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Aug.31.2009
Yesterday was a little bit of a Daddy-Daughter day. I took Isabella to go see the new movie, Ponyo - a Japanese film brought to us by our wonderful friends at Disney about a fish with a human head (apparently the daughter of a man and a sea-goddess?) who wields magic and decides to become human....
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Jun.26.2009
Thanks For The Memories by Cecelia Ahern (Book Review)
No Thank-you for the Book Cecelia Ahern
Thanks for The Memories is a paperback fiction novel by Cecelia Ahern. It is published by Harper and its ISBN is 007233698. It is a warm uplifting story, beautifully written . I have read all Cecelia...
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Apr.03.2009
Last month an Indian sparrow built a nest in my apartment’s back side gallery, in between two drainage ducts. I tried my best by destroying small woods, hey grass and other materials brought by her at daily basis. But she proved me helpless by working hard all day. It is a problem in every...
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Jan.27.2009
Sleeping Beauties
As I sat at the sewing machine the other day, making curtains for my daughter, it brought my mind back to the day when I was in my late teens. Forty years ago, and the first time I ever followed a pattern in sewing, by making doll clothes for my youngest...
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Jan.09.2009
I had not seen my mother for four full months. During those four months, in which I have been living across the country from my family, friends, and everything else that is familiar, I have become who I think I want to be. Finally, I had the time, space and peace of mind to build myself and my life...
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Dec.29.2008
After living with various family members, we managed to gather up enough money to get our very own apartment. My youngest sister came to live with us. She was the baby of the family and we were very close growing up. (With 10 years between us, I had my first opportunity to feel the glory of...
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Nov.16.2008
Those of you've who've been following the synopsis saga are surely asking yourselves what's taking so long.
It's a slow process, for sure, but I'm closing in on the finish line. I'll wrap it up this weekend, without a doubt. The past couple of days, I've been making a list (in prose form) of...
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Oct.21.2008
Scarcely writing in my “journal” these days, more and more writing energy—and writing time—going into the blog. Then, on occasion, something more.
Scribbling on plane returning from visit to my daughter. How I come to write of myself, to speak to her in my scribblings as “one woman to another,” how...
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Oct.14.2008
I kicked Elmo's ass today. An epic battle involving the Elmo Knows Your Name toy cell phone, the Fisher Price website, and a scavenge hunt for a mini-USB cable with which to program it. My daughter's first birthday. No longer is she months old. A great threshold has been crossed. That moment...
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Sep.24.2008
My father turned 84 yesterday. Kenneth cooked a great dinner for him and his girlfriend Charlotte, who is also 84. My father said the average life expectancy in the United States is 77, so he felt fine, he was living on seven years borrowed time. We sat out on the deck and had a rousing...
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