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Being a California Writer
It’s tough enough being a writer anywhere these days, what with Universal Education and every pipsqueak with the skills to lambaste you for the use, or misuse of the Oxford comma. Going through the same batch of prose 100 times, … Continue reading
Deaf Post
Being deaf or partially so: IT’S NOT OUR FAULT. We would change if we could, and we can with the best hearing aids. Continue reading
Posted in Creative Spirits, inspirations, Psychological
Tagged Deaf, Hearing loss, isolation of the deaf
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Sailing into Summer
If you’ve passed over the Golden Gate bridge on a Sunday afternoon around 2pm you’ve seen my first love. The sight of sailboats leaving harbor with the wind in their sails–it always thrills me. I’ve sailed small boats, in the … Continue reading
The Color Pink
When you pick a vision you have to be unreasonable. It’s the only way.
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Posted in Creative Spirits, inspirations, Psychological
Tagged color, effect of color, making changes, unreasonable desires
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The Times A-Changing For Kindle
Originally posted on Libby Cole:
Change is coming to Kindle! This is particularly big news for romance readers and writers, because damn, we get through so many books that most of us are eReader addicts. ? I know, change is…
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Tanks & a Sewing Machine
We lodged briefly upstairs near London’s Highgate Hill during those fraught wartime days. From the bedroom window I could see a pub on the corner where the road turned. Downstairs lived the landlady who complained of our footsteps going up … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Spirits, Helen's Books, In the News, Psychological
Tagged sound of war, war effects
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For Those who Served
For veterans and those who served in the hopes that others wouldn’t have to, a vote of thanks doesn’t seem quite enough. Take a just and honest pride in having paid a debt to a country that has given so … Continue reading
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Tagged gratitude, Jeremiah O'Brien, Rosie the Riveter, sacrifice, San Francisco, ships, thanksgiving, Veteran's
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Clutter or Visual Triggers?
When I tried to explain a recent technical problem to a visual but orderly friend, it was completely over her head, and I realized something vital. Visual people (un-math) actually think differently than techies (geeks). Really. It’s not just “don’t … Continue reading
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Art on a tuk tuk
Photo post. How gloriously the art of India deals with the transport “problem” !!! Source: Art on a tuk tuk
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