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Jan.05.2012
Reinvention is the cool word that encapsulates all the terrifying, challenging, specific, fuzzy, esoteric, and particular things I had to learn to be socially acceptable. I encountered the desperate need to reinvent myself when my best friend from first grade moved away in fifth grade. Gulp. Then...
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Nov.18.2011
Yes, acorns can be gourmet food and if needed, survival food. My favorite aspect of acorns is how delicious they make everything taste. Complete directions for preparing acorns are available at the website www.californiaoaks.org. You'll see Acorns And Eat'em cookbook and field guide to eating...
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Nov.04.2011
I enjoy hand-held books of actual physical substance. One sits >>> right there >>> beside my computer monitor. I have yet to purchase an eReader. I believe, as does the author of this insightful article, that solid books will survive. At worst they will become something of a niche...
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Oct.13.2011
Did I end yesterday's blog by saying that dreams during the 3rd night of the full moon would be filled with love? Here's what really happened....
I'm standing in the outback with a broken branch in my hand, facing me is a frill-necked lizard (it fans out it's neck skin and gets...
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Oct.10.2011
Medical research is all about percentages and probable outcomes. The numbers can inform us, but more often they are scary or confusing. Reading that 50% of all people react well to a certain drug, or that the mortality rate of a select group is 38% isn't comforting to someone who is...
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Oct.01.2011
Today is October 1st, the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is also the month in which my mother died of breast cancer 11 years ago, and undoubtedly marks the anniversary for countless others --- wives, sisters, mothers and friends --- who were lost to the disease.
I wrote...
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Sep.23.2011
September 23
Peace Time
I have been to the wars and through the wars and now sit on the stoop and wonder; will I learn to live here in the world of everyday after having had to spend so much time running for cover. Each time I return to what I believe is my...
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Sep.03.2011
Exploring the (metaphorical!) meaning behind the graphic muse we love at GlobalNiche.net: creative enterprise for the global soul.
Here's the mini tweet story (see it in proper format at Storify.com) of our whimsical pioneer of a woman peering out from the center of her own personal...
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Aug.29.2011
Anita Woodley, a journalist and radio producer, channels her younger self, her mother and grandmother in a one-woman play she has written to tell a powerful story about women’s leadership. It is an earnest story about sickness and healing, aging, love, and survival. Read more about Anita on...
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Aug.05.2011
August 5
What are We Fighting For
Instead of competition for dominance we would benefit from cooperation for survival. The struggle to become the very best destroyers in the world very well might make us postmortem champions. Why is it that the lions don’...
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