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orna-b-raz's picture
Apr.04.2013
 How can I  minimize my disappointments ? Last year when I took a coaching course aimed at working with people with ADHD I heard   Rrichard Lavoie (in the video When the Chips are Down) say that the worst thing you could tell a child is that he/she has...
rina-macasaet's picture
Jan.14.2013
I started searching for Judy and Tess two years ago. I couldn’t locate them. They didn’t pop up on Facebook. I went through the college alumni office with no luck.   I forgot all about my search. Two years later today, I receive a friend invite from Judy. My heart started to beat. I had a...
arlene-goldbard's picture
Nov.29.2011
I’m returning to this site after nearly a half-year off for a sweet relationship that morphed into what we both hope will be a lasting friendship. My prior online dating experience was much fun and very interesting, and I’m hoping this will be too. I’m touched by the way we keep showing up,...
sandra-f-carrington-smith's picture
May.17.2010
The past weekend has been an interesting and inspiring one to say the least. The magic started on Friday evening, when I went with my son to an art show in Wake Forest where my friend Pam’s paintings are displayed.   It was a lovely evening – we enjoyed browsing around the gallery, and were amazed...
kali-meister's picture
May.02.2010
Last Thursday a local theatre did an informal reading of my graduate thesis play.  This was the first time I'd had the opportunity to hear the play read aloud by a group of people with performance backgrounds.   I had been looking for several months for a venue and actors to assist me with a...
margie-marybelle-mckinnon's picture
Feb.19.2010
The world is full of surprises.  Not all are to our liking.  Some wear a different face in the beginning and takes us where we didn't want to go.  Others are upfront and the colors and sounds are sharply tuned.  No surprises there, everything is open.  We want our world to be stable, pleasant,...
kirsten-imani-kasai's picture
Jan.08.2010
This cleaning-out-the-garage project is yielding plenty of surprises. Among them, a box full of Flesh Hell audio books, from 2002.   Click here to listen to a teaser clip, http://www.redroom.com/audio/flesh-hell-teaser or visit my site to read more. http://www.icesong.com/audio.html  
jennifer-kathleen-gibbons's picture
Feb.04.2009
Gentle Readers, I have exciting news for you. It is news I still can’t believe myself, news that every day still stuns me by its sheer existence. To explain it, let’s go back to November: After the lovely dinner at Michael Mina’s and the night at the St. Francis that I won in Red Room’s...
cheryl-l-snell's picture
Aug.04.2008
And what a nice one! Thanks, Red Room, for naming my blog entry 'best' for the week. I appreciate it very much.