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Fran Moreland Johns
Fran writes nonfiction and short stories with equal joy

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PUBLISHED: Mar.08.2008

Never in Doubt

"He might well have been wrong, from time to time -- although most of the time he was right -- but he was never in doubt. He was cocky -- not arrogant, not boistrous or bullying, but cocky -- because he had a reasonable appreciation of himself and what he could do, and he had no doubt whatsoever about the rightness of the cause..."

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PUBLISHED: Mar.08.1999

Dying Unafraid

Dying Unafraid is a storyteller's book about people who did just that. It discusses tough topics in a light-hearted voice, and is useful for discussion groups of all ages. Discussion Guide available from author or publisher.

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Oct.27.2012 - 10:09 am

Water Wars: A big dam problem

It’s been one hundred years – minus just a couple of months – since the people of San Francisco got permission from Congress to build a dam on the Tuolomne River in Yosemite...

Sep.04.2012 - 8:10 am

Immortality in the ethernet

Is it possible ever to die in cyberspace? I was recently urged by Facebook to do something obtuse because my friend Josephine (pseudonymed for very good reason here) is doing it...

Jul.12.2012 - 11:34 pm

A legacy of love letters

“My dearly beloved Helen,” the letters would begin, or, “Beloved over all else – ” with a grand flourish. They would usually end with a few sentences in Portugese, the language of...

Jul.01.2012 - 4:05 pm

Three days in Chicago

Fresh off a fine, if exhausting, conference in Chicago, I find myself somewhere over Nebraska with 623 miles yet to go and – finally – time to write a Red Room blog. But way too...

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Oct.10.2011 - 10:23 am

In response to: Cartwheeling through Circus 101

On being an inspiration

Well, belated thanks, Judith. I don't know about inspiring anybody.... the main issue with my cartwheelling is to...

Oct.10.2011 - 10:20 am

In response to: Cartwheeling through Circus 101

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Dying Unafraid

Published by Compassion In Dying Magazine

The thing about a good story is it grows on you and stays with you for days. The stories of the dying in Fran Moreland Johns' new book are like that. But this isn't a chicken soup...

About Fran

Fran Moreland Johns is the author of Dying Unafraid (Synergistic Press), a nonfiction book telling of people who did just that. Inspired by her personal experiences, it led to other published work on end-of-life issues – including contributions to Beliefnet....

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