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May.10.2013
THE LANYARD by Billy Collins
The other day I was ricocheting slowly... off the blue walls of this room, moving as if underwater from typewriter to piano, from bookshelf to an envelope lying on the floor, when I found myself in the L section of the dictionary where my eyes fell upon the word...
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May.10.2013
Erma Bombeck is my all-time favorite humorist when it comes to the subject of motherhood, but not the only one to capture the essence of motherhood nicely. With both Mother's Day coming up and a new mom-related book just published, I've been collecting quotes about moms.
DO ANY OF THESE SOUND LIKE...
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Mar.23.2013
On the eve of the publication of a gift journal for moms - WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOU, MOM - I asked some folks to tell me something wonderful about their moms. Here are their responses (feel free to add your own answer too):
**Describe one unique and wonderful thing about your mom:**
"My mom doesn't...
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Mar.05.2013
I'm a relatively new fan of semicolons; maybe I've been afraid of using them incorrectly. I've set a goal of using them more frequently; this post is an example of how hard I'm trying. My inspiration? Tony Noland wrote this clever ode to semicolons; he makes them sound downright...
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Mar.01.2013
No kidding. This is the headline of a small article appearing on Friday, October 26 in my California newspaper. At first I thought there'd be a golfing lawyer joke below, but no - a shark of the marine variety really did fall from the sky onto a golf course.
If you read my August...
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Feb.18.2013
According to Gary Chapman, author of bestselling The Five Languages of Love, Love Language #1 is "Words of Affirmation...best expressed as simple, straightforward statements of affirmation." He writes that "the need to feel loved by one's spouse is at the heart of all marital desires." When...
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Dec.13.2012
Dear E and B,
Dad and I have been working on mapping out our lives—past, present and future—using My Life Map. We each made a map for our whole life and a set of maps for the next ten years focusing on different parts of our lives: family, friends, learning, work, service, and play. As we map our...
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Nov.14.2012
There's a lively discussion going on over at BlogHer.com this month about a book that asks you to think about your past, present and future, then map out what you want and expect in various parts of your life - family, friends, learning, work, service, and play.
Do you map out or...
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Oct.18.2012
David and I have heard from a number of military couples who have used our couples journal, What I Love About You, as a way to stay connected during training and deployments. It gratifies us to think that this little journal is giving some comfort to military families serving our country. Last week...
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Oct.16.2012
David and I are eagerly awaiting a box with the first copies of My Life Map: A Journal to Help You Shape Your Future. For authors, there’s nothing like opening the box and seeing your new book in hardcover for the first time, except maybe for seeing it in a book store for the first time. Am I...
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Aug.21.2010
Okay book lovers, what have you read recently that you just loved? Anything? Tell me.
I'll start. Last week I chanced upon Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie, a moving short novel about two young men in the years they are sent to the country for re-education in Mao's Cultural...
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Jun.08.2010
Dear Ocean,
I was so sorry to hear about the accident. My heart goes out to you and your family members. I've been hearing how awful your first medical team has been, so I’m glad you got a second opinion to make sure you get the care you need.
How can I help? I can write letters to people who know...
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May.26.2010
Redroom author Wendy Nelson Tokunaga posted this quote on her Facebook page. I love it so much I'm reposting it here.
"Anybody who writes a book is an optimist. First of all, they think they're going to finish it. Second, they think somebody's going to publish it. Third, they think somebody's...
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May.09.2010
A few of my favorite Erma Bombeck quotes to help celebrate Mother's Day:
Spend at least one Mother's Day with your prospective mothers before you decide on marriage. If a man gives his mother a gift certificate for a flu shot, dump him.
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly...
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Feb.15.2010
Homage to My Hips
these hips are big hips.they need space to move around in.they don't fit into littlepetty places. these hipsare free hips.they don't like to be held back.these hips have never been enslaved,they go where they want to go they do what they want to do. these hips are mighty hips....
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Everyone has a story to tell and someone who wants to hear it.”
About Kate
Sometimes writing things down is easier than saying them out loud. Kate Marshall and her husband David have created guided journals to help people organize their personal stories and thoughts about life, love, beliefs and experiences and to express gratitude...
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Causes Kate Marshall Supports
Project Second Chance, an adult literacy program run by the Contra Costa County Library system in California.