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The question I should have started with

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Yesterday I asked a question that really relates to another question, at least in my mind. So here it is: Do you believe in reincarnation? Do you think you personally have lived before and will live again?
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Soul mates

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

I was just over visiting MySpace, and saw an ad with a drawing of a fortune teller and a line that went something like, “Want to know the name of your soul mate?”
And it just so happens that’s one of the themes of the new book I turned in last month.
And so I’m curious: […]

Sorry for the technical difficulties

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Sorry the site was down yesterday. Let me make it up to you with this:

The Friday List (nice things you’ve done for yourself this week)

Friday, February 15th, 2008

As I mentioned on Tuesday Book Club day, I was totally inspired by Julia Cameron’s latest book, The Writing Diet, to rethink some of my choices. The main one being the massive eating of sugar, which I have enjoyed on an ever-increasing basis since about a year ago. Somehow that felt like the […]

All we have is a dog on our bed

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

My husband sent me this link, along with the note: “I guess I don’t have it so bad with the dog on the bed.”
You decide.
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Oh, and one more thing

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Yeah, this.

Love what creative people can do

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

No matter what your politics are, you can still appreciate the time, effort, and creativity these artists put into turning this message into music:

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The Friday List (nice things you’ve done for yourself this week)

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Hi! Happy Friday! Why are we so happy? Because the demolition expert is taking the day off! Because I’m going out of town to do a school visit! I’m so happy I could spit!
My nice thing for the week? Ordering a bunch of books, sitting down and reading them […]

Bang, bang, bang went the hammer

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Sorry I’ve been a little AWOL, but let me give you a little perspective: I used to think the absolute worst thing to be going on in my house was when the piano tuner showed up and kept playing the same note over and over and OVER again, soft, then loud, then louder–you get […]

The Friday List (nice things you’ve done for yourself this week)

Friday, February 1st, 2008

I ask you, one and all, why is so hard to say no?
I can do it at a distance–either after I’ve had the chance to think something over, or sometimes right away if it’s by e-mail–but face-to-face or in a phone conversation, my head says no but my mouth says yes.
Because I hate to disappoint […]