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Feb.12.2011
Photo: The incorrupt body of Venerable María de Jesús de Ágreda in the Church of the Conceptionists Convent (in Ágreda, Spain). Photo taken from Maria de Jesus de Agreda's Wikipedia page.
Javier Sierra is probably one of the more successful authors, world-wide, who you've never heard of...
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Oct.02.2010
Barcelona and I aren't related. We aren't long lost twins, suddenly reunited. We have not been secretly longing for each other, falling into one another's arms upon meeting. We are more like two wary teenaged boys wanting the same girl, circling and circling each other trying to find out why.
I...
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Aug.08.2010
There's been a lot of discussion here in San Miguel, Mexico about bringing back the running of the bulls. Most of the Americans are against it becuase of the danger and mistreatment of animals. Those in favor of it are the ones who will proft from the increased tourism. One local wag suggested...
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Jul.16.2010
World Cup fans, don’t fear hours of emptiness. Take up a work by an international crime fiction author. It’s the perfect replacement for your lost fix – and it’s a lot better for your soul, too.Here’s why. As the World Cup unfolded over the last month, newspapers all over the globe were filled with...
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Mar.14.2010
Since I've always felt an affinity with Europe, I'm grateful for foreign rights sales to
Heidegger's Glasses. So strange to have something that seemingly began with a
title to travel to places I've never yet had a chance to visit--now including Brazil.
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Mar.07.2010
There are some guests that one has on a radio program that you just can't get enough of, that you want to chat away for hours two, or as in the case of my special guest on "A Book and a Chat" you ask back for second or third appearances.
Today I am so please to have as my guest on...
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Jan.15.2010
When my children were younger they frequently interrogated me regarding my favorites. Favorite color, favorite cookie, favorite monster etc. I generally dodged these questions because I found them so hard to answer. My favorite? I had too many, couldn’t decide on one. Even five was hard...
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Oct.21.2009
"Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels he belongs."
Okay, so I'm not a man--but W. Somerset Maugham's words reflect the way I felt when I first arrived as an exchange student in Seville, Spain more than 25 years ago.
I lived in the oldest part of the city,...
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Sep.20.2009
STORYHEARTS SUNDAY UK BLOG - A HOLIDAY ROMANCE One of the things that has been mentioned by some regarding my book "Across the Pond" is how can anybody fall for, or care for somebody is just a few days as do Fred and Brit?
My answer is... Do you not have holiday romances in the US?...
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Sep.19.2009
The basketball game is in the fourth quarter with only 6 minutes left to paly. Spain vs. Greece. And ever since about the halfway mark of the 3rd quarter the Spanish team has been flying. the score is Spain 73 and Greece 54. The Spanish team is on fire! the Greek team is tired and can't keep up...
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