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Jan.05.2012 - 6:40 pm
a way to me
About three weeks ago, I went to my hairdresser and showed a couple of magazine photos.  "Cut it all off," I declared, leaning back in the vinyl-covered seat.  "I need a...
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Nov.18.2011 - 9:10 am
Hennessey's Four Love
  Is it ridiculous to live for love?  The interwoven strands of living beings’ love for one another raises the possibility that maybe the purpose of life is to love....
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Sep.16.2011 - 8:02 am
The Humor of Sex and Immortality.
  If sex can keep us alive, then when are researchers going to produce a female enhancement drug?  And when can we expect to see commercials on T.V., as pithy and...
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Jun.22.2011 - 11:48 am
Dorothy Allison's "River of Names"
This isn't a book, but I'm partially to the short lit forms (my impatience with scenery and nuance details -- get to the point). Everytime I read Dorothy Allison's story I am so...
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Comments from Carin

Jan.19.2011 - 1:35 pm
In response to: Home
Thank you!
Like the others, thanks for doing what you do amidst the heartbreak. The children whom have no one else to consider...
Nov.11.2010 - 12:42 pm
In response to: Speak
not as good as I think I am
and truthfully, sue, I am not as good of a listener as I write myself to be. I think that there are great leaders...
Nov.02.2010 - 6:16 pm
In response to: Ache of heart
thanks leslie
your kind words are appreciated! Peace!
Sep.27.2010 - 12:17 am
In response to: Wrap your arms around me
As a matter of fact,
I fell asleep in my desk chair shortly after my diatribe was written. The amazing power of the written word!
Sep.16.2010 - 1:16 am
In response to: September Memories
The times I was there
God, how many times I exited the PATH train into the twin towers...to know that they weren't there anymore...the long...
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"beyond the rightness or wrongness of things there is a field, I'll meet you there." Rumi”

About Carin

I have a few passions:  reading, film, music, photography, romance, dance, writing, and nature.  I am a career mother, wife, and educator.  Currently I work for the State of Nevada, as a teacher; this could mean a research project on the...
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Carin’s Favorite Books

The Great Gatsby, The Awakening, The Alchemist, Almanac of the Dead, Cloud 8, Tsugumi, Rule the Bone, Nightwood, The Princes of Ireland, The Metamorphosis, Go...