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Apr.24.2012 - 5:25 pm
The Superhero Lunchbox Project
  Some of you know that I like to make lunchboxes. I've been doing this for years, and for years I've had this idea of The Superhero Lunchbox. The idea sprung from the whole...
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Feb.03.2012 - 3:45 pm
Teacher, Teacher
  A couple of nights ago, I received a phone call from an old friend...a woman who's been a school teacher in the public school system for over 20 yrs. As soon as I heard the...
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Nov.08.2011 - 9:50 am
Toe Pick
My blogging over the years has been a bit of verbal jambalaya. I'm just as interested in the human condition as I am in the week's tv listings. I might blog one day about human...
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Aug.21.2011 - 10:59 am
Sunday
A friend recently told me how much she hated Sundays when she was a child. They were long, drawn-out days of nothingness, she said, and she couldn't have imagined a time when she...
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Changing Shoes
15.Oct.2010
A great read
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Changing Shoes: Staying in the Game with Style, Humor, and Grace
by Tina Sloan
I really enjoyed Tina Sloan's book - it's full of humor, practical wisdom, great stories and some juicy tidbits that any fan of Ms. Sloan's work in television and on the big...
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Comments from Lana

Jul.05.2011 - 10:21 pm
In response to: Patriotism or "Rosa Parks Didn't Wait for 501C(3) Status"
Thank you, Sue. I hope
Thank you, Sue. I hope people with what they think of as small ideas pounce on this opportunity - it's the small ideas...
Jun.23.2011 - 8:34 pm
In response to: Isn't It Romantic? Not really.
That's funny, Jeffrey - last
That's funny, Jeffrey - last time I watched it, the friend I was watching with said, "I wan to live in THAT town." Yes...
Jun.22.2011 - 7:34 pm
In response to: Happy Endings For All
A few others...
Not a "walk into the sunset" ending, but Aidan Chambers' "Dance on My Grave" is a great book. aimed at teens, there's...
Jan.25.2011 - 8:36 am
In response to: serialized storytelling in flux…
I think you'll like it.
I think you'll like it. Personally, I love it, and think it's the closest thing we have right now, to old school,...
Jan.24.2011 - 8:33 pm
In response to: serialized storytelling in flux…
Just out of curiosity, what
Just out of curiosity, what are your thoughts on HBO's In Treatment?
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About Lana

Originally from NYC, I've spent the last six years in San Francisco, and the six years before that in Wellington, New Zealand. A bit of a floater, right now, but the Sirens of Brooklyn seem to be calling me home. I'm a published writer of short fiction,...
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Lana’s Favorite Books

The Grass Harp, Sula, The Kingdom of This World, Absalom, Absalom

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