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Jul.26.2008
I always thought I liked Led Zeppelin. Like every hot-blooded, rebellious American, I could appreciate their decadence in both musical style and their personal lives. However, today as my husband and I were painting our dining room (an aqua-blue called Saxton) I realized something has changed. ...
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Jul.25.2008
Recently, while sitting at a neighborhood cafe in San Francisco, I sat next to a young French couple, clearly at the high tide of their romance. One of the things that struck me forcefully was the sweetness and charm of the woman as she related to the man, who also showed no fear in displaying his...
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Jul.14.2008
All the advances being made in science and technology leave this girl shaking in her proverbial boots. And I assure you I’m talking about more of a cowardly quiver than a strutting, Tina Turner-like temblor.
I mean, come on, genetic selection even sounds a bit Arian to this Germanic looking blonde...
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Jun.20.2008
One of the things I used to daydream about, during my years of writing novels with no sales was how I would thank my husband, Topher, in my dedication when I finally sold a book. I would read the part in On Writing by Stephen King about how he smiles when he sees authors thank their spouses and I'd...
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Jun.20.2008
Despite being married two months ago, my husband and I just started living together. Most people I tell seem to think it's funny. They look at me sideways and kind of give that little "huh" laugh. We chose not to live together before we married, a throw back to traditional days when...
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Jun.20.2008
It was almost half-way through the soccer season when Sara, her hand deep into the bag of organic, fair-trade flax seed blue corn chips I brought, asked me, "Who's that?"
"Who?"
"That brunette over there."
"I dunno. Must be related to one of the players. I've seen...
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Jun.19.2008
Okay, lovers. Here are a few more questions from What I Love About You, a guided journal that helps you spell out what exactly you love about your special person -
I get a kick out of watching you:
I respect how you overcame:
I was proud to know you when:
(from What I Love About You, Kate Marshall...
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Jun.11.2008
When a few of my friends got together recently — some in struggling marriages — we started talking about the good things that have happened to us because of our divorces. Overall, a lot of good had come from them, so I was originally going to blog about that, but the concept of "freedom"...
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Jun.11.2008
We can do better than "I love you." We can make them believe it. What exactly do we love about our sweethearts?
This is one of many questions from What I Love About You, a guided journal that helps you spell it out -
If you were a landscape painting, you'd be:
__ Mountains (powerful and...
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Jun.10.2008
Man, it's hot here in Oaktown, CaliforneyeA. So after a long, cool shower, I walked naked into the kitchen where my chef husband was cooking dinner, and I struck a pose next to the oven and asked, "Do you think I could get into Playboy?"
"Yeah," he said, "but you might...
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