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Friday Favorites
It's Friday, and I'm in Dayton for the Erma Bombeck writers' workshop, which is really an incredible opportunity. Last night, I saw Phil Donahue give the keynote speech, and it brought back a lot of...
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With a little help from my friends
It was the last session of the conference, and I knew it was coming all day. I spent time in the earlier sessions scrawling, and then rewriting in a neater hand, my pitch. Stuffing it into the new bag...
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Friday Favorites
Happy Friday!Here are some of my favorite things from around the web:1) Heidi Cave is one of my favorite writers, and she has an incredible story of courage and hope. Take a look at this roundup post...
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Brave: Hearts, Mended
When I lived in Atlanta, there were seven couples who got together frequently on the weekends. My friends Becky and Ben were the constants, the ones who brought everyone together, and we were all very...
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Friday Favorites
Some of my favorite things on the web this week:LAUGHFor a little sweetness and humor today, read Keely's essay on giving her baby boy "the man talk"....
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Friday Favorites
Happy Friday! It has been a rough week in our house, with our little boy requiring a run to the ER with a bad case of croup, and more days of fever and just not feeling himself. Here's to a much...
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Friday Favorites
I'm a writer, right? So why haven't I been posting many essays lately?The truth is that I have been focused on a very special project, producing the Listen To Your Mother show here in Austin. I have...
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Friday Favorites
I'm on my way to San Antonio this weekend for an aviation conference, representing my consulting job. It's amazing how many things have opened up in consulting and contracting and part time since I...
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Friday Favorites
It has been a great week; I spent a few days at an aviation conference catching up with industry colleagues, got some great feedback from my writers' group, and spent some quality time with my son as...
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To all the Maggies of the world
Last June, photographer Sara Naomi Lewkowicz won the 2013 Ville de Perpignan Rémi Ochlik Award for her work documenting Domestic Violence. She had followed a couple, Shane and Maggie, for several...
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Friday Favorites
Today, I took my son to the park and to Pinkberry for a cold treat, and as we were enjoying our frozen yogurt, a group of middle school boys walked in, loud and gangly. The first thing I noticed is...
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Friday Favorites
Hi! *Waves from the sky*I'm on a plane, coming home from Montreal, and I love it when I can be online and charge my laptop at the same time. Thank you, Delta.I have been writing, quite a bit,...
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The Ring
I saw the ring in a magazine for brides-to-be, and it caught and held my eyes for what felt like a long and lingering stare. It was a white gold Tacori design, cradling a sapphire at its center, with...
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Friday Favorites - June 27
I had the opportunity to explore Edmonton this week, briefly, on a short business trip. It's gorgeous, and I love that the sun doesn't go down until well after 10 PM and rises around 4 AM. I hear that...
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Friday Favorites - July 4
Happy 4th of July! My Italian grandmother had a way of saying that phrase with an exaggerated accent, and every year my mom and I call each other and say it in the same way and laugh.We're headed to a...
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Learning to fly
The robin is plump and strong, her orange-red breast flashing across the yard to the nearest tree when we approach the front door. She built her nest there, above the porch light, while my parents were...
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Because
A new friend of mine, a beautiful, caring, compassionate woman, sent me a message after I posted "To All the Maggies of the World" a few weeks ago."I had no idea you had been through this," she wrote....
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Friday Favorites: August 8
Hello, and welcome to August! My little boy is going to be 5 soon, and I can hardly believe that. In case you missed it, I was at my friend Laura's blog this week, with a contribution to her marriage...
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Six lines
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of Congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an American safely to the Moon before the end of the decade....
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Brave: a father's love
Sixteen years ago, a little boy was born. Austin was happy and healthy, with a shock of soft red hair, and grew up like any other little boy in the Midwest. At the time, Austin was related to Brian by...
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