AllyM's Blog

• Always Shifting

  April 24, 2009

  • I like to tell people I grew up "all over the place," even though we were mostly confined to the Eastern Seaboard for the earliest parts of my life. Eventually, we landed out in one of the serene, sandy areas of suburban Long Island, and stayed there for a time. But for many years before that, we moved constantly. Some of my strongest memories are out the windows of cars, watching ...
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• Unspeakably Moved in Memphis

  April 10, 2009

  • There is something unspeakably moving about visiting the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, especially if you do it, as I did, completely by accident on the anniversary of the day Dr. Martin Luther King was shot, on April 4, 1968. I was in Memphis recently, teaching two Wake Up to Your Weight Loss workshops at Better Bodies Yoga (which everyone should run out and go to, so wonderful were ...
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• Workshops Galore!

  February 21, 2009

  • In the spirit of working it, writing-wise, I've been spending my time developing three new online workshops for the spring and summer months, while not busy giving mini workshops on my 2009 book tour -- Unlike other travelers, I like spending time in airports. I love people-watching, and people in airports are usually so focused on doing their thing that they seldom notice they're being ...
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• Writing's Like a Stone

  February 13, 2009

  • You know those days when writing feels like a stone? It's too heavy to carry, like all the images in your mind, all the dialog and small moments between characters? It could be used for violence, if you had a mind for that, or to build something useful. The writing stone could be set down, in favor of something lighter. It could be picked up and mined for its precious qualities. When ...
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• KIM Equals Keep It Moving, According to Flava Flav

  January 28, 2009

  • Yes, I saw Flava Flav, coming back into Los Angeles Monday afternoon, after the first leg of my book tour. Not that it's startling to see celebrities on planes bound for L.A., but he was standing shoulder to shoulder with the captain at the plane's entrance, kind of like a welcoming committee, actually addressing everyone who came onboard. Very personable, that guy. Filled with the kind of charm ...
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