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My Life Playlist, Part Two (please scroll down to see Part One): Wicked, Dude; Wicked Like A Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan (These two junior-senior years in high school, 1981-1983, were wicked wonderful. I met a guy named Kurt through our theater program. Every third word was “Wicked,” followed almost always by a chuckle or some…
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Introduction to my life playlist: Selecting the songs that define my life was much harder to do than I could have ever imagined. I decided to limit my choices to the songs on my iPod (about 10,000), and I was thrilled when my first round of choices narrowed the list to 353. From that playlist,…
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Yikes! Never realized how tough (and fun!) this is to select those top 99! And how to arrange them! By year? Subject or theme? Emotion? Oh, dear. I may very well be posting my 99 on Friday as one big batch. Or my353…..!!!! Hope you are all having as much fun as I am…Be sure…
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If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber’d here While these visions did appear. I’ve been having some rather candid conversations with fellow writers in Towson and around town about the importance of authentic writing. Repeatedly, the same troubling concern rises to the primary focus of…
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The Great my99 Challenge: Selecting the top songs of your lifeIN A BLOGSHELL:Who: You! Finally, a countdown that matters to you What: Challenge to post your lifelong top 99-song playlist, with accompanying anecdotes that tell the story behind some of your selections When: Postings should be on July 3 and 4, before 9 p.m. Where:…
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Bye bye, cnn. You suck my energy too much. You too, news feeds. get the hell out of here. I am too selfish with my energy these days. I’m liking the groove I’m in a little too much. Another very productive writing/painting day for me today, despite not getting to bed until 1:46 a.m. I’m…
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By all measures, I had a writer’s day.I woke up early (but not as early as I intended; still, 6 a.m. did the trick) and hit the daybook immediately, followed by a full hour of watercolors before the family started to stir. I’ve been experimenting with various blends, wet and dry brushes, all with bringing…
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Thanks to Janet for this one. I had great fun doing this, and I recommend it highly. The concept: 1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search. 2. Using only the first page of results, pick one image. 3. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into…
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…and I think you’d like to meet her as well. Her name is Christine Kane, and she’s an inspiring artist who does a phenomenal job of keeping in touch with her fans and friends through her blog and through email. She’s a reminder to me of just how important it is to stay grounded in…
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…by Catherine What were you doing ten years ago? I was quitting my job as editorial supervisor to the world’s largest weekly medical publication, The Journal of Biological Chemistry. I felt dead inside. Just dead. I faced mortality for the first time in my life, and I genuinely believed that if I stayed in that…
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