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Feb.17.2009
This presidents' holiday weekend, Bay area residents had several opportunities to meet and hear an extraordinary woman -- Susan L. Taylor. For 37 years she was associated with Essence magazine. Her new passion is the National CARES mentoring movement, which she founded several years ago (www....
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Feb.16.2009
This is a poem I wrote for Valentine's Day last year, and while I thought it was scandalous and even bordering on tasteless (and that doesn't even count a couple of embarrassing puns...), it received a lot of favorable feedback from the people I showed it to. So I thought I would post it here....
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Feb.16.2009
I just finished reading The Five Love Languages, the best-selling classic by Gary Chapman. and highly recommend it for couples seeking to deepen their love and communication. The five love languages are:
Words of Affirmation
Quality Time
Receiving Gifts
Acts of Service
Physical Touch
The...
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Feb.15.2009
My heart's forever
yours, Miss Burke, let me count the
ways you bridge that fault,
deep-riv'n below your
feet, with golden eulogy,
Narcissus himself
had no greater joy
in his reflection than mine
in your limpid eye
you exculpate my...
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Feb.15.2009
Selenë fytyrë zbehur
e ndjej praninë tënde netëve
frymëmarja jote si puhizë
trupin ma freskon
lotët e tu margaritarë
dhomën shkëlqejnë gjithë virgjëri
e unë
i dehur nga dashuria jote
në gjumë të përjetshëm
mbetem gjithmonë i ri.
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Feb.15.2009
The Beautiful Dress, I borrowed
My nine-year-old daughter and I lived in our apartment for almost two years before I met my future husband. I wanted to meet someone. It was four years since the great sorrow of my husband and my mother’s death. I was ready now, in the way that I...
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Feb.15.2009
When Children Ages 4-8 were asked What Love Is
'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over andpaint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her allthe time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
Rebecca - age 8
'When someone loves you, the way they say your...
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Feb.14.2009
Here it is Valentine's Day, so I thought I'd give you a love story. Of sorts. It's true.
After my sophomore year at the University of Denver, I returned to Minnesota to work for the summer, and one night I went to a party. On the way to find a beer, I'd felt a lump in the carpet and heard from...
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Feb.13.2009
This is an open valentine to all my loves and a tribute to the many incarnations of love.
My husband - Adam - often my best friend, always my lover, my ally in the creative life, my cheerleader and partner in crime
My best friend - Patty - who has known me more than three decades and ridden...
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Feb.13.2009
Gentle Readers, I want to wish you happy Valentine's day. Even if you don't have a Valentine, take time to have chocolate, snuggle up to a romance (May I recommend Jessica Inclan and Jennifer Crusie for romance?) Here's some romantic links to get you in the mood.
"I'll be your mirror" by...
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