connections
September 13, 2009
- I used to be a bit more fanciful, believing in the nature of things to occur as they must, perhpas by some pre-ordained pattern that I was part of. I'd been born when and where I was supposed to be born, (and born to those to whom i needed to be born) and I was living out my life as I was intended to, learning the lessons passed down from many lives before this one.It was a comforting notion, ...
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July 23, 2009
- I found my dead mother's best friend on facebook today. I was not expecting to see her. But boy am I glad I did! Her smile and her age made me realize that my mother would have looked very similar if she had lived.You see I only have pictures of my mother at the age of twenty six. My mother will always be twenty six in my mind and in pictures. She will never age. We will never see her wrinkles, ...
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May 7, 2009
- I believe that certain people are meant to connect, wether those connections take the form of spouses or true friends. I think that those people are soul mates who are meant to connect in this life. I believe that if it’s meant to be, no matter what, it will happen. What has surprised me about this phenomena is that, for us at least, is that the connections seem deeper than just meeting. ...
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April 23, 2009
- Getting men to talk about family in an open and honest manner is a rare and special treat and reading Brothers: 26 Stories of Love and Rivalry is like sitting in a comfortable chair, hidden in a darkened room, listening to guys tell their secrets to each other - when they think we aren’t listening. The book is so chock full of treasure, beauty and truth, that it is almost impossible to know ...
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April 6, 2009
- I did not grow up with an extended family surrounding me. There were no large holiday meals, cousins buzzing around me on the lawn as we played tag. We did not go to Grandmother's house in a sleigh, jingling all the way. On both sides of my family, we were the California outpost, the family on the edge of the continental United States, the ones hanging to the cliffs. And lord knows it ...
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March 7, 2009
- There is only one old friend that I really want to find out about. His name is Loren McCune.I went to highschool with him.Everyone else that I've been wondering about, missing even, has sent me a message in the last few weeks. It had been twenty three years since I'd heard from one person who contacted me.There's this moment in Dune Book II, where Paul becomes fully aware of the delicate path he ...
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March 2, 2009
- I was really surprised when Huntington posted a comment to my last blog letting me know that I was the "teaching tool" for Red Room's new Connections. Wow! Me, a teaching tool. Amazing. Curiosity didn't just kill the cat, it nearly killed the author so I clicked on the link he supplied. There it was! An exciting new Red Room feature that will allow us to connect with each other, ...
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February 22, 2009
- By Huntington W. Sharp, Red Room EditorHere's an exciting announcement of two new features that you, our fantastic community, have been asking about for ages. Now, you can set up a network of connections on Red Room that lets you get specific about how you're connected with other authors and members. We also created a tool to help you make your profile photo look just the way you want.RED ROOM ...
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February 21, 2009
- Hey everyone in the Red Room community,Did you notice the little "Mailbox" at the top of the screen next to your name where you're logged in?We rolled out our social and professional networking tool last night, so you can finally invite your Red Room neighbors to connect with you! You can specify what type of connection they are, keep them in an address book, and email them directly ...
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December 4, 2008
- My talkative puppet, TREENA, and I have visited scores of elementary schools, literary festivals, booksignings, and fundraisers throughout the San Francisco region since THE HAPPINESS TREE launched at the beginning of autumn. Together we have fascinated groups of tree-lovers with the tale of ten trees' simple gifts. TREENA is three feet tall, wears her branches in an up-do of colorful leaves-her ...
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