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Apr.14.2013
April 14
Who to Ask
“You ask good questions and you ask the right people,” said my sponsor.
“I ask questions because I need answers,” my reply.
“Do you know how many people need answers and never ask?” she quipped.
“I ask my friends, no stroke of genius...
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Jan.29.2013
Smiling and sunny, the young man approached the counter with the $11.99 rose bouquet, which comes with a stem of baby’s breath and a few bits of green. He picked out a $3.99 vase and asked for an arrangement. The total was $17.02; he dug into his wallet for a $20 and into his pants pocket for two...
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Apr.23.2012
April 23
CRUMPLED PETALS IN MY POCKET
I can’t bring back the bloom. Cohesion, lost in ripeness, is left only to memory. I carry home the parts, folded, petite, fragrant bedding for my wistful desires. I put these colored remnants into a jar of...
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Mar.03.2012
Tonight I walked through the grocery store with a purpose- to purchase enough food to feed five hungry men lunch tomorrow. The "Five Guys," (my son and his four roommates), are heading south to enjoy their spring break in Daytona Beach. Since my house is on the way, I decided to offer lunch...
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Sep.18.2011
Do you know how to recognise a Vampire? Apart from the most sure ways; teeth protruding at the front and a palid skin, oh and surely the nighttime activities!! There are some other telling signs of a Vampire:
If you are visiting a cemetary check for gravestones that seem to be toppling. Make sure...
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Jun.22.2011
Award-winning, first-time novelist Marisel Vera pens an honest, heart-felt, often sad tale of an idealistic, naïve Puerto Rican girl named Felicidad who goes to America to be with the man she loves.
The story, told from an author omniscient point of view, begins in the early 1940’s in the...
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May.25.2011
I remember finding my Grandfather Gerry mysterious as a child. He was my mother's father. He argued vehemently about politics and had a special interest in his lineage. He was a tall man, one who slicked his hair back with some sort of pomade. It was only after I was a teen...
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May.20.2011
The Oprah of the Airwaves, Cynthia Brian, and Heather Brittany offer up another great radio program broadcast on World Talk Radio/Voice America and brought to the airwaves under the auspices of Be the Star You Are!® charity. Tune in at http://bit.ly/iyoLRE
Will teens be penalized for their crazy...
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Mar.27.2011
Well, it's my birthday today...again. I used to dread turning another year older, but I don't really care anymore. It's an accomplishment to make it another year and I look forward to the year ahead. My daughters have completely spoiled me. I had breakfast in bed, a dozen white roses and amazing...
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Oct.25.2010
Rose and Blackbird
When winter laughs at her icy secrets,and blows her ragged skirt,Rose, once adorned in red velvet,whispers, “I was a queen.”
Winter howls and her branches droop.But blackbird arrives, festive as ever,his shiny black cloak,smoldering up her cold limbs.
He sings of spring; spicy...
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