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Wordless Wednesday: Cherry Blossom Lantern
Posted on 28. Apr, 2010 by Deb.
This lantern is found along the tidal basin and is lit during the Cherry Blossom Festival.
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Teaser Tuesday: Reckless
Posted on 27. Apr, 2010 by Deb.
I haven’t played this Meme before, but saw it at Melissa’s Book Blog, so I thought I’d play along….
Teaser Tuesday
Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t [...]
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Sweet Dreams
Posted on 27. Apr, 2010 by Deb.
I love turn-down service. To come back from dinner and find my bed ready for me to climb between the incredibly wonderful frette linens. And there was chocolate on my pillow!
(Hotel Palomar, Chicago)
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Blast from the past
Posted on 25. Apr, 2010 by Deb.
Thanks to a flurry of email exchanges today, I made a visit to the Wayback Machine. I looked up something I had written and realized that I have been blogging since 09/28/2000.
Wow.
I took some time and read through some of the older postings. I found a link to the first post I made for [...]
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Making Salmon Croquettes
Posted on 24. Apr, 2010 by Deb.
Earlier this week when I was visiting my parents. My dad is doing an amazing job taking care of my mom. Between my parent’s friends, my sister and I, we are trying to keep them stocked in food so that my father can spend his time with my mom. She was the person who cooked [...]
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What kind of creative spirit are you?
Posted on 23. Apr, 2010 by Deb.
I attended a tele-seminar on Tuesday night conducted by Laura Hollick - and have been meaning to share the results of a quiz I took prior to attending the seminar:
You are on a journey. You are searching to find your purpose and heal all the pieces that have disconnected you from your truth. Your [...]
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Wordless Wednesday: Bay Bridge
Posted on 21. Apr, 2010 by Deb.
San Francisco to Alameda, Bay Bridge, April 2010
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Personal History Lessons (and the people behind the facts)
Posted on 19. Apr, 2010 by Deb.
Yesterday was the 68th Anniversary of the Doolittle Raids. Mere months after the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, 16 B25-Mitchells were FLOWN off of an aircraft carrier to bomb Tokyo. These were not planes built to be flown off of carriers…And the crews knew there was not enough fuel to [...]
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Wordless Wednesday: MUNI Musician
Posted on 14. Apr, 2010 by Deb.
Blind man playing music in the MUNI/BART entryway, San Francisco, CA, April 2010
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Acceptance
Posted on 10. Apr, 2010 by Deb.
In my seeking for higher voices (besides the amazing folks around me), I have discovered Tonya Williams of Just B Living. I signed up for her (free) Series called “14 Days to a Lighter You”. Today is day four, and in addition to her emailed message, there was a link to this blog post (a [...]
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What Are You Eating?
Posted on 08. Apr, 2010 by Deb.
Yes, I submitted my breakfast yesterday to What Are You Eating Right Now? , an interactive experiment from The New York Times. I found the presentation absolutely fascinating.
And yes, this is a typical at home breakfast for me. Yes, that is All Bran/Fiber One in the bowl (with some strawberries). Yes, I [...]
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Three Little Letters: G Y M
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Deb.
When I made my long list of things that need to be done on Sunday morning, there were several big tasks that are going to require a planned approach. Among these are:
Spring cleaning my closet (and dresser)
Culling through my books and sending some to Half-Price Books
Outlining my latest novel idea
Outlining a series of short stories [...]
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Higher Voices
Posted on 06. Apr, 2010 by Deb.
The first day back from an extended trip seems to pass more quickly than other days. I was successful with the completion of more than a dozen things on my laundry list, though taking bites out of some of the bigger tasks is going to be harder and take a heck of a lot more [...]
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Laundry List
Posted on 04. Apr, 2010 by Deb.
I was fortunate to spend a portion of my time in one of my favorite places these past few days: the Courtyard of the Hotel Monaco.
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(this photo taken in September 2008; not much has changed since then)
I didn’t get to spend as much time there as I would have liked, but part of traveling [...]
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On the Road Again
Posted on 02. Apr, 2010 by Deb.
After months of being a bit of a homebody, I’m on the road again and the rest of this month looks to be pretty busy, which, overall, is a good thing. I won’t begin to bore you with the details of work, just know that I love at about 98% of what I do [...]