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June 28, 2020

Should You Feel Challenged By Your Work?

Being self-employed comes with its own set of challenges: establishing your business, carefully keeping track of your taxes and deduction, generating leads, negotiating your own health insurance… The list goes on and on.

However, you may notice your day-to-day workflow falling into an all-too-predictable routine. You feel fortunate to do what you love for a living, but is it stimulating enough? Do you feel challenged – or rather, should you feel challenged?

June 28, 2020

Weekly Newsletter #79: Save Our Venues!

The authentic and enchanting UK musical duo Broken Bones Matilda have recently announced they’re going on a virtual UK craft brewery tour over the next two weeks.

Broken Bones Matilda will be raising money for #saveourvenues during the tour. Those who sign on can look forward to great music, live drawing sessions with local artists, and other surprises that’ll keep you on the edge of your phone.

For more information about the virtual UK craft brewery tour, follow the duo on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

Now, let’s dive into our weekly recap.

June 24, 2020

The Body Has Its Own Truth by S. Anne Kelln

S. Anne Kelln of Running in Shadows encourages us to listen to our bodies – what is your body trying to tell you?

June 24, 2020

Anita Oommen on Finding Her Voice

Despite her career as a speech-language pathologist, it took her two decades in the field to realize she had yet to find her own voice.

After sharing her healing journey in “Picking Up the Shards: Healing the Pain of Mother-Wounds, Discovering the Mother-Heart of God,” author Anita Oommen inspired readers yet again with her second book earlier this year, “3-Minute Inspirational Reflections For the Soul: 50 Daily Truths and Journal Prompts.”

Recently, we spoke to Oommen via telephone to learn more about how she found her voice, began writing, and what readers can look forward to seeing next from her.

June 22, 2020

Lush Banana Skin Review

Lathering with Lush’s Banana Skin moisturizer will leave your skin silky smooth and scented like banana Runts – which, were always the best Runts in the box, after all.

June 22, 2020

Those Rains by Priti

Poet Priti reflects on an old flame in her poem, “Those Rains.”

June 21, 2020

Weekly Newsletter #78: Wait… It’s Summer Time?

I haven’t been outside in so long, I have no definitive proof that it’s summer other than my calendar telling me that it is.

Anyways, let’s dive into our weekly recap.

June 20, 2020

Happy Birthday My Love 2020

(Queue intercom voice) AHEM. We’re here to interrupt your regularly scheduled Burgundy Zine content with a very special, incredibly important public service announcement:

TODAY IS MY HONEY DARLING’S BIRTHDAY!!

June 18, 2020

What Went Wrong With Our Kickstarter

CHOO-choo-ooo-oo-o…oo.oo. Well, bug buddies, it looks like our hype train has pulled aside for a pitstop. We’ve decided to conclude The Burgundy Zine Merch Store Kickstarter campaign early.

Those who have graciously pledged their support to The Burgundy Zine Merch Store Campaign will not be charged for their contribution. We will not receive any of the pledges from our Kickstarter campaign, either.

June 14, 2020

Artist Spotlight: The Art Triangle

The Art Triangle wows us with their colorful, imaginative acrylic paintings.