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food. Honestly, though, it never felt like anything other than a
competition with myself to see if I could actually do it. So, this Ash
Wednesday, I am going to try to take something "on" instead of giving
something "up". I am going to take on teaching myself that I can't
please everybody. I am going to take on convincing myself that I am not
the only source of another person's happiness. And I am working on
letting go of the guilt that accrues when you believe that you have to
do both of those all the time but feel that you fail miserably. Because
somewhere in there, I lost myself. So I am taking on me. Selfish? Maybe.
But I am figuring out that in order to be the Child of God, woman,
wife, mother, daughter and grandmother that I am meant to be, it's where
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Let's see how many I can read this year...<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Legacy-Novel-Katherine-Webb/dp/0062077309/ref=sr_1_3_bnp_1_pap?ie=UTF8&qid=1389625811&sr=8-3&keywords=Katherine+Webb" target="_blank">The Legacy</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451239172/" target="_blank">Fearless </a>(non-fiction)<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Royal-Mistress-Anne-Easter-Smith-ebook/dp/B008J4RP7A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390834784&sr=8-1&keywords=Royal+Mistress" target="_blank">Royal Mistress</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451239172/" target="_blank">Temple of a Thousand Faces </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Athena-Karen-Essex/dp/0767926188/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394580760&sr=8-1&keywords=stealing+athena" target="_blank">Stealing Athena </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743294432/" target="_blank">The Island House </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Silent-Land-novel-Graham-Joyce/dp/0385533802/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1&qid=1399148301" target="_blank">The Silent Land </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Step-Dark-Judith-Lennox/dp/075533132X/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399474286&sr=1-6&keywords=Judith+Lennox" target="_blank">A Step in the Dark </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Requiem-Graham-Joyce/dp/0312864523/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1402500478&sr=8-16&keywords=graham+joyce" target="_blank">Requiem </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Facts-Life-A-Novel/dp/0743463420/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1403614049&sr=8-10" target="_blank">The Facts of Life </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grace-More-Deserve-Greater-Imagine/dp/052911769X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406662639&sr=8-1&keywords=grace" target="_blank">Grace</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Birthing-House-Christopher-Ransom/dp/B003D7JTWW/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1&qid=1406662804" target="_blank">The Birthing House </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Crown-Novel-Patricia-Bracewell/dp/0143124358/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1&qid=1409622479" target="_blank">Shadow on the Crown </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Sister-Graham-Joyce/dp/0312866321/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1415138696&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Dark Sister </a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js?pub=xa-4ac0a4e543418b7d" type="text/javascript"></script></div>
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1. I have written 9 full-length novels and 3
"novellas" (but have not attempted to get published and probably won't
-- writing is my therapy.<br /><br />2. My favorite genre of books to read
(but not write) is historical fiction -- namely (and in order): the
Middle Ages, Colonial/Revolutionary America, Italian Renaissance and the
French Revolution.<br /><br />3. My favorite historical person is Richard III.<br /><br />3.
I would rather watch a program/movie with zombies, ghosts, headless
horsemen, the Winchester Brothers and various gore than anything which
doesn't contain some form of those. <br /><br />4. I love dogs (this you
know) but if I could have any "unusual" pet, it would be an elephant. Or
maybe a capybara. Or a giraffe. <br /><br />5. I gave birth at ages 25, 27
and 32. The smaller gap between the first two are why there is a bigger
one between the third. (Love you all dearly, by the way).<br /><br />6. I
once had a MRI that showed (from more than one aspect -- and Mark saw
it) what appeared to be a tumor but it was not there at all when I had
surgery. Miracle? I'll take it.<br /><br />7. I went all the way to New
Jersey for one Men Without Hats concert. Another time I went to
Jacksonville (not quite as far). Missed the last tour because I was
awaiting the birth of a grandson. Sometimes you do have to draw the
line.<br /><br />8. I am right-handed but am more comfortable doing some
things with my left-hand (I have the mouse on my left, for instance).
Mark is also right-handed but two out of three of our children are
lefties.<br /><br />
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knows how I lean politically. I don't rant and rave about it and never
will -- I tune out when people start using insults and name-calling as a
substitute for intelligence. I don't understand how so many people
demand that their viewpoints be tolerated and respected while not
bothering to extend the same to others. Many, many times I let my
opinions fall to the wayside because it's not worth it to me to hurt
another person's feelings over what is important to them, no matter how
much I might disagree with it. But, for the record, in case you didn't
know, I am a conservative, capitalist, constitution-loving Christian.
Today, though, I just want to say one thing and this is it -- I believe
that all people who love each other
should be together -- and that includes being married. In a complicated
world, this is just that simple to me.</a></span>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Very-Thought-You-Novel/dp/B006OHUYCC/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1357615858&sr=8-5&keywords=the+very+thought+of+you">The Very Thought of You</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452297648?SubscriptionId=0QCHRJVSKG6F3BRGBNG2&tag=pbs_00004-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0452297648">The House at Tyneford </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Year-Wonders-A-Novel-Plague/dp/0142001430/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358447594&sr=8-1&keywords=year+of+wonders">Year of Wonders</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/The%20time%20is%20always%20right%20to%20do%20what%20is%20right.%20Martin%20Luther%20King,%20Jr.%20Read%20more%20at%20http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/martinluth106169.html#MSKKZ54SdCsWpMOA.99">The Other Eden</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Owl-Killers-A-Novel/dp/0440244439/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358884161&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Owl+Killers">The Owl Killers </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Surrender-Redefining-Word-Hot-Aphrodisia/dp/0758215266/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_7">Surrender </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Kings-Grace-A-Novel/dp/1416550453/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360343909&sr=8-1&keywords=The+King%27s+Grace">The King's Grace </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Three-Maids-Crown-Novel-Sisters/dp/030758898X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1361998536&sr=8-1&keywords=three+maids+for+a+crown">Three Maids For A Crown </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Unseen-Novel-Katherine-Webb/dp/0062077880/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1363004141&sr=8-7&keywords=The+unseen">The Unseen</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Shadowy-Horses-Susanna-Kearsley/dp/1402258704/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363891077&sr=8-1&keywords=the+shadowy+horses">The Shadowy Horses </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Innocent-Novel-Posie-Graeme-Evans/dp/0743272226/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1364828085&sr=8-4&keywords=posie+graeme-evans">The Innocent </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Exiled-Anne-Trilogy-Book/dp/074344373X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1366307040&sr=8-3&keywords=Posie+Graeme-Evans">The Exiled </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Uncrowned-Queen-A-Novel/dp/0743443748/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368101663&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Uncrowned+Queen">The Uncrowned Queen </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Queen-By-Right-A-Novel/dp/141655047X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369705954&sr=8-1&keywords=queen+by+right">Queen By Right </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Turning-Anne-Merrick-Christine-Blevins/dp/042523679X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371429194&sr=8-1&keywords=the+turning+of+anne+merrick">The Turning of Anne Merrick </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Roaring-Midnight-Gardella-Vampire-Chronicles/dp/1931419213/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372357181&sr=8-1&keywords=roaring+midnight">Roaring Midnight </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Incarnation-Emma-Cornwall/dp/1439190356/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1372769068&sr=8-2&keywords=Incarnation">Incarnation </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/My-Name-Is-Mary-Sutter/dp/0143119133/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373292405&sr=8-1&keywords=My+Name+is+Mary+Sutter">My Name is Mary Sutter </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crimson-Petal-White-Michel-Faber/dp/0156028778/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373720393&sr=8-1&keywords=the+crimson+petal+and+the+white">The Crimson Petal and the White </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Winter-Sea-Susanna-Kearsley/dp/1402241372/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376401579&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Winter+Sea">The Winter Sea </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Ladys-Slipper-Novel-Reading/dp/B005EP26YY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377447019&sr=8-1&keywords=the+lady%27s+slipper">The Lady's Slipper </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Turncoat-Renegades-Revolution/dp/0451415396/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378312140&sr=8-1&keywords=The+turncoat">The Turncoat </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=The+Bungalow">The Bungalow </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Private-Papers-Eastern-Jewel/dp/1596917032/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379600777&sr=8-1&keywords=The+private+papers+of+eastern+jewel">The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Julia-Street-Ciji-Ware/dp/B006TQVUQC/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_pap?ie=UTF8&qid=1380658113&sr=8-1&keywords=Midnight+on+Julia+Street">Midnight on Julia Street </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Sister-Queens-Sophie-Perinot/dp/B00BDI6GX8">The Sister Queens </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Twelve-Extraordinary-Women-Shaped-Bible/dp/1400280281/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1382634848&sr=8-1">Twelve Extraordinary Women </a>(non-fiction)<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Kept-Tatiana-Rosnay-ebook/dp/B003OUXEJ2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384441701&sr=8-1&keywords=A+Secret+Kept">A Secret Kept </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Flower-Reader-Elizabeth-Loupas/dp/0451235819/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_pap?ie=UTF8&qid=1384914711&sr=8-1&keywords=the+flower+reader">The Flower Reader </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Time-Chance-Alan-Brennert-ebook/dp/B004OA63BM/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1386017723&sr=1-3&keywords=time+and+chance">Time and Chance </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Serpent-Pearl-Novel-Borgias/dp/0425259463/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386959714&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Serpent+and+the+Pearl">The Serpent and the Pearl </a><br />
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Disappointed this morning...but life goes on and God is in control...but
I'm afraid the road to ruin just got a little shorter and narrower...my
generation will be okay...the one after not so much...but who I really
worry for is my grandson (and grandchildren yet to come). Our freedoms
are being taken from us and replaced with constraints...and, eventually,
people won't remember how it used to be...and, before long, saying the
name of God or Jesus (but probably not Allah) will be banned entirely
from any public discourse...we have become the entitlement
generation(s)...why work if the government will pay you to sit on your
ass? And, for the people who do work their asses off, why work harder if
the government is just going to take more and more? I don't think most
of this country even knew about the horror of Benghazi...four Americans
died and we were lied to about it all...our military will become weaker
and weaker...and our bed bigger because we have to make room for Iran to
be in it with us...and Israel, oh, Israel...I am so, so sorry...
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I will never understand, no matter where you stand on the political
spectrum, why this is okay with some people -- and why there is so much
silence -- especially from women's groups who ought to come out swinging
no matter who -- liberal or conservative
-- is on the receiving end of such an attack. Any discussion of a "war
on women" (which, in full disclosure, I've never experienced) should
also include this type of discourteous, disrespectful drivel.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'm pretty well sick of this but...I love Chick-Fil-A...I also love
another local restaurant which is run by people who are not of my same
faith and who have differing ideas and opinions. I guess, since they
hold even stronger beliefs against same-sex marriage, they ought to be
boycotted, too? Right? Wouldn't that be the politically correct thing to
do? <br /><br /> Personally, I really don't have an issue with
anybody getting married, as long as it's between consenting adults -- I
think we have a lot bigger problems in our country than who marries who
-- but I will defend Dan Cathy's (or anyone's) right to state his
beliefs, especially as it has nothing to do with whom Chick-Fil-A hires
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<b>What you believe is up to you so if you don't like what he had to say, then go somewhere else. Easy as lemon pie. <br /><br /> And more chicken for me.</b> <b><br /><br />
And, don't forget that each Chick-Fil-A restaurant is operated by an
individual who is trying to make a living. So, boycott all you want but
just remember who you might actually be hurting.</b> </div>
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"Last night, for approximately 8-10 hours, the Yuku network was
unexpectedly off-line due to a failure of Amazon Web Services that
affected not only Yuku, but many popular web sites like Quora,
Pinterest, Dropbox and Heroku. We apologize for this outage, and wanted
to assure the community that we had our staff working overnight to bring
the Yuku network back online as quickly as possible. According to
Amazon, most of the connectivity has been restored, but the impact of
the outage on the Yuku network is still being resolved by our engineers.
We will provide you with additional updates as they become available
and we appreciate your patience as we work to fully restore our network"
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And why does one person get castigated and another get a free ride?<br />
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Here's why: <br />
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HUGE DOUBLE STANDARD <br />
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<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/04/rush-limbaugh-s-apology-liberal-men-need-to-follow-suit.html">http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/04/rush-limbaugh-s-apology-liberal-men-need-to-follow-suit.html</a><br />
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Recently, we went out to eat and were seated in a booth directly by a man who was eating alone. Just about the time we sat down, he either received a call or made a call and then went on to talk very loudly. Everybody in the section we were in could hear him -- I saw a few people give him the evil eye -- I wouldn't be surprised if the whole restaurant couldn't hear him, also. I don't know how long he talked -- it seemed like a long time but it probably wasn't. <br />
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Anyway, for whatever reason -- maybe because the connection isn't always great -- or maybe because when folks are in a public place they don't hear as well -- people tend to talk exceedingly loud when they are on their cellphones. It's annoying in a store when you can hear someone three aisles over but, in a restaurant, it's worse.<br />
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I will say that I don't mind so much if people have short conversations -- for instance, "We're at the restaurant -- see you in a minute". For the most part, though, I think people should let their calls go to voicemail and return the call later -- especially if it's not an emergency. Yes, I know, you wouldn't know if something is an emergency until you answer -- but most of the time, it's just people calling to chat about something that could wait. If you must answer, then do so, find out what it is, then tell the person you'll call them back. Or, for God's sake, TEXT. I've heard a lot of people say they "don't text" -- as if this has earned them a Girl Scout badge. All I know is that it's better to text than to disrupt everybody else with some conversation that others don't need to hear. I mean, really, we are getting into the realm of courtesy here, if nothing else.<br />
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Anyway, the restaurant we were in was not one that would be considered "high end" -- I have a feeling at a more upscale place, management would have stepped in quickly. So, maybe you just get what you pay for. <br />
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I've noticed that some places -- notably salons and some offices -- ask people to put their cellphones on vibrate -- but none really say, "please don't talk on your cellphone" but I'm beginning to think that's what some places -- like restaurants -- should do. I mean, after all, if you want to smoke, for the most part, you have to step outside -- why not with this, too? Both are equally disturbing when you are trying to have a meal or trying to enjoy a salon visit. By the way, I'm so grateful to the doctors' offices which post signs that ask people not to wear perfume or cologne while there -- but that's a whole other story.<br />
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No wonder I don't even want to leave my house much anymore. If the phone would stop ringing, it would be perfect.<br />
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I can't compete with all the book bloggers out there who read <span style="font-style: italic;">hundreds </span>of books every year but here's my list for 2012. I'll add to it as I read (you can access this post from a link under "Go here for...") I don't really do reviews but if you see anything I've read that you'd like to know more about, please ask and I'll give you my opinion. I also have a list on<span style="font-style: italic;"> Facebook</span> and I sometimes add a few thoughts there. Some of these books go right back on <span style="font-style: italic;">Paperbackswap</span> after I've read them -- so if you're a member of PBS, look me up (LIS859). And, if you decide to join PBS, please consider clicking on the PBS link (on the right-hand side). I will get a couple of credits if you join that way!!<br />
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FICTION:<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0057DD124/?tag=imreading-20">The Dressmaker </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Be-Queen-Novel-Eleanor-Aquitaine/dp/B0064XAUGQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326571785&sr=8-1">To Be Queen </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Q7E22U/?tag=imreading-20">Poison </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Dark-Water-Wendy-Perriman/dp/0425241041/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329349240&sr=8-1">Fire on Dark Water </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Borgia-Betrayal-Novel-Reading-Group/dp/0312609841/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330563618&sr=8-1">The Borgia Betrayal</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1402258585/?tag=imreading-20">The Rose Garden </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0054U56XC/?tag=imreading-20">The Second Duchess </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Kings-Mistress-A-Novel/dp/0307589269/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333371974&sr=8-1">The King's Mistress </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005IUP2ZU/?tag=imreading-20">Mariana</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400051223/?tag=imreading-20">Lucrezia Borgia </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446606286/?tag=imreading-20">Dishonored </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sins-House-Borgia-Sarah-Bower/dp/B005MWK5R4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338300685&sr=8-1">Sins of the House of Borgia </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Borgia-Mistress-Poisoner-Mysteries/dp/031260985X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340047072&sr=8-1&keywords=borgia+mistress">The Borgia Mistress </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008BLFYOM/?tag=imreading-20">Duchess of Aquitaine </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Shades-Grey-Book-Trilogy/dp/0345803485/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343097086&sr=8-1&keywords=fifty+shades+of+grey">Fifty Shades of Grey </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345803493/?tag=imreading-20">Fifty Shades Darker </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Shades-Freed-Three-Trilogy/dp/0345803507/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344262656&sr=8-1&keywords=Fifty+Shades+Freed">Fifty Shades Freed </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Virgin-Widow-Anne-OBrien/dp/B0058M7Z1C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345235655&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Virgin+Widow">The Virgin Widow </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Funny-Accent-Novel-Barbara-Shulgasser-Parker/dp/0312300433/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346162044&sr=1-1">Funny Accent </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Island-Swans-Ciji-Ware/dp/1402222688/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346712158&sr=8-1&keywords=islands+of+the+swan">Island of the Swans </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Coffin-Quilt-between-Hatfields/dp/0152164502/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1349315255&sr=8-1&keywords=the+coffin+quilt">The Coffin Quilt </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Three-Aphrodisia-Noelle-Mack/dp/0758213891/ref=la_B001H6OFMU_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1350403590&sr=1-2">Three </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/One-Wicked-Night-Noelle-Mack/dp/0758217730/ref=la_B001H6OFMU_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1350403621&sr=1-10">One Wicked Night</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mistress-Rome-Kate-Quinn/dp/0425232476/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1351692581&sr=8-1">Mistress of Rome </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Daughter-Siena-A-Novel/dp/B007MXCOWA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351869432&sr=8-1&keywords=the+daughter+of+siena">The Daughter of Siena </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/His-Last-Duchess-Gabrielle-Kimm/dp/B00740G57G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352825197&sr=8-1&keywords=His+Last+Duchess">His Last Duchess </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Daughters-Rome-Kate-Quinn/dp/B005IUHL0E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354021694&sr=8-1&keywords=daughters+of+rome">Daughters of Rome </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Christianitys-Family-Tree-Christians-Believe/dp/0687491169/ref=la_B001HCU82A_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1355102592&sr=1-10">The Vanishing Point </a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Timothy-A-Novel-P-S/dp/B000GG4J00/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1355711436&sr=8-1&keywords=Mr.+timothy">Mr. Timothy </a><br />
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NON-FICTION<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Christianity-World-Religions-Participants-Wrestling/dp/0687494303/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355102981&sr=1-1&keywords=Christianity+and+World+Religions">Christianity and World Religions</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Christianitys-Family-Tree-Christians-Believe/dp/0687491169/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355103050&sr=1-1&keywords=Christianity%27s+Family+Tree">Christianity's Family Tree</a><br />
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Lynn Irwin Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11902088926070471878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614549520973526083.post-43803264639455572242011-09-11T19:40:00.000-04:002011-09-11T19:40:45.268-04:00The Pit (Ground Zero)<div><div> <br />
To stand before<br />
The pit<br />
And not waver.<br />
To shed a tear<br />
But not fall.<br />
To feel the whisper<br />
Of angels<br />
And listen.<br />
To be still<br />
And remember it all.<br />
To know that<br />
Hope still lingers<br />
To feel the <br />
Blood rush<br />
Through living veins.<br />
To learn the lesson<br />
And move forward<br />
To feel at peace again.<br />
This is my prayer,<br />
While defying<br />
The specter<br />
Of catastrophe and doom,<br />
That one voice<br />
Can mingle<br />
With millions<br />
And this spot become<br />
A healing room.<br />
<br />
Lynn Irwin Stewart<br />
May 31, 2002 <br />
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Anyway, this aging thing is not a lot of fun. Because of the DNA I so blessedly received, unless they discover a new wonder drug, I'm going to suffer with arthritis for the rest of my life, and it's likely to get worse instead of better. Also, because of inherited traits, I have high blood pressure and thyroid issues but they are under control. I have a few gray hairs -- including stupid "sideburns" that stick out like something scared me half to death. It's just a part of the way it is and, like anybody else, I'm dealing with the hand I was dealt as gracefully as possible.<br />
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But there are some good things about getting older. There are times now when I can truly say "don't have to, don't wanna, ain't gonna'". I don't have to worry about being "cool" or "with it" because I really don't care and, if I did, who else would? There's not much worse than an "older" person trying to hold onto a youth that has gone with the wind. No, I'm not completely comfortable in my skin -- I've never seen a photo of myself that I really liked -- I need to lose weight and it worries me but mostly for health reasons -- and in those moments of sheer rage when I'm trying on clothes. I have that deadly combination of <span style="font-style: italic;">love food/hate exercise</span>. But, otherwise, the wrinkles are here to stay and, though I never say never, there won't be any <span style="font-style: italic;">Botox</span> going on anytime soon. <br />
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But...<br />
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It's one thing to look in the mirror and see yourself -- I've done it for many, many years -- there hasn't been anything that has surprised me. I haven't gotten up one morning and found any drastic change from the day before. Same with the people I see every day -- my children grew up -- but, as with all aging, it was gradual. They were not <span style="font-style: italic;">little</span>, then suddenly,<span style="font-style: italic;"> big</span>. Neither was my belly. My husband looks the same to me now as he did back then -- though if I look back at pictures of ourselves, this is not actually the case -- but, living day to day, the passage of time is just not that noticeable. <br />
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But then, I see pictures of people I used to know -- people who I have not had the privilege of seeing from day to day, week to week or even year to year. For some of them, Father Time has been generous; for others, not so much. And the thing is, I don't know where I fit in the spectrum because we never see ourselves the way others do. This can be good or bad and maybe it's better to never know which one it is. Anyway, it's seeing my contemporaries that make me realize that time has indeed been parading by while I was busy doing something else. And, while on the <span style="font-style: italic;">inside</span>, my thought processes and the things that make me tick, haven't changed all that much, the <span style="font-style: italic;">outside</span> surely has to those who haven't been around to watch me gradually get older.<br />
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And then there's <span style="font-style: italic;">Men Without Hats</span>.<br />
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What, you may ask, are you talking about this time, fangurl?<br />
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Well, they were group which had one major (and, maybe one minor) hit back in the early 80s. The lead singer was named Ivan -- I even called a character in one of my (unpublished) novels by that name. I could <span style="font-style: italic;">Safety Dance</span> until the cows came home -- though I had no idea what a "safety dance" actually was (I do now...thank you <span style="font-style: italic;">Wikipedia</span>...it only took me nearly 30 years to figure it out). Watching the video of the song just recently (<span style="font-style: italic;">that</span> would be thanks to<span style="font-style: italic;"> YouTube</span>), I was transported back to another time and I couldn't keep my feet still but, oh, Lord, why didn't I just stop there?<br />
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But, no, I had to look Ivan up and what he was doing <span style="font-style: italic;">today</span> and reality hit me with a thunk. He is, like me, no longer young -- and no longer hirsute<span style="font-style: italic;"></span> -- which is why, perhaps, he's <span style="font-style: italic;">wearing</span> a hat nowadays. Anyway, I've been trying to reconcile <span style="font-style: italic;">then</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">now, </span>though I'm not at all sure that reconciliation is actually possible.<br />
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I'm also thinking <span style="font-style: italic;">safety dance</span> might have a whole other meaning nowadays -- like be careful, because if you fall off that stage, it's gonna' hurt like hell.<br />
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Apparently, <span style="font-style: italic;">Men Without Hats</span> (Ivan is the only original member -- which included two of his brothers -- participating) is going on tour. <br />
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With the <span style="font-style: italic;">B-52s</span>. <br />
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Call me jaded -- I prefer realistic -- but I just don't think that love shack is going to be shimmying like it used to.<br />
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But I'd pay to see it.<br />
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If I can stay up that late.<br />
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Like the wreck my son was involved in, in Atlanta, a week or so ago. He walked away and so did the other people. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. And, thanks again to God, we happened to be <i>in</i> Atlanta at the time.<br />
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Or my big dog who somehow, freakishly, broke his "shoulder" -- an injury that usually isn't seen unless the animal has been hit by a car (he was not) or because of something even more sinister -- a tumor. Happily, there is no tumor so he is just a freak. Still, he is not completely out of the woods -- the nerve which operates the (front) leg, was not severed but it may not work again. He has some movement in that leg -- and he is getting around just fine on three legs -- but, if he can't eventually put that foot down and use it, it may well mean amputation. Time will tell. But he is alive and, otherwise, well.<br />
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Back to the wedding -- after the nuptials, we headed off to the reception which was being held downtown. We ate, we talked, we watched the newlyweds dance. But, not long into the festivities, a man collapsed -- and turned completely blue. As you can imagine, everything came to a grinding halt. The singer in the band began calling for a "doctor in the house."<br />
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Well, it's his training, I suppose, that makes him just <i>act</i> but Mark (we were only a few yards away because we'd chosen to go to the food table on the left) sprang into action and reached the man first. Another doctor -- a cardiologist -- followed, along with a couple of nurses. So, a man who was not breathing, had a cardiologist and an anesthesiologist working on him immediately.<br />
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I've never seen CPR done in person. It is a most violent act. The protocols for CPR no longer include "mouth to mouth" resuscitation but, after the man did not begin breathing, Mark did it, anyway. Now, I'm not going to give all credit to my husband -- it may well have been that the <i>combination</i> of activities around this man contributed to his rescue -- but, once Mark did that, he started breathing again.<br />
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Of course, the speculation going around was that this man had had a massive heart attack -- he had not -- he probably wouldn't have come back from that, no matter what -- and his pulse was strong the whole time. The problem was that he lost his airway -- and if you lose your airway, you don't breathe. And, if you don't breathe, you die. <br />
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When the man "came back", he had no idea what had happened. Mark told him he was going to the hospital and he asked, "why?" He is still in the hospital today -- they are doing a myriad of tests -- he has already "passed" all of the heart ones. They may never find a cause -- though Mark believes, considering he was eating at the time, that he probably choked on a piece of food. And, by the way, if someone has already <i>collapsed</i>, you don't <i>stand them up</i> to do anything to them -- including the <i>Heimlich</i>. If there are medical people present, don't holler out what you think ought to be done because it's usually wrong and could do more harm than good. And it really irritates -- and might distract -- the people who<i> do</i> know what they are doing.<br />
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Anyway, I'm not writing this to call my husband a hero -- in his mind, he just did what every doctor knows how to do (though if you are having a respiratory episode like this, an anesthesiologist is probably the guy you want most). I'm actually writing this for another reason. <br />
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And that is this:<br />
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What <i>possible</i> difference does it make what you <i>wear</i> to a wedding?<br />
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<i>It doesn't.</i><br />
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<i> </i>Personally, I don't think, unless I'm a <i>part</i> of the wedding party, that I'll ever give it more than a passing thought (such as, is what I want to wear<i> clean?</i>) ever again.<br />
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And that's what I learned on Saturday night.<br />
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We judge how people dress <i>(I would never wear that!</i>).<br />
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Well, I might not but it's because it looks horrible on me. <br />
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How they raise their children (<i>I'd never let mine do that!</i>).<br />
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Their little noses will be snotty and they'll have chocolate stains on their shirts, no matter what. <br />
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The way people vote. (<i>Why, you're just stupid and uneducated and from the South</i>) <br />
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No, no and yes.<br />
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The way people worship (<i>you can't worship God in a contemporary service -- it's in the Bible!</i>)<br />
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Oh, really? Where exactly? <br />
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Even saying someone <i>shouldn't</i> be judgmental <i>is</i> being judgmental. I mean, after all, what is judging but thinking somebody is doing something the wrong way -- or not the way <i>you</i> would do it?<br />
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I guess this hit home today because of the death of Bin Laden. So many people were quick to judge others who they felt were being a little too celebratory. I'm not saying that some words/actions weren't over the top but I can't help but feel that most people were celebrating not so much the<i> death of an individual</i> but the <i>death of pure evil</i> -- which happened to wear the face of Bin Laden.<br />
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I could be wrong but how do <i>I</i> know what's in anybody else's heart? <br />
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I admit I'm judging a little bit today because of the one-Bible-verse postings (mostly on <i>Facebook</i>) about how we should treat our enemies, fallen and otherwise. I've seen for myself how easy it is to pull <i>one verse</i> out of the Bible and run with it. But the main thing is, I think some people may be using these verses as a condemnation of others.<br />
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<i>Mirror, mirror on the wall...</i><br />
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Guilty as charged. Sometimes it's just too hard to take a good, long look.<br />
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That's why I call myself a practicing Christian...not because I go to church regularly...but because I'm always trying, and often failing, to get it right...<br />
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Both Diana and Spencer are gone now but they leave me with memories which I would not trade. <br />
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I've never been to England but I have always loved British history -- and the pageantry of the British monarchy. It fascinates me. The naysayers like to point out, with so many terrible things going on in the world -- wars, devastating tornadoes -- that it is somehow wrong to celebrate a happy event. Pray tell when are there <i>not </i>terrible things going on in the world? There are, and forevermore will be, flowers pushing up among the ashes. Hope springing eternal. It's why and how we go on. If we didn't have hope, we would have all perished in despair by now.<br />
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The wedding of William and Kate has given people another reason to say ugly things -- about royalty in general -- but also about the people who enjoy such things. I've never quite understood the need to put someone down for something that gives them joy. I don't watch football or baseball -- couldn't tell you who plays for what team -- couldn't even tell you who played in the last Superbowl -- but I respect that some people set their calendars around these sporting events.<br />
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I really don't care what the UK spent on the wedding. Whatever it was, it probably also brought in tons of revenue. With our own country rife with wasteful spending, fraud and pork, I can only say fix your own house before you complain about another. I'm not a citizen of the UK, anyway, so it's not my business -- no more than it's my business what my neighbor is spending on their daughter's wedding -- nor theirs as to what was spent on my daughter's.<br />
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I thought the wedding was beautiful, enchanting, even sweet -- and I cried a little while I watched.<br />
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Because, for a moment, I saw his mother's smile.Lynn Irwin Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11902088926070471878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614549520973526083.post-90382546344692054642011-04-22T21:51:00.002-04:002011-04-22T21:51:36.987-04:00Jackson's First Easter!!<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mfysXigbgoqy8FLM8O12VO8B-XYAdV0Bef4KbR5iCymEXzA5Hqv7ZyL_gGxCiW85_GFgzFYmRrI9VEU9iWpJz7Mxtv630iI3GXD0HIDJLT9b0eUei8zjEN1uB_EpayvbqRMex2x6ADo/s1600/Jacksonsfirsteaster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mfysXigbgoqy8FLM8O12VO8B-XYAdV0Bef4KbR5iCymEXzA5Hqv7ZyL_gGxCiW85_GFgzFYmRrI9VEU9iWpJz7Mxtv630iI3GXD0HIDJLT9b0eUei8zjEN1uB_EpayvbqRMex2x6ADo/s320/Jacksonsfirsteaster.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><a class="addthis_button" expr:addthis:title="data:post.title" expr:addthis:url="data:post.url" href=""><img alt="Bookmark and Share" height="16" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" style="border: 0pt none;" width="125" /></a> <script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js?pub=xa-4ac0a4e543418b7d" type="text/javascript">
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