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Sharon Cathcart
Sharon Cathcart
San Jose, CA
Member since: Oct, 2009
Last login: 11/18/2009
Last update : 11/11/2009
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photo credit: Jeffrey D. Cathcart

About Me

  • Sharon E. Cathcart is a former journalist and newspaper editor. She has co-authored one non-fiction book, "Born of War ... Dedicated to Peace," and written another, "Les Pensees Dangereuses." "In The Eye of The Beholder" is her first novel. She is already at work on the sequel, "In The Eye of The Storm."

    Sharon lives in the Silicon Valley region of California, with her husband (Jeff) and a variety of pets.<!--Session data--><!--Session data-->

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  • The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

    November 11, 2009

    • I've been thinking about revolution quite a bit lately. I'm reading a fascinating book entitled Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America, by Hungarian author Kati Marton.  Marton's parents were Hungarian citizens working for the Associated Press during the Stalinist and Communist revolutions; both were arrested and jailed when Marton was little girl.  This book details the ...
  • The magical place where ideas live ...

    November 4, 2009

    • When I saw this week's blog prompt, my immediate thought was "How do I pick just one favorite bookstore?" -- because there are so many that I have enjoyed over the years. From the used bookshops with their slightly musty smells to the big chains, there is always something magical about strolling through the shelves and looking for treasure. Some of my favorites are no more due to ...
  • Book Release Celebration for "In The Eye of The Beholder, " 12/12/09, 2:00 PM, during Dickens Faire in San Francisco

    November 3, 2009

    • Hello, readers. I just wanted to let you know that there will be a book release celebration during Dickens Faire at the Cow Palace (event admission required), time and date as noted in the title. Here is the invitation I sent to my Dickens Faire friends: Hello, everyone. As some of you know, I was fortunate enough to publish my novel earlier this year. "In The Eye of The Beholder" ...
  • "Who will march along in the Halloween parade?"

    October 28, 2009

    • Halloween was one of my favorite holidays as a child.  Not so much because of the candy (although that was certainly nice), but because it was the world's greatest opportunity to play dress-up.  The best part of the whole thing was picking out a costume so that I could pretend to be someone else -- anyone from a fairy princess to Snoopy.  I loved going to the store to pick out the nylon ...
  • England swings like a pendulum do ...

    October 22, 2009

    • I didn't have to think very long about my response to this week's blog subject. Hands-down, of all the places I have visited, London is my favorite city. (There is a lengthy list of "Places Sharon Wants to Visit," but that's a story for another time.) My first visit to London was the culmination of a lifelong dream. My then-fiance had called off our engagement, and I had money I had ...

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  • Perhaps not "The Fountainhead" ...

    "I don't see where The Fountainhead ENDORSES selfishness anywhere...but simply acknowledges that that has been the primary incentive for innovation. We live in a fallen world.

  • I was "excommunicated" (to

    I was "excommunicated" (to use the Randian objectivist term) by the many who was my best friend because I refused to "reform my thinking" about the need for health care reform in this country.
  • As with so many things, it's

    As with so many things, it's time and money.  I was scheduled to go there on business, and then Hurricane Katrina hit ...

  • Petroglyph Hike

    Hi, Keith. I'm quite familiar with that petroglyph walk, as I took it myself when I visited in 2006. What a beautiful location, and so interesting.
  • Thank you for your article

    John Steinbeck was a friend of my husband's family, having been a roommate at Stanford with one of the great-uncles.

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