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Aug.09.2012
When I first started writing my new slightly erotic romance novel, Love in Malawi, on June 18, 2012, I didn’t know that Hillary Clinton, the 67th United States Secretary of State, would soon be visiting Malawi. She announced a major expansion of U.S. government investment in Malawi on Sunday August...
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Aug.08.2012
Yazd: let me tell you about Yazd. It’s unlike any other place you’ve ever been, a magical little town in the heart of a country that may be hit with bombs at any time.
Ghostly spirits move along the narrow,...
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Aug.08.2012
Recently I returned back to my “roots”, to the great state of Louisiana and spent some time in my favorite place in the world, the French Quarter of New Orleans. One never runs out of things to do and experience in NOLA. Truly, it is captivating, a veritable feast for all five senses as well...
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Aug.08.2012
Recently I returned back to my “roots”, to the great state of Louisiana and spent some time in my favorite place in the world, the French Quarter of New Orleans. One never runs out of things to do and experience in NOLA. Truly, it is captivating, a veritable feast for all five senses as well...
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Aug.05.2012
I know what you're thinking. First she writes a book called Writing as a Sacred Path. Now she's saying the same thing about travel. This woman thinks everything is a sacred path. Well, you're right: That's exactly what I think. And having just returned from a month in Italy,...
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Aug.05.2012
Visiting the Hamptons in the summer is always a treat. There is much to be awestruck by: the natural beauty of the beaches, the sprawling farmland and wineries that dot the countryside, not to mention the man-made eye-candy: lush gardens and verdant lawns, (even in drought) lavish homes...
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Aug.03.2012
History is easily forgotten, yet everything we are today is because of it. Iran and our relationship with that country is a good example. Not many people from the West visit Iran these days, but not long ago quite a few were – and were welcomed by Iran. Even though women entering...
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Aug.03.2012
Today, I climbed Mt. Vesuvius. The perfect cap to a near-perfect vacation. Tomorrow night, I'll be back in my own bed with my cat and my husband, ready to continue planning my fall courses and working on my novel.
As my month in Italy comes to a close, I've been thinking a lot about my experience...
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Aug.02.2012
My family and I just returned from a week in Hana, on the eastern coast of Maui. Hana is probably best known for the road leading to it –a series of heart-stopping one-lane bridges and sheer vertical drops to the ocean below. But tourists who drive to Hana and back in a day from resorts on the...
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Aug.01.2012
Abandoned animals can be found in every country in the world. One of the joys of my trip to Italy was discovering groups of people who take care of dogs and cats who have been left to fend for themselves. At the main gate to the ruins of Pompeii, I discovered a sign forI Cani di Pompei...
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