Archive for the MISCELLANEOUS Category
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MISCELLANEOUS: I’M ON VACATION
I'M ON VACATION I still have so much to tell you about my trip to New York, (that I'm still on, by the way,) including some interesting celebrity sightings, but they'll have to wait seven days. I'm about to take a much-needed vacation f
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MISCELLANEOUS: WRITING MISTAKES
WRITING MISTAKES Even before I was a writer, I noticed many mistakes in the writings of others. Sooooo many. Then, when I was writing for People.com, and I began to read that site daily, it made me nuts to see so many errors made by my co
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MISCELLANEOUS: I’M IN NEW YORK FOR THE NEXT MONTH
I'M IN NEW YORK FOR THE NEXT MONTH I'm happy to be in New York again, but this trip is bittersweet. This will be the end of my bi-coastal way of life, that I've had since I was a teen-ager. In my late teens, I went to L.A., which was j
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MISCELLANEOUS: 700TH COLUMN!!!!!!!
700TH COLUMN!!!!!!! Another hundred columns in the bag! Wow. Even I'm amazed. And I'm the one who wrote them all!!! As I've stared at this blank page for a very long while, though, with absolutely nothing coming to me, I started dayd
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MISCELLANEOUS: I HATE THE NEW HOTMAIL!!!
I HATE THE NEW HOTMAIL!!! Why do companies, especially ones on the internet, feel that they have to keep “upgrading”????? I have been a very loyal Hotmail user forever! I began my internet journey with two other email accounts, but
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MISCELLANEOUS: BEGINNING-OF-APRIL THOUGHTS
BEGINNING-OF-APRIL THOUGHTS I can't believe it's April already!!! I swear—I thought that March was just beginning. Why is life going so fast?! So, anyhow, I have a couple of thoughts from the past few days, so I'll share them quickl
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HOLIDAY: HAPPY EASTER 2013
HAPPY EASTER 2013 I can't believe that Easter is here again! I just hope that the people on the east coast, and all the other places who are suffering through wintry weather, can have pleasant enough ones. I love being out there for this
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MISCELLANEOUS: WELCOME 2013!
WELCOME 2013! Even though I'm a major harker-backer, (which is great sometimes, but annoying the rest,) I really would rather always look forward, with optimism. (Actually, I mainly try to love in the present, but often that's not so easy
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MISCELLANEOUS: ONE YEAR SINCE MY MOTHER PASSED
ONE YEAR SINCE MY MOTHER PASSED [Note: this is my last maudlin column—I swear! It's just this time of year that's made me like this!] I really didn't want to bring everyone down on actual Xmas Day, but I'd be re-miss if I didn't ackn
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MISCELLANEOUS: NEWTOWN TRAGEDY
NEWTOWN TRAGEDY I'm writing this while in the deep throes of the flu, so it may not be my best writing. But I feel the need to acknowledge what happened this past Friday in Newtown, Connecticut. I have no flowery words to make anyone f
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