Monthly Archives: January 2010

lessons in blogging: k.i.s.s.

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  Lesson One: I talk too much. That about sums it up. My posts so far tend to go about a thousand words, give or take. The first time I actively tried to write a shorter post, I failed. Aiming …

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why i’m not following you on twitter

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  I’ve trashed this post once already, afraid it was too negative. A quick Google search turned up about 96,000,000 pages on the subject though, so I guess I’d better jump on the bandwagon. Why am I not following you? …

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three life lessons we learned from avatar

  Hearing hype about a movie makes me want to see it less. I have never seen Titanic, and intend to keep it that way. I was prepared to never see Avatar either. Except that my husband said he’d like …

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its in the bag

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  I grew up on words. My mother taught me how to read by writing each new word down on an index card. Many nights, I would sprawl out on the floor with my box of words and string stories …

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the elements of style

  When I took my first editing job, my boss sat me down and gave me a short list of books to invest in. This was the first book on my list, and has been a permanent resident on my …

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looking forward to 2010

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  New year, new decade, but no new resolutions. I’m not big on resolutions. You could tell me I’m afraid of commitment, or too indecisive. I don’t care. I’d like instead to explore the directions I’d like to go this …

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the princess and the frog

  If you have the opportunity to see Disney’s new movie, the Princess and the Frog, do it. It’s set in New Orleans in the jazz age, and has a fun soundtrack flavored with jazz, zydeco, and gospel. But these …

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a cup of comfort for adoptive families

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  I’ll be adding more books to my library, but for now I’d like to start with a little shameless self-promotion. If you or somebody you know has been touched by adoption, or is considering adoption, A Cup of Comfort …

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