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Category Archives: The Beatles
Publishing Failure and She Was Just Seventeen
I’ve been feeling like a failure lately because my essay, “Claudia Songs,” has been rejected so many times. I log onto Facebook and see so many of my writer friends publishing, some often, some sporadically, but they are publishing. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Caring for parents, Getting Older, Idiots, Performing, The Beatles, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Conferences, Writing Retreats
Tagged Catskill Mountains, Facebook, Justin Bieber, Lifebridge Sanctuary, Literature, Monologue, Monologue Performance, New York City, Performance, Plax, plax mouthwash, Publishing, Rite Aid, Sunday, T.M.I. Too Much Information, The Beatles, Walgreens, writer friends, Writing
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2012 So Far, 50 So Far
This post is mainly photos, just wanted to share some of 2012 with you all, as you so kindly share it with me. Sadly (or not) the pic below is what got my blog traffic up by a catrillion percent … Continue reading
Posted in Agoraphobia, art, lesbianism, Miracles, Overcoming Fear, Panic Disorder, photography, porn, Reading, Reading Out Loud, Sex, The Beatles, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Conferences
Tagged Beatles, Hudson River, John Lennon, lesbians, New York, New York City, Nude lesbian art, Nude lesbian pics, nudes., Strawberry Fields, Twitter, Woodstock
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50 Gifts for My Birthday
On my desk at work rests a photo of my father and step mother in their early 50s. As my 50th birthday approaches at the end of April, I try not to over think that photo taken in 1986 at … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, art, Cats, Coffee, Dancing, Death, falling in love, Rabbits, Reading, Reading Out Loud, Sex, The Beatles, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Conferences, Writing Retreats
Tagged AARP, Arts, Beatles, Birthday, Chicago, Experience, Facebook, Love, Middle Age, Old Age, Rabbit, sex, Spending Money, Stepfamily, Travel, Turning 50, Turning fifty, Wisdom, Writing, Youth
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Is it just me?
Or are we training our kids to blow up the world? Recently I posted the Rolling Stones song, “Gimme Shelter” to my Facebook wall. I chose a Youtube video that explored the 1960s through a collage of images. The video … Continue reading