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Had to share this...am at my parents' house, snowed in for New Years with them, my sister and Eric...watching the ball drop in Times Square...and talking about the big events of 2008. Of course, November 4th 2008 ranks pretty high on my list of the biggest and best of events. That reminded me of Ani DiFranco's performance of her song "November 4th ( Read more... )

I'm adding a Tour Date feature to the right sidebar over at macleanspace.com (and a readings and visitations tag)...right now, it's quiet, but hopefully there'll be lots to share in no time! I'll link there to events I'll be attending, readings I'll be having, and blog tours I'll be doing. (And...speaking of blog tours...I'd love to come hang out ( Read more... )

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Eric and I are currently en route to California to celebrate Christmas with his family. And it’s been a heckuva route. We left our cozy NYC apartment on Thursday night to bring Baxter to my parents’ house in Rhode Island for a spa week while we wing our way to lovely Shaver Lake, California, where Eric’s nature-loving parents have built the home ( Read more... )

Via JE MacLeod.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught ( Read more... )

As I write this, I'm curled up in a big armchair in my parents' house, post-Thanksgiving smells wafting through the air as Eric online Christmas shops (hopefully for me?), Baxter snoozes, and my dad reads his Daniel Silva book.

It's warm and cozy and quiet today...about the exact opposite of twenty-four hours ago, when I was at one of those crazy ( Read more... )

I'm having a pretty great day, for reasons that hopefully I will be able to share in a bit. BUT...I did share them with Eric today. And, because he is a fantastic husband and knows exactly what I need at all times, he sent me an mp3 of Ronny Jordan's The Jackal. Because good news makes me feel like CJ Cregg. I can't share the mp3 with you...but ( Read more... )

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