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Article about the Difference Between Arrogance and Confidence

My comments about the difference between arrogance and confidence have been  included in the Upjourney article https://upjourney.com/arrogance-vs-confidence-what-are-the-key-differences  The Editor-in-Chief of Upjourney is Carmen Jacobs. Here are some of my ideas.   Confidence means believing in oneself and knowing one’s areas of strength.  A confident person can do a good job when he or she speaks up in public, takes risks, and undertakes leadership roles. A confident person can work well with other individuals because he or she cooperates with and respects other people in a group. Photo of Janet Ruth Heller by Diane Joy Schmidt

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Poetry Leaves anthology publishes a poem about the Chicago blizzard of 1979

My poem “January Blizzard” was recently printed in Poetry Leaves: Adult Contemporary Anthology, edited by Emily Kazmierczak and published by the Waterford Township Public Library, 2020, on page 75.  Poetry Leaves submissions come from all over the world. There was going to be an exhibit of all of the poems at the library in Waterford, Michigan from May 20 to June 3, 2020, but that got canceled due to the coronavirus epidemic.  I had been trying to get "January Blizzard" published since February 1979.  I wrote it after about two feet of snow fell on Chicago, where I was living and teaching at the time.  The city administration had trouble dealing with all of the snow, and the resulting mess helped Jane Byrne to get elected mayor, the first woman to hold this position. Attachment Preview Janet Ruth Heller reading her poems at the Kalamazoo Public Library; photo by Hedy Habra

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