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Are you pretty?

4/25/12 8:19am by Jan Harness
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Are you pretty? It's a question a poem can answer and National Poetry Month is the perfect time to raise it.With April 26 set as Poem In Your Pocket Day, I struggled re: what poem to carry. I like so many poets. So many poems. The choices were overwhelming.  Read more >

S.O.B.

1/8/12 10:58am by Jan Harness
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S.O.B.by Jan Sokoloff HarnessI told himhe was agood for nothingson of a bitchand I meantevery word butevery word was a lie.His mother was reallya lovely personand he was very goodat some things.Very good,if you know what I mean.And you know what I meanbecause we’ve all been there.We’ve all been in lovewith a good for nothingson of a bitchand the horsethat he rode in on.©Jan Sokoloff Harness 2012    Read more >

Best Line of the Week

1/8/12 10:51am by Jan Harness
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On Saturday, Mary and I enjoyed a dress rehearsal/performance by the Olathe South Golden Girls. Right before one dance, the coach stopped the team, talked to the girls quietly and sent them back to the dressing room. She then turned to those of us gathered and said, "I apologize for the delay, but this was a teachable moment. Mistakes are easy to fix. Habits are hard to break."  Read more >

Say NO in November

11/15/11 8:44pm by Jan Harness
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I planned to post this on Nov. 1 to kick off the month. But, as time approached, that started to feel like a self-imposed, needless deadline during a very busy week. So I followed my own advice. I began November by saying NO to myself.I did post it on my Creative Instigation blog the next week. But it took another week to post here. And that's OK -- because I own this month. And you can too. It's easy ...  Read more >

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Full Name
Jan Sokoloff Harness
Member Since
February 2010
About Me: 

Creativity coach, award-winning writer, national presenter, darn fine baker, entrepreneur. Oh, and I'm also, in no particular order: a daughter, wife, mother, friend, volunteer, mentee, mentor, poet, collage artist and serial procrastinator.

Surprising fact: I hear better because I'm half deaf. I learned as a child to really pay attention and listen -- something others took for granted. I can also lip read a bit. And read upside down, but that has nothing to do with the deafness. That's an old reporter's trick.

Profession: 
Writer, creativity coach, national presenter
Location: 
Kansas City area
Employers: 

Sokoloff Harness Communications LLC

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University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism

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creativity

writing

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literacy

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