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May.20.2013
Tux, aka Enigma, continues his regular evening visits. I feed him well.
He's looking so much better. I do feel...
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May.20.2013
I vented and now I feel better. Don't know what brought that about. Perhaps venting saved me again.
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May.13.2013
The portrait of Juan de Pareja by Velázquez that hangs in a gallery of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan is surrounded...
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If you’re an author, traditionally or self-published, you can now sell your eBooks on Red Room! Plus, if you’re a Premium Member...
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May.18.2013
by Jane Wilson
Two of my favorite characters are Miss Spinster and Judge I.M. Oldenbald. I like them because they wear the same clothes much of...
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May.18.2013
by Nancy Smith
100,000 hits on all my pages! It has taken a little more than four years (I have been a member since March 17, 2009 when I...
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May.19.2013
In a recent post on The Red Room, Orna B. Raz makes a very interesting case for the fiction writer’s ability to...
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May.20.2013
Caroline and Randy came out of the movie theatre, and stood as the crowds milled around them. Caro was unsure of what to do next...
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From my January 27 column on tips for using the dictionary:
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