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Vivian's Latest Blogs

Apr.26.2013 - 5:53 pm
Science made me believe in a god. It’s true. And I was a diehard skeptic about science. My disillusionment with the subject began mere minutes after I cracked the spine of my...
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Apr.18.2013 - 11:19 am
She was not as big as I’d imagined, that was my first thought. My second was that I was, at age 11, clearly not worthy to be in the presence of Our Lady as evidenced by my first...
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Apr.12.2013 - 10:05 am
I have a tendency to drift through life. Things happen. I react. It has not been bad. Good things have happened and i've reacted, for the most part, positively. There were some...
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Apr.02.2013 - 9:57 am
Once, for a story, I went to a hypnotist.  I’d suggested the idea at a weekly meeting and got a lot of eye rolling from my editor and colleagues. But a few hypnosis clinics...
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Comments from Vivian

Jan.30.2013 - 7:03 pm
In response to: In Praise of Impracticality
Stumbled upon this on Red Room . Lovely blog, especially description of the girl. Made me happy.
Jan.18.2013 - 6:11 pm
In response to: Hungry for more
Ha!
Thank-you for the nice compliment.  You made me smile.    
Jan.11.2013 - 5:39 pm
In response to: Let there be light
Ha! An early re-purposing advocate.  She once asked our Dad if he would mind if, during a cross-country drive, she...
Dec.12.2012 - 2:20 pm
In response to: Bruce Springsteen: Wrecking Ball
Wow, to see Bruce in Jersey must have been especially amazing. It's so rare to see a performer give as much as he gives...
Nov.10.2012 - 3:46 pm
In response to: A QUARTER MILLION ON RED ROOM—AND LIFE SWIRLS ON
Thank-you Christopher. I loved the Joseph Campbell lectures at Sarah Lawrence College. Amazing. He and his books remain...