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Back into the Groove . . .
Tonight I attempt to get back into the blogging groove with a short, simple post. Thanks for coming back. I’m immersed again in my yoga book: The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice, by T.K.V. Desikachar, and wanted to share. Here’s a verse I found in the “Yoganjalisaram” section: Respect parents, avoid evil, seek… Continue reading
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The Liebster Award
Many thanks to ish ism for nominating me for the Liebster Award! Go visit his blog and check out this post. The Liebster Award is a fun way to recognize and promote new up and coming blogs of a good standard with less than 200 followers. Nominees are asked to: 1. Post eleven facts about themselves.… Continue reading
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Academy Awards Movie Madness-Amour, a Guest Post by Anita
Hi everyone! I didn’t make it to see “Amour” in the theater, but my friend Anita graciously agreed to write it up for you. Her thoughts are below. It’s her first blog post ever, so I’m sure she’d appreciate your comments. As always, thanks for reading! Amour is not a movie for everyone. It is… Continue reading
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The End of the Affair (Daily Post Writing Challenge)
This week’s Daily Post Writing Challenge is Image vs. Text. Link to the Challenge here. This is my contribution. Sometimes our love is misplaced. We love what is bad for us, but makes us feel good. We love what hurts us, but also gives us pleasure. We love with our hearts, not our heads. We… Continue reading
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“Us.” (With a cameo by Cindy Brady . . .)
I had a great weekend. I got to spend time with my best friend (even though I was driving her to the doctor- she’s better now). My husband cooked me dinner, did the food shopping, and brought flowers home for me. The kids are healthy and everyone slept through the nights. I made it to yoga… Continue reading
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V-Day Treat: Favorite “I Love You” Scenes
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I wanted to share some of my favorite “I Love You” scenes. I picked four out of millions and list them below, in no particular order. Happy Valentine’s Day! 1. Scarlett and Rhett in Gone With the Wind I’ve loved Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell, since I read it decades ago… Continue reading
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Academy Awards Movie Madness- Life of Pi
Did you ever want to read a book, but then you don’t? Then the movie version of the book comes out, so you go see the movie instead, and then you wish you read the book first? And then after you see the movie, you don’t really want to read the book anymore? That is me… Continue reading
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Welcome to Holland
Last week I mentioned that I was granted permission to post one of my favorite essays. It touches upon what it feels like to parent a special needs child. It was originally given to me by my son, M.’s, teacher years ago on the first day of school, and it has stayed with me ever… Continue reading
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Daily Post Weekly Writing Challenge
This week’s writing challenge on the Daily Post blog (www.dailypost.wordpress.com) is to describe a character from your life. Check out the challenge here. This is my contribution. I am twelve years old and I just woke up at Gido’s house. Gido is my grandfather and we will be spending the day together. Gido slept on… Continue reading
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Week in Review
Highlights and lowlights from my week: First, the lowlights: * It snowed. About five inches in the Trenton, New Jersey area. This meant that I had to dig out snow pants, waterproof gloves, hats, scarves, boots (which I did not have for my older son, so had to improvise). This also meant I had to… Continue reading
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