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Feb.13.2012
Isn't this a beautiful paperweight?I was shopping for a Valentine's gift for my husband this evening when the beauty of this simple paperweight stopped me.
Beauty is what I needed today. My mind has whirled around the track of worry and stress, stress and worry. I feel like a...
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Feb.13.2012
How are you and writing doing these days?
Do you need a little romantic getaway, just you and your notebook?
I thought so.
Listen, you can make Valentine’s Day be about anything you want.Make it about you and your writing.
Here are three signs that you should be writing right now:
1. You...
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Feb.13.2012
In honor of Black History Month:
On February 13, 1907, Cincinnati newspaper founder Wendell P. Dabney published The Union. Its motto, "For no people can become great without being united, for in union there is strength." (source: I, Too, Sing America)
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day so I decided...
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Feb.13.2012
13 February 2012,
Dear Friends and Keepers of Love:
This campaign has galvanized our team and moved us to another level of commitment to Resurrecting Love. The numbers tell only part of the story. Inspired by our campaign, at least $2,500 of funding will come in to our fiscal sponsor,...
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Feb.13.2012
What other title will catch attention? After all, this is a blog about Valentine's Day and nothing else. I do have a short story at Amazon.com, The Valentine, that you may feel free to read for a very small ebook price. Now, that's a story about conflict resolution with a happy...
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Feb.13.2012
THE TRUE NATURE OF MEN As liberated women we want to think of men as extensions of ourselves, but with more body hair. This unfortunately is not the case.
Men are exotic creatures with great upper body strength and a poor self-image that continually needs feeding and stoking. They have...
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Feb.12.2012
My wife, tragically, isn't romantic. Neither am I. We are probably two of the most un-romantic people in the world.
I used to buy her small gifts on Valentine's Day, trying to make her happy. Pendants, rings, flowers, and chocolates. I wasn't imaginative and was naive in romantic matters....
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Feb.10.2012
What makes you blush? A text from your lover, a glance, a touch, a passionate kiss? The excitement, mystery, and romance is all part of falling in love. And Valentine's Day -- indeed all of February -- is for lovers.
My ideas for putting love (and the color and symbols of love) into your life...
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Feb.04.2012
On This Day: Words to Have and to Hold
My sister and I had a conversation the other day about February 4th; the date when mom passed away 35 years ago. I mentioned that I thought it was a sign when mom expressed unsettling words when she said to me, “I always wondered with having 17...
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Feb.02.2012
Scarlet-Red Heart
I’ve had the pleasure of receiving gifts over the years through several occasions, on my birthdays, anniversaries, Christmases, and on Valentine's Day. That was rather the opposite than the ways my parents celebrated the holidays. However, I can recall a special...
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