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Remember Bolero?

April 7, 2008 gaisheagirl

Anyone run out and buy Ravel’s Bolero after the movie “10” was released many moons ago?  Well, if you liked…

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Posted in: music, writing Filed under: "10", Bolero, Daphnis and Chloe, Ravel

National Grammar Day, March 4

April 4, 2008 gaisheagirl

Ok.  I know I’m a month tardy in recognizing what should be a holy day among writers.  Perhaps the belated…

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Posted in: publishing, writing Filed under: authors, editors, grammar, National Grammar Day, Shakespeare, speech, Wiilam F. Buckley

A Few April Fools?

April 1, 2008 gaisheagirl

Crocodile shoes… Read the warning on the label… KISS: first evolution… Bird Dogs… Cumulus Eweus…

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Posted in: writing Filed under: April Fools Photos, humor

One Man's Garbage

March 28, 2008 gaisheagirl

Ever peer into a recycle can when you pass one by?  You can tell a lot by your neighbors by what’s in the…

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Posted in: writing Filed under: Disney, recycled glass

Messengers from Another Realm

March 22, 2008 gaisheagirl

Spring is tangible in Seattle at the moment.  The Daphne is blooming and it’s glorious smell permeates the air.  Daffodils…

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Posted in: God, writing Filed under: A New Earth, Easter, Eckert Tolle, enlightenment, flowers, Spring

Requiem for Sir Arthur Clarke

March 19, 2008 gaisheagirl

The tangible world lost Sir Arthur Clarke today.  I offer a portion of Bach’s Mass in B-Minor to accompany his…

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Posted in: God, publishing, writing Filed under: Arthur Clarke, authors, Bach, Mass in B-Minor, quotations, science fiction, The Fountains of Paradise

Nightmare on Lit Street

March 18, 2008 gaisheagirl

Novelists Strike Fails To Affect Nation Whatsoever

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Posted in: publishing, rejection, writing Filed under: books, novelists, strike

Just Sayin'

March 16, 2008 gaisheagirl

If you need a great read having to do with all things Irish (which turns out to be, undeniably, the…

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Posted in: publishing, writing Filed under: books, Ireland, James Joyce, Patrick's Day, reading, St, Ulysses

Over Dinner

March 12, 2008 gaisheagirl

Karen Langley (author of Three Little Words) is a master a putting new friends together over dinner.  It’s a great venue for introduction:…

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Posted in: movies, publishing, wine, writing Filed under: dinner parties, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Girlfriends, Hollywood Hoofbeats, Karen Langley, Mimi Kirk, Petrine Mitchum, Salli Newman, the Cowgirls Game

Wigged Out

March 8, 2008 gaisheagirl

Novelist Susan Wiggs is apoplectic.  Her newest book, Snowfall at Willow Lake brought home the following stats in February: #1…

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Posted in: publishing, writing Filed under: Bookscan, Borders, Publishers Weekly, Snowfall at Willow Lake, Susan Wiggs, Waldenbooks

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