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Beach Reads
Beach season is in full swing around here. Too bad my closest beach is an hour away. No worries, that’s why kiddie pools were invented right? It will be around 97 degrees tomorrow, which means my kiddie pool is going … Continue reading
Books I’m Reading: Desert Flower
I just finished reading Waris Dirie’s story of her nomadic childhood in Somalia, escape to London, and eventual career as a runway model in New York. It was fantastic and heartbreaking. She gives a graphic description of the Female Genital … Continue reading
Books I’m Reading: The Power of Now
Today I received a mildly bitchy email from someone I deal with professionally, but have never met face to face. After reading the email, the first emotion that surged through my body was self righteousness “How dare this jerk take … Continue reading
Books I’m Reading: The Thirteenth Tale
I’ve nothing against people who love truth. Apart from the fact that they make dull companions. Fate, at first so amenable, so reasonable, so open to negotiation, ends up by exacting a cruel revenge for happiness. I don’t want to … Continue reading
Chunnel Challenge 2011 Day Five: Bath and Canterbury, England
On our last day in England we drove to the spa town of Bath. Bath was on my list of must-see places because of the Jane Austen novel Persuasion. Jane Austen is one of my favorite authors and she spent … Continue reading
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In The Mood To Be Creeped Out
Last night I had a crazy dream. It was straight out of a gothic novel, complete with a ruined castle, a disembodied glowing hand beckoning me forward, and an eerie voice over narrating everything in rhyme. It was one … Continue reading
Books I’m Reading: Women Who Run With the Wolves
Within every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. But she is an endangered species. – Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes I … Continue reading
Books I’m Reading: Chocolate and Vicodin
Today is a perfect day to write about Jennette Fulda’s book, Chocolate and Vicodin, because today I have a massive headache. Most of my headaches are triggered by changes in the weather and barometric pressure and they can last for … Continue reading
Books I’m Reading: A Thousand Days in Tuscany
While I was living in southern California, I used take trips to Julian, a wonderful little mining town nestled in the mountains. During one of those trips I stumbled on a great little bookstore full of works by local authors … Continue reading
Books I’m Reading: Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiur Children
It’s summertime and I am in the mood for quick engaging stories I can enjoy while sitting in the sunshine with nice cold drink. Mental Floss blogger, Ransom Riggs’s first book Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children is just that. … Continue reading
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