My friend Joe and his wife Diane spend their time divided between the East and West Coasts, like so many of my friends. His presence at my house recently brought a bit of New England inside. My friend Susan, a native New Englander commented when she left that very same evening, “sitting next to you tonight just grounded me somehow. I’m so glad you live here.”
While of course the comment made me feel good – what kind of friendly and warm comment like that wouldn’t make any friend feel good, yet, the odd part about it was that I felt the same way earlier in the evening. I felt grounded merely by their presence in my home. It’s a great thing.
Note Joe’s hat below – perhaps you can make out the rough edges in the front of the cap. I joked as I pulled it off, “hey Joe, I can get you a new hat dear….I have a ton of baseball caps, what color do you want?” He told me it was new cap….the latest trend, a follow on from ragged jeans, many of which I now own. I thought, surely it was a Cape Cod thing only, but apparently I’m wrong. Who knew?
Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World. The site combines the magic of an online culture and travel magazine with a global blog network and has contributors from every continent in the world. Having lived in 10 countries and explored nearly 80, she is an avid traveler, and a lover, observer and participant in cultural diversity.
She is also the CEO and founder of Magic Sauce Media, a new media services consultancy focused on viral marketing, social media, branding, events and PR. For over 20 years, she has helped companies from 12 countries get traction in the market. Known for her global and organic approach to product and corporate launches, Renee practices what she pitches and as an active user of social media, she helps clients navigate digital waters from around the world. Renee has been blogging for over 16 years and regularly writes on her personal blog Down the Avenue, Huffington Post, BlogHer, We Blog the World and other sites. She was ranked #12 Social Media Influencer by Forbes Magazine and is listed as a new media influencer and game changer on various sites and books on the new media revolution. In 2013, she was listed as the 6th most influential woman in social media by Forbes Magazine on a Top 20 List.
Her passion for art, storytelling and photography led to the launch of Magic Sauce Photography, which is a visual extension of her writing, the result of which has led to producing six photo books: Galapagos Islands, London, South Africa, Rome, Urbanization and Ecuador.
Renee is also the co-founder of Traveling Geeks, an initiative that brings entrepreneurs, thought leaders, bloggers, creators, curators and influencers to other countries to share and learn from peers, governments, corporations, and the general public in order to educate, share, evaluate, and promote innovative technologies.
