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September 3, 2010
- No summer is complete without a good old-fashioned road trip. For me road trips have always signaled the end of summer: loading up the yellow Mercury Capri to head to college, driving from coast to coast with the summer boyfriend that felt the need to confess his undying love for his ex-girlfriend somewhere around North Dakota, or a last dash West before the leaves start to turn just to watch ...
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August 9, 2010
- On August 3, 2010, at Seattle Opera's annual meeting, I addressed the state of one of Seattle's leading cultural organizations in the wake of an economic crisis that has put many non-profit organizations out of business and seriously threatens many more. But economics isn't our only enemy. I share excerpts from my speech in honor of all the people who dedicate their lives to ...
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July 29, 2010
- I believe that words matter. Not just because they create language, but more importantly because words help us to define, differentiate, and give meaning to whom we are and what we do. Words also help us to describe the nuances of life and to capture the emotions that when left undocumented are often elusive and fleeting. And for me, some of my biggest inspirations can be found in a ...
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June 6, 2010
- It was murder in the first-degree. As much as I try to convince them that it was the maid in the kitchen with the butcher knife, it is well-known that we don’t have a maid and the most probable suspect with a heavy dose of opportunity and motive would be me: a working woman on her day off teetering on the stairs with the vacuum cleaner. In our household, the act of cleaning house is always a ...
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May 28, 2010
- I wear an opal ring. They say it is bad luck. I am a marked woman because it is not my birthstone and I was not born in October. They say its curse is lessened if given as a gift. But I think not, since I coveted this ring and its dainty setting, its years of history hidden away in the gold bandwith etched sweet engraving already softened by time. I wear an opal ring, a gift from a ...
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May 24, 2010
- The first time I saw an advertisement for a running skirt, I was outraged. Almost a century ago our Victorian sisters put freedom of movement ahead of fashion with the introduction of the pantaloon and women have been on a quest to wear pants ever since. I come from the “Annie Oakley” era of women’s rights circa 1972 with the passage of Title IX when we thought “Anything you can do, I ...
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May 21, 2010
- The best songs are like a good short story. They both have a clear point of view and just enough space between the words for the listener or the reader to bring their own life history or interpretation to bear. They haunt you, they stick with you, they transport you. They are woven together with words and melodies that evoke emotion, recall a place, a time, or a feeling. They shouldn't be ...
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May 7, 2010
- YOUNG AMELIA: What does it feel like to fly?DODGE: Imagine a feather pushed up by the wind, climbing through sea mist and clouds, propelled into blue.YOUNG AMELIA: Are you ...
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April 21, 2010
- On April 9, 2010 I posted all the questions that I had either been asked or I was asking myself prior to running the Boston Marathon for the first time. My conclusion and the only answer I could give at that point was “I don’t know.” I completed the 114th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 19, 2010, and as promised here are my revised answers.Questions I was asked: “Was I excited?” ...
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April 16, 2010
- It was quite by accident that I discovered a remarkable anthology of poetry and song last week. I stumbled across Natalie Merchant’s performance on TEDTalks where she brings old poems, many of them written for children, to life in a spellbinding 30 minute performance/lecture that reminded me of the many poems I used to read/sing to myself as a child and to my daughter when I was a new ...
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April 9, 2010
- As the Boston Marathon looms just 10 days away, people eager to cheer me on have posed many a question. They are different than the questions that are rolling around my brain, but for all the answer remains the same. You see, I’ve run one, that is right, one marathon in my life, and for some unbelievable reason, I qualified for the Boston Marathon. My only experience is that singular ...
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April 1, 2010
- I preface this piece with the knowledge that both my mother and sister follow my blog postings. I hope what I write here provokes them to write their own version of events, whether fact or fiction, adding their own unique perspective, their own truths. Let our words find the same type of inspiration that the artists De Chirico, Picasso, or Matisse found as they challenged their own perspective ...
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March 20, 2010
- For me and many other writers, the hardest thing about writing isn’t putting pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, it’s submitting your work and waiting for an answer. A good percent of the time it ends in rejection. Or even worse, you hear nothing, nil, nada. Take it from me, no response is worse than a hearty “no.” Whether you are rejected or ignored, it’s hard not to take it ...
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March 15, 2010
- Five weeks and counting until the Boston Marathon. Here is my playlist developed to keep me entertained on the long road ahead. Themes: Boston, turning fifty, feeling good and looking good. Enjoy! Beantown Bounce - David Borgo I'm on My Way - The ProclaimersThe Route That I Took - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Boston - Augustana Man of the Hour - Norah Jones ...
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February 20, 2010
- It started with a New York Times article I read in 2007 titled “See Jane Run. See Her Run Faster and Faster.” Writer Gina Kolata wrote a thought-provoking article about what happened when her son asked her if she ran just to run or did she have a purpose in mind. As she attempted to answer that question for herself, her personal experience led to the discovery that unlike men runners who ...
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