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May.18.2013
Husband and I officially kicked off our holiday by going out this morning, and I bought new work clothes! Yay? No. Boo. But hey...
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May.18.2013
I was up on Google News this AM and found this hot-off-the press story: "Paris Hilton Cries at Cannes."
Did someone actually...
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May.13.2013
The portrait of Juan de Pareja by Velázquez that hangs in a gallery of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan is surrounded...
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Sep.12.2012
If you’re an author, traditionally or self-published, you can now sell your eBooks on Red Room! Plus, if you’re a Premium Member...
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May.10.2013
It had yellowed. I imagined the sun's rays gave it the hue. I would not have even looked at it, but as I peeled the foil off...
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May.16.2013
My late father-in-law built a birdhouse for our yard. It was a simple thing—a box, painted dark brown, with a peaked roof, a...
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May.11.2013
When I was a kid, I was obedient and quiet. I automatically knew that talking too loud, making a fuss or being assertive would...
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May.16.2013
My late father-in-law built a birdhouse for our yard. It was a simple thing—a box, painted dark brown, with a peaked roof, a...
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Red Room Blogs banner photograph (at the top of the page) is of writer Ernest Hemingway with Lady Duff Twysden, Hadley Hemingway, and three unidentified people at a cafe in Pamplona, Spain, during the Fiesta of San Fermin in July 1925; photograph used courtesy of the Ernest Hemingway Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
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Oct.23.2008
She pulled back the curtains and glanced into the backyard. He was out there again. All she could see was his dirty jeans and one...
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Aug.23.2008
I spent this summer between two residencies and traveling. I spent this summer writing and writing. At what I thought was the end...
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Sep.12.2008
Vietnamese Buddhist monk, author, and teacher Thich Nhat Hanh has developed exercises called Mindful Movements. These simple,...
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Jan.29.2009
From my January 27 column on tips for using the dictionary:
Is it “I have drunk my coffee” or “I have drank my coffee”? Do you...
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