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From Grass Roots to Groundswell — and a Happy Thanksgiving
From Grassroots to Groundswell — and a Happy Thanksgiving We all have priorities, agendas to push, deeds to do, and wrongs to right, but where it used to be you could do your thing and go about your business, today … Continue reading
Posted in blog, congress, happy news, higher consciousness, life, politics, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged "I see you", agenda, Agreement, America Is For All of US, big business, campaign, cats, congress, Do Unto Others, from grass roots to groundswell, Grass Roots, Groundswell, Happy Thanksgiving, hometown hero, integrity, linear time, prejudice, tribal mentality
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Virtue
Virtue If you read my original post about The Twelve Virtues of the Merchant Priests, as suggested in the book, Sacred Commerce, my goal is to reflect upon and write about these 12 virtues — honor, loyalty, nobility, virtue, grace, … Continue reading
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Posted in blog, book review, books, Uncategorized, writers, writing
Tagged beach reading, blog, book reviews, books, David Levithan, high school, John Green, Looking for Alaska, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, The Fault in our Stars, will grayson will grayson, writers, writing, YA novel
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When Whodunit Comes Early
MEET D. E. (Dena) Haggerty, one of my new writing friends from the Mystery Thriller Week (2/12 – 2/22) extravaganza. D. E. has been writing since she decided that being a lawyer just wasn’t the career for her. So far, Haggerty’s Death … Continue reading
Happy New Year IWSG!
Happy New Year IWSG! Okay, New Year, new deadlines to miss, like yesterday’s #IWSG post. Well, I’m here now so NBD, eh? So this happened: I’m on the train, my first day back to work, feeling the love of a … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, blog, book promotion, Oil and Water, Uncategorized, writers, writing
Tagged blog, book markers, dis, dog-eared, Happy New Year, IWSG, writing
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An American Tragedy
Well, luckily for me, the holidays were filled with many things to be grateful for: things that make your heart soar, like extended time with family and friends; things that support your physical 3D body such as clean air and … Continue reading
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Tagged An American Tragedy, blogging, faith, family, high society, Penn State Nittany Lions Football, poverty, Theodore Dreiser, writing
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NaNoWriMo
The Strain This year I’ve decided to join a bunch of crazy writers who spend the entire month of November writing over 1600 words a day to get a 50,000 word novel out in a 30-day period. I have no … Continue reading
Lucia, Lucia
Lucia, Lucia In the days following WWII, women were struggling to define themselves. The war gave them a taste of what it was like to be out there, working alongside men, and earning their own money. After the war, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adriana Trigiani, book review, feminism, forbidden love, high-end fashion, independent women, Italian Groceria, love lost, Lucia, novels, postwar 1950's
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Some Things You Keep
I admire those who have the courage to write a memoir. I don’t. Memoirs are so raw and vulnerable, like an open wound you can’t stop picking at — but what if you could write your way … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, depression, faith-based healing, JJ Landis, memoir, mental health, suicide, writing
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