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November 9, 2009
- Why do we travel? We travel out of boredom. We travel out of fear. We travel out of ignorance. The best of us travel to seek wisdom. The wisest of us realize we don’t need to travel to find it. Patina traveled out of practicality. She traveled to save her life. The red Volvo station wagon hurtled through the pre-dawn fog on the route to Boston. As she drove, grooving ...
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November 9, 2009
- I am delighted to say that I will be the guest speaker at a charity literary lunch being held to raise funds for The Wessex Cancer Trust on 17 November at The Concorde Club on the outskirts of Southampton, close to Southampton Airport.The Wessex Cancer Trust supports many aspects of cancer care, including leading edge research, the improvement of patient facilities, purchase of much needed ...
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November 4, 2009
- I suppose upon your birthday it's fairly common to reflect upon your life...however when the past year's events included such hellish experiences...it's not entirely pleasant to do so... So here I am, it's my birthday in three hours time and all I want is for it to just go the heck away. Not sure why it's bothering me so much to begin with... considering that at this point in my life, birthdays ...
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October 28, 2009
- I know. I know. Sustainability is actually one of the big millennia buzz words, usually referring to important things like, saving our planet. Recycle. Reduce. Reuse. I get it.But right now I'm really worried about sustaining my hair. It's all because of the gray. Gray changes everything. It makes your hair wiry. And changes the whole styling thing. It pretty much makes you reassess your haircut ...
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October 26, 2009
- Today, my third book is in the computer. The trilogy: Five Years Lying, Mandie Faradin, and Hope's Herald begins in 2007 and ends in 2025. Since 2024, no one in North America heard the devastating diagnosis, "You have cancer." A work of fiction it is, but it doesn't have to be. Fiction is a slippery slope. As I've talked with agents and publishers, they have asked me to ...
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October 24, 2009
- Patina saw the bear before the bear saw Patina. Oh, m’God. Do I back up or run? No, not run. Could never outrun it. Her brain itself was racing. Her feet had not moved, yet in her mind she was fleeing down the long driveway at Olympian speed. Where was the dog? She could back ...
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October 22, 2009
- The news this morning was not good. (is it ever?) "Detectives searching for 7-year-old Somer Thompson say they believe they have found her body. " How often do we turn on the news and hear stories like this? Too often! 87 sex offenders lived within a five year radius of her. The strongest punishment for sex offenders is one year in prison. Most sex offenders will sexually molest ...
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October 19, 2009
- Drip...drip...drip...drip... Twenty months earlier “Only one month until your retirement!” I look at Allen and exclaim. The excitement in my voice is audible. Only two weeks left and I will be taking a break from my job and planning the trip we have dreamed of and talked about with each other for years...as soon as he retires. I am going to take a three month leave of absence from work and ...
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October 14, 2009
- It's challenging to be a Breath Cancer survivor during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. What's Breath Cancer? It's the cancer that attacks the organ behind the breast, the organ we cannot live without. Its proper name is Lung Cancer. But I prefer to call it Breath Cancer, because it literally and permanently takes the breath from a jumbo jet-full of people every day. I bet you're wondering if I ...
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September 25, 2009
- I do not relish revisiting the events from a year ago. I still miss Chaka Kahn, my baby, my pretty girl, my unconditionally loving friend. Chaka Kahn was an enigma, a walking dichotomy. Always beautiful, blond, and passionate (and sometimes vicious) Chaka inhabited that cleavage where the two trunks of her heritage collided—the goofy, sweet, good-natured golden retriever and the ...
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