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Christine Bottaro
Thoughts and observations from the Left Coast

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Previous Pause Next

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Manufacturing Hysteria: A History of Scapegoating, Surveillance, and Secrecy in Modern America

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The Kite Runner Graphic Novel

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American Countercultures: An Encyclopedia of Nonconformists, Alternative Lifestyles, and Radical Ideas in U.S. History

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We Wanted to be Writers: Life, Love, and Literature at the Iowa Writers' Workshop

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The Butterfly Mosque

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Sleeper's Run

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Healing and Transformation Through Self Guided Imagery

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True Blue

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"Iron"

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Spyder Hole

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Little Women and Me

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In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination

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A List of Offences

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Stories in Stone New York: A Field Guide to New York City Area Cemeteries and Their Residents

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Life: Descending / Ascending

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NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children

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Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women's Prisons (Voice of Witness)

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Color Me English

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Mr Fox

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The Collaborator of Bethlehem

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Night Swim

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Imperfect Endings: A Daughter's Story of Love, Loss, and Letting Go

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Second Nature: A Love Story

Christine's Latest Blogs

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Jul.01.2012 - 1:55 am

I Sit Awake While June Ends

June just ended, and now it's July. I am awake. It's dark outside, very quiet. Inside, the house is making its contented sounds: A ticking clock, whirring...

Apr.11.2012 - 7:28 pm

Stayin' Alive

I'm alive! Yes ma'am! And thank you, ladies who came before me, for that. I breathe, I move, I dance, I sing. I'm alive. But, wait. How'd that happen? Here inside the very...

Sep.07.2011 - 4:12 pm

Rockin' In Big Sur's Arms

The gray, somber, ever-present fog clung to the coast north and south as far as our eyes could see. As we looked down the last stretch of Highway 1 and saw wispy...

Aug.17.2011 - 10:25 pm

Dancing In The Unknown

The world between what is seen and known and the unseen and barely known, explored by the imagination and prompted by a curious spirit, pricks the conscious mind and...

Comments from Christine

Sep.25.2011 - 8:57 am

In response to: WANTED: A Good (Woman?) Writer For A Book I Want To Read

Big Ideas

Hi Earl, I laughed when I read your post, not because the idea was bad but because I often have ideas for stories but...

Sep.11.2011 - 2:03 pm

In response to: Ten Years Ago

Have we ever been?

There are few enough days of horrible importance in my life that I can count them on one hand. 9/11 was the most...

Sep.11.2011 - 1:40 pm

In response to: Venus and Me

Passing The Chance

Hi Jules, I looked up Sjogren's in my medical books last week after hearing about Ms. Williams, trying to refresh my...

Sep.11.2011 - 1:30 pm

In response to: Rockin' In Big Sur's Arms

Hike On!

Jules, I am very happy you read my post. Such a rich, full day was better than most to write about. Someday I'll...

Sep.11.2011 - 1:26 pm

In response to: Rockin' In Big Sur's Arms

Grand Finale

Hi Sharon, The fact is that even though we want grand finales in stories, places like Big Sur are so compelling that...

About Christine

Resident of California's Central Coast where the natural environment serves as both anchor and sail for creative efforts in photography and writing. Registered nurse with interest in the science of positive psychology and motivation now pursuing parallel...

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