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Dec.25.2010
December 25
Home Fires Burning
I have trouble living with myself that is why I live with you. It takes my mind off the things I don’t wish to face. What I can busy myself within your service lightens the load of expectation heaped in my DNA by my Higher Power...
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Dec.24.2010
One of my fave book blogs - The Millions - makes the case, not only for digital book readers in this post, but for a run on new e-books on your Kindle, Nook, iPad, etc., on Christmas morning.
I hope Santa got the list I sent him - if my e-book, The Blue Bicycle, ends up in your digital stocking,...
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Dec.23.2010
When people tell me, “I hope you get everything you want for Christmas,” I know they mean well and that their words come from love. What I really, really want is not a thing. And I know all of you who follow my blog know exactly what it is that I want. Could it be the same as my Make-A-Wish?
Today...
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Dec.22.2010
This is a column by Susan O'Doherty, from the blog, Buzz, Balls, & Hype, and it speaks to many of the fears that all writers — including myself — feel. Some inspiration for the holidays:
THE DOCTOR IS IN
DEAR BOOK-BIZ SANTA:
As you know well, this is the season when I usually petition you to...
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Dec.15.2010
Out of the blue, three weeks before Christmas, Diva suddenly had a terrible thought. “We don’t have a chimney!” Both Daddy and I knew exactly what she was saying, but we let it play out. “How will Santa get the presents in without a chimney?”
Lit by the dangerous glow of the same hot, colored light...
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Dec.09.2010
On my 2010 short list of women who should be in Santa's "nice column are Rachael Chong, a professional financier who founded a non-profit to link professionals with other non-profit organizations that would benefit from skilled volunteer support, Elizabeth Edwards, Hillary Clinton, and Jessica...
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Dec.24.2009
Christmas celebrations in our school (St. Thomas Girls’ School) began by early December singing carols additionally over and above our normal prayers. When one was a child I remember getting restless and wishing we would get on with our classes. It’s later as an adult far away from Delhi and not...
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Dec.16.2009
As Santas go, it was A-Number-One, at least in the eyes of my father, as he stood there in the woman’s yard, snow falling gently on what had to be the last yard sale of the year. Sure it was missing one of its plastic legs, but many a fat, jolly old elf has gotten along just fine with just one leg...
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Dec.09.2009
This past weekend, we were very busy. Peepy and I went to visit our friend Maureen, who owns the great indie bookstore Once Upon a Time in Montrose, to say hello and to drop off some bookmarks.
Er, clarification: Maureen's store is called Once Upon a Time and it's in Montrose . . .
Then it was...
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Aug.24.2009
August 24
CAMPAIGN
Sobriety is the Santa Claus, bringing delightful gifts, which make me smile. Recovery is the Genie, which comes from staying out of bottles. This Jin makes treasure possible but doesn’t bring it to my door. The ads and billboards of illusion built a world of booze but no...
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