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june-casagrande's picture
Oct.08.2008
stanch: "to stop or check the flow of (blood or tears, for example); to stop the flow of blood from (a wound)" — American Heritage...
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susan-browne's picture
Oct.08.2008
The debate last night was stunning.  Obama is stunning.  Obama is honest, kind, down-to-earth, unpretentious, authentic and smart.  A real...
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stacy-mantle's picture
Oct.08.2008
Check out our newest article in Be Noticed magazine. This article profiles the art of Joe Brklacich, a brilliant artist who focuses on "post-...
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anne-brooke's picture
Oct.08.2008
Managed to grab a decent amount of sleep yesterday, thank goodness, but have still taken the day off today as I did feel rather shaky this morning....
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jessica-barksdale-inclan's picture
Oct.08.2008
Back when we were cave people, we likely could sniff out a bad apple (person or fruit) pretty damn easily.  We didn't talk too much, and we'd kept...
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farzana-versey's picture
Oct.08.2008
Are some writers naïve or just being 'proper'? When her new book was out, Jhumpa Lahiri said: “I do not write to please reviewers. Writing to me is...
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jacquelyn-mitchard's picture
Oct.08.2008
8 p.m. La Guardia --- The people left here tonight either have somewhere they have to go that's life and death or have lost all hope. All the...
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debra-darvick's picture
Oct.08.2008
We had a funeral to attend Sunday last. In New York. Airplane -- $875 per ticket. Driving -- $170 round trip. I brought five books and got to three....
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marilyn-kallet's picture
Oct.08.2008
I'm feeling that head-to-toe anticipation about the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville this weekend.  My panel on mother/daughter relationships...
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john-elder-robison's picture
Oct.08.2008
I have written and spoken about the tremendous potential for changing one’s life in a positive way through brain plasticity. All of us have and use...
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april-lyn-caouette's picture
Nov.30.2008
As of 7:52 this evening, I reached over 50,000 words and officially became a NaNoWriMo 2008 winner!  After sending an image of my winning word count...
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marquita-thompson's picture
Nov.30.2008
This was exact time that the word count on my computer told me I had reached the 50,000 word number for this years NaNoWriMo!  By the time I finished...
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former member's picture
Nov.30.2008
by former member
What to Do. 2008 Nobel Laureate in Economics Paul Krugman on what to do about the economic crisis.
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kat-lunamand's picture
Nov.30.2008
The first time i participated in NaNoWriMo, I won.  And although the prizes -- winner icons for my web page, the admiration of friends and family, a...
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kate-sherrod's picture
Nov.30.2008
Today having been an excellent day to stay home and recover a bit from NaNoWriMo (but not to rest, oh no; my prior blog entry is correct, 52,000 and...
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maria-luz-de-castro's picture
Nov.30.2008
Thunder and lightning were sparring last night. The rain was dancing to and fro during the early hours of the evening. Aside from the weather, there...
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maria-luz-de-castro's picture
Nov.30.2008
The first time I rode a trisikad was when I visited a co-teacher in Sasa 11, Davao City. I couldn't control my laughter because I felt like a "...
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former member's picture
Nov.30.2008
by former member
I've written over two hundred thousand words during my four years with NaNoWriMo.  Thanks, Chris Baty!
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maria-luz-de-castro's picture
Nov.30.2008
“The Ateneo de Davao University is a Filipino, Catholic, and Jesuit University that is inspired by the person and teaching of Jesus, rooted in the...
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clare-chadderton's picture
Nov.30.2008
I did it! In fact, I did it early! The past two attempts at Nanowrimo were a little less successful - that is, I still won, but generally on the last...
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Red Room Blogs banner photograph (at the top of the page) is of writer Ernest Hemingway with Lady Duff Twysden, Hadley Hemingway, and three unidentified people at a cafe in Pamplona, Spain, during the Fiesta of San Fermin in July 1925; photograph used courtesy of the Ernest Hemingway Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.