beaches | beaches
Jan.10.2013
For over thirty years “preventionist” Deborah Dupre' has been fighting for human rights, peace, social justice and environmental activism and research.
Now in her book “Vampire of Macondo” she shares the “ Life, Crimes, Curses in South Louisiana on the Gulf of Blood That ...
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Feb.02.2012
If by chance you catch the essence of Northern California and would like to visit, it is among the most awesome in the world. Miles of forests, ocean bluffs with painfully beautiful views, clean magical beaches backed up to forests to romp and play in, an irresistible backdrop for a novel. By the...
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Jul.20.2011
If the summer heat was filled with love, then my heart would be overflowing. The breeze blows through my car windows, but the haze of the humidity stops the wind from being cool. My skin is as dry as it was in the winter. And, my eyes squint just as much as if I was driving through a...
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Nov.17.2010
My daughter, Heather Brittany and I love the sun, the beach, and the sunsets of San Diego. Since being recruited to San Diego State University after high school, Heather has made San Diego her home. Many clients that I coached for acting, media, writing, and life challenges live between Carlsbad...
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Jun.29.2010
Meanwhile, there is no oil in South Carolina. Only a lot of small bivalves stinking up the joint. Other than that, slightly cloudy, humid, and at this point, nothing too Pat Conroy about the place.
But what is the same about beach towns is a certain seediness. Why is that? Once when visiting...
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Nov.19.2009
We have been camped on this remote Baja point for a month now. It is interesting how little a person needs to be happy. We shower in four gallons of water for two people and eat fish out of the sea. We spend days in the water and on the beach ever fascinated by the wind, tides and plentiful...
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Sep.04.2009
Another article lands in Crete Gazette. This one Kleo wrote when she was about ten years old. Some ideas for having fun at the sea.
You can hear the waves splashing on the ground. You can see the people swimming and laughing. You can smell the food there. Don’t the donuts smell good? You feel...
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Aug.29.2009
The Gulf was emerald green as far as the eye could see, only turning a cerulean blue in the deeper water approaching the horizon. Sand bars of powder white sand sparkled in the sun. Highway 30A took me through one imaginative beach town to another until I reached Seaside, the setting for filming...
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Jun.11.2009
Join me in welcoming Jessica Lawlor, today's Guest Gypsy. Jessica is a college student spending her summer in Rome. Today: an inexpensive weekend trip to Italy's celebrated Amalfi Coast.
This weekend I traveled to Italy’s beautiful Amalfi Coast. I took a bus trip through Bus2alps, a company...
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Nov.21.2008
Yesterday I opened an email from my editor and learned her response to the synopsis:
I have two words for you--Love. It.
Those of you who've followed my synopsis-writing journey know how overjoyed I am to get this news! The book is tentatively titled The Midwife's Confession (thus the picture....
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