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Summer

07/31/2007, 09:08 AM

Happy First Day of Summer. If no one has told you they love you today, let me be the first. Consider yourself hugged. It's 60 degrees, at 6:45 am, on a sunshine filled day in the Midwest. I can still see the dew which makes the green blades of grass sparkle as they dance in the soft breeze. It smells crisp and clean. We had a good soaking rain last night. I didn't sleep that w...
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Twelve Step Programs

07/30/2007, 09:51 AM

Twelve Step Programs have saved my life and sanity. I grew up thinking I was alone. There was no one else like me. I've heard it called "Terminal Uniqueness". I could feel alone in a crowd, or alone in cyberspace, for that matter. There are over 100 kinds of groups today, covering everything from spending to shoplifting to self-mutilating. The following link will identify some of t...
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Cell Phones

07/27/2007, 08:07 AM

I may be the only person in America who doesn't have a cell phone. My phone bill is less than twenty dollars per month. I don't have elbow-itis from holding my hand to my ear. I'm not carrying a purse that's ringing. People don't shush me in the movie theatre or meeting when Mario Lanza bursts into "Be My Love". I don't constantly have somebody else's voice in my head. I'm less o...
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Rejection

07/19/2007, 10:04 AM

So I'm on this new journey of trying to be a writer. And I got my first rejection e-mail yesterday. Ya-hoo! O Joy! O Rapture! It was a great rejection letter. They noticed me. They read me. They took the time to answer me. I was "not among the work selected", but "your submission was close" and it was a "tough call". You know what's worse than being rejected? It's being ignore...
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