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Aug.05.2010
Before I even begin let me issue a disclaimer. I am tired. That being said what is this addiction that we have with cell phones? Everywhere you go someone is talking into one, looking at one, touching one, listening to one, shouting into one, laughing into one and smiling into one. If a cell phone...
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Jul.22.2010
It's hot and humid outside. I'm inside, reading my usual summer tome (more on that in a few weeks). Oprah has her own ideas about what to read this summer. Below is her latest.
Kings of the Earth
By Jon Clinch416 pages; Random House
For his acclaimed debut, Finn, Jon Clinch borrowed from Mark...
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Jul.07.2010
I spent the last 5 days in the South. Not L.A. as many Californians refer to as the south - the real South - Mississippi. I lived in the 'Sip most of my life and this time I had one of those moments that Oprah has made notable, an "aha moment". I spent several days trying to understand...
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Jun.24.2010
Okay, full disclosure-- she didn't invite me specifically. It's just that I took her cattle call for an audition to host your own talk show as the almighty sign I'm always looking for to give me a chance to make a living while making people feel both understood and uplifted.
So, I hope you might...
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Jun.24.2010
Okay, full disclosure-- she didn't invite me specifically. It's just that I took her cattle call for an audition to host your own talk show as the almighty sign I'm always looking for to give me a chance to make a living while making people feel both understood and uplifted.
So, I hope you might...
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Jun.09.2010
Last week I spent a few days staying at the lovely Pheasant Run resort in St. Charles, Illinois. I was there attending the Religious Booksellers Trade Exhibit, which was held in the resort’s convention hall, the "Mega Center," a building that reminds me of a bowling alley, only not as...
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May.19.2010
I tape Oprah daily and watch it when the mood hits me either in the evening or on the weekend. I don't watch every show only the ones that intrigue me. Tonight while cleaning out my purse which as any woman knows must be done regularly, Will and Jada Smith and their children and extended...
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May.11.2010
Monday was my day to be too busy or rather too fruitful to blog! Yes I was gathering fruit all day. It began the way it ended for me at the office. Extremely busy and knowing a large part of that is my inability to work well under a micro-management style. That style is one that is hands off yet...
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Apr.28.2010
One of my girlfriends that I love dearly called me last night and we talked about some of everything and nothing like friends do and she remarked about how much that mothers do and she was thinking of getting some kind of retreat together where mothers can go and do nothing. She has recently ...
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Apr.12.2010
Today I received a rejection letter for the my novel-in-progress: "GATHERING OF WATERS is a very powerful novel; I remember the passion with which another editor brought it up at an editorial meeting. As beautifully written, lyrical and contemplative as it is, I don't have a vision for how to...
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