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Letters of Note: F. Scott Fitzgerald to his daughter
While searching for another letter of Fitzgerald, I stumbled on this one from the author to this 11-year-old daughter. I was charmed by the love and humor (sidebar: is Fitzergerald known for his humor?) of a father to his daughter -- it sort of reminds me of my own relationship with my dad -- and impressed and thought-provoked by the advice he ( Read more... ) -
The Hunger Games Movie
We watched The Hunger Games yesterday. As part of our no-computer, get-out-of-the-house, get-away-from-the-work day of fun. Or something like that.
And I really, really wanted to like the show. I liked the book enough (although, I think I might have benefited from not really grasping how much of a /thing/ it was. Had I known, I would probably have ( Read more... ) -
Wall Decals, I.. Forgot You?
Way back in 2010 (ouch), I bought a two wall decals. We put up the smaller decal on a less prominent part of the wall as a test, and I decided that I loved it. I still do. To this day, it's still looking good.
However, I somehow never got to putting up the remaining decal. It's been rolled up and stuck in our closet for the last two years. Oops?
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FYI: Motivational Posts
Just in case you follow this journal and not scribblespage, the motivational posts for last week as well as this week has been posted over there.
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67: The Romance Reader
So, after dinner today, my husband and I walked into the bookstore, and two things happened that has never or rarely (?) happened before:
1) my husband found a book to buy almost immediately, and I tried and tried and tried, but couldn't (!?) find one.
2) I talked romance books with stranger.
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59: Judy Mays
I woke up this morning to news of a small town news station ‘outing’ a high school teacher (of 25 years) as an erotic romance writer. The romance community has swarmed the social networks (blogs, Twitter, Facebook) to share exactly what they thought about it ( Read more... ) -
Augh.
*insert incoherent sounds of frustration here*
*sighs*
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Snarl.
It's too damn easy for someone to derail an awesomely good mood. I intend to change that. After I crawl out from under this rock. -
There are many methods of expression.
In light of things and as a little change of things, I found some.. solace, I guess, with the following:
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