen is the founder of Human Reality, a training & human resources consultancy. When Helen got involved with a local school to conduct mock interviews, she realised that for some, their lack of confidence could be attributed to a lack of social skills and aspiration. Determined to change this, Helen organised the first Bennett's Business Bash for a small group of disadvantaged teenagers to sit down for dinner with senior business and organisational leaders in a first class venue. In this show Helen shares the challenges, the lessons, and insights gained. How one teenager banged on the door to be let in. When she realised she needed to do a crash course in handshaking. What nearly caused a riot. Why one teenager said "it's the first time I've been made to feel really special" Mentioned on the show and other useful links Human Reality website Human Reality Insights  Connect with Helen Bennett on LinkedIn Email Helen info@helenbennett.com The article on LinkedIn that sparked Sherry's interest GUEST: Helen Bennett HOST: Sherry Bevan, Founder of The Confident Mother Ask your questions or share your feedback Comment on the show notes Tweet me @SherryRB using #ConfidentConversations Get in touch with me directly here Subscribe, rate and review in iTunes  For more Confident Conversations connect with me On Twitter @SherryRB Like The Confident Mother Facebook page Sign up to The Confidence Guide produced weekly packed with tips and ideas on career, confidence and leadership  

2015. When Helen, a frustrated clickbait writer, returns to her hometown of Timucua Beach, Florida, she discovers that everything is much more expensive than it used to be — including her beachfront dream home. With a little help, she hatches a risky plan to take down the gentrifiers responsible. Will her pipe dream scheme succeed? Or will gentrification win again? Dramatized by Nathan Dennis Starring Annie-Sage Whitehurst, Roberto Sanabria, Liz Anne Rimar, Jesse Jae Hoon Eisenberg, Jay Reed, Nathan Dennis & Rives Elliot MUSIC Bass Soli - Rollin at 5, Blue Sizzle Madness Paranoia, Carpe Diem, Chase Pulse Faster, Gnarled Situation, Hackbeat, Lachaim, MTA, Notanico Merengue, Ominous, One of Them, Scheming Weasel (Faster), Shamanistic, Spellbound & Unseen Horrors Kevin MacLeod Pepper’s Funk Audionautix Peer Gynt, Op. 23, No. 1: “Morgenstemning” Edvard Hagerup Grieg All licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

Helen Chin Lui is a Certified Reflexologist, Certified Energy Medicine Practitioner and teacher. She specializes in helping people of all ages to to provide chronic digestive relief, chronic pain relief and balance hormones naturally. In 2006, Helen founded the Healing Place in Medfield, MA. When Helen isn’t healing she is researching, teaching and writing. She also coaches self-care, self-healing Reflexology, Reiki and Chakra Balancing workshops. As part of Helen's education program, she will be presenting for the fourth consecutive year (started in 2012) at the largest New England annual Natural Living Expo on November 13, 2016, in Marlboro, MA. This year she will be presenting topics on “Are Your Emotions Eating You? Stop Negative Energy from Sabotaging Your Digestive Health.” To learn more about Helen and the Healing Place, you can visit their webiste and Facebook Page.   Do you enjoy this podcast? If so, please leave your comment on our blog for Helen Chin Lui here and share the podcast with your family and friends. Your support will keep us on track and bring many other sung and unsung heroes to this podcast. If you are using Facebook on a regular basis, we welcome you to connect with us there. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

Helen Chong is the founder and principal broker of Haylen Group Inc, a real estate investment services company, located in the San Francisco Bay Area. She raised three young children while building and running her own business. Helen grew up in Hong Kong. At a very young age, she experienced how difficult life can be. She had gone through numerous financial hardships as a child, recalling days being left home alone while her parents worked in another country. Helen had to quit school from time to time to help her parents’ restaurant business. When Helen was 18, she made a difficult decision to move to the US on her own despite her parents’ objection. As a result, she had to save every penny and graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. Seen as a successful business woman today, Helen shares with us how she balances career, relationship, motherhood.  Helen Chong was introduced to Feisworld by Chris Yen, a previous podcast guest on the show. We hope Helen's voice gives mothers out there, an opportunity to connect and reflect. During our conversation, Helen volunteered to answer some of the most difficult questions including her own struggles with postpartum depression. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

Chris and Mike find out just how much trouble one man with a VHS camcorder and a Casio keyboard can get into with this week's "film", Black Devil Doll from Hell (1984). This is without a doubt the worst film Chris and Mike have ever seen; there is absolutely no question about it. When Helen walked into a curio shop one day she never expected her life to change. Going from a god-fearing woman to a sex craved maniac all because of a simple doll. 

This week, we meet 61-year old Helen Fritsch - a flight attendant, published fitness model, IFBB Bodybuilding Pro and Certified Wine Specialist who believes that age is irrelevant to pursue goals, dreams and desires. To that end, she started competing in bodybuilding shows when she turned 55 and consistently placed in the top 5. When Helen turned 60 last year, she won a national championship and earned her pro card. Four years ago, Helen was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, but that didn’t stop her from pursuing her athletic goals. Helen has been featured in Oxygen Magazine, D’Fyne Magazine, Center Stage Magazine and she writes a column in Max Sports and Fitness Magazine called Forever Young. In this episode, we discuss Helen’s journey to becoming a competitive bodybuilder in her sixties, how she was able to stay disciplined with her nutrition while traveling for a living, and what she credits with keeping her cancer from advancing. SEASONED ATHLETE STATS - HELEN FRITSCH Age: 61 Sport: competitive bodybuilding Quote: “Age is irrelevant.” Contact: https://www.facebook.com/helenfritschnpccompetitor/    Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/seasoned-athlete/donations