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• Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions

  
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  this is a book about penguins.......................................... ........really...... but its really just a fable used to hide an even bigger lesson on "buy-in" or how to get people to believe in you and your ideas and inspire them to take action and change. its about an unknown penguin with no real ...
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• Book Recommendations for your Toddler

  
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  In case you didnt see it, I posted a poll in my sidebar (to the right).  I hope youll take a view seconds to vote!  I would really appreciate it! Lately, the little one (Alivia) and I have been doing a lot of reading.  And I mean A LOT!  10 books in one sitting wouldnt be unheard of in our house and not just ...
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• Cultivating the Silence

  
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  I keep in mind a belief . . . : who knows a word is girded round with silence finds a way to realms. – Lia Purpura Above me, the metal roof sings with rain, the not-quite-beat of spring dancing.  The coffee pot ticks that tiny click, I’m on. I’m on. Upstairs, Meander has gone back to bed – her needs ...
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• Call Me Zelda by Erika Robuck and a Giveaway

  
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    Big News! Today, May 7, a great new novel is for sale in bookstores: CALL ME ZELDA by Erika Robuck. It’s about Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of famous American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (of The Great Gatsby ), and about friendships and how they can help us heal. Erika and Call Me Zelda CALL ME ZELDA ...
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• You Have a Problem with Porn

  
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  The headline may appear rude, but if statistics are anywhere close...I have very strong odds that the headline is accurate with you . If not, thank God and continue to read; if so, read as if your life depended on it. Sexual Detox  by Tim Challies is a small size book of less than 100 pages...no fluff, no ...
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• Books!

  
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  The Muse and the Marketplace literary conference was this past weekend, and it left me feeling excited about all things writing and bookish.  One of the keynote speakers said, "If you use words to connect the dots in life, youre a writer." I love that idea, and plan to repeat it often (along with its obvious ...
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• Work and Criticism Required – A Writers Write Interview with Keith Wilson

  
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  I’ve known Keith Wilson for many years, ever since one of my closest friend’s husbands played in a band with him.  He’s a kind, creative, thoughtful person, as I’m sure you’ll see here.  I’m honored to share his words with you today. 1. Tell me about your latest project.   I am not sure if ...
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• Finding True Happiness in Retirement

  
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  Today will be the last post in our series about the book What Color Is Your Parachute? For Retirement by John E. Nelson and Richard N. Bolles. We’ll be discussing chapter nine: A New Chapter in Psychology and chapter ten: Happiness Is Only Real When Shared. These chapters deal with how to find happiness in ...
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• A Writer Presses Her Hand to the Glass

  
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  I have not seen many words yet. I’ve been awake for 25 minutes, and I’m quietly sidestepping the way information can come to me. I have left my smart phone face down. I have logged into only this blog site, not even reading yesterday’s comments.  I haven’t picked up a book or scanned the county newspaper on ...
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• Teaching English magazine, Spring 2013

  
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  The Spring issue of Teaching English magazine, edited by Kevin McDermott, is now out and is, as always, well worth reading. It includes winning poems from the 2012 poetry competition, and two helpful lists with reading suggestions - for first and second year pupils, and descriptions of the texts on the 2015 Leaving ...
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• Book Report: The Age of Miracles

  
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  I am stingy with 5s on Good Reads. I only give 5s if there is something really wonderful, insightful, clever, or life-changing about a book. I gave Karen Thompson Walkers The Age of Miracles a 5. First of all, I was in the mood for this book. After trying to choke down *Brady Udalls Lonely Polygamist (and ...
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• Book Review: Imitating Mary

  
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  Imitating Mary: Ten Marian Virtues for the Modern Mom by Marge Fenelon Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press, 2013 What can mothers today learn from a poor Jewish woman wholived two thousand years ago? If the woman in question is Our Blessed Mother,the answer is everything. Marge Fenelon explores ten of these lessons in ...
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• Why I Love Cheryl Strayed’s Wild

  
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                            Her death still makes me unable to lie down, - from “Long Dark” by Marguerite Keil Flanders All this past weekend, as I drove to Relay events and traversed a wide swath of Central Virginia in Honey the Hyundai, I listened to Cheryl Strayed’s memoir Wild. ...
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• CatholicMom.com Books for Catholic Mothers

  
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  Just in time for your Mothers Day Shopping, Lisa Hendey has put together an Amazon listing of all the books currently available under the CatholicMom.com books imprint from Ave Maria Press (including The Catholic Baby Name Book ) : CatholicMom.com books
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• A Fully Open Heart – The Writer’s Best Tool

  
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  Last night, P and I watched Life of Pi , a film I had wanted to see since it came out because the book marked me in a beautiful, profound way.  The film was gorgeous – Ang Lee is a master of directors – and the book’s ideas came through well, the value of stories, the reasons we tell them, the truth found even ...
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• Book Review: Dear God, I Dont Get It

  
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  Dear God, I Dont Get It by Patti Maguire Armstrong Liguori Publications, 2013 Why does God answer some prayers and not others? This is a question that plagues even adults. Sometimes, we pray so hard and think we know what God should do in our lives. And then, God does something else or He does nothing. What gives? ...
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• This Week in Books 4/26/13

  
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  Photo by me. Im on Instagram ! This week in the books! Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the #ThankAWriter project ! Maggie Mason  posted a recap , including how her first letter to Thomas Lynch resulted in an amazing gift from the author, some of the excerpts from the letters, and the winner ...
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• Book Review: Finding Grace

  
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  Finding Grace by Laura H. Pearl Waterford, MI: Bezalel Books, 2012 “Finding Grace” by Laura H. Pearl   is a Catholic coming-of-age novel set in the1970s. Grace Kelly shares a name with the famous princess, but little else. She’sa plain, awkward girl entering her teen years, struggling to find her place in ...
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• Girl Books and Boy Books – Nonsense Categories

  
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  When I was a kid, one of my favorite books was Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat.  My dad read it, and my mom read it, and then I read it.  I still remember the visceral reaction I had when he ate a mouse.  But since them, I’m hooked on adventure stories. Many people would call Mowat’s books “boy ...
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• Female Writers/Male Writers – Who Do You Read?

  
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  My mom’s favorite books were mysteries.  From Rita Mae Brown to Iain Pears to Alexander McCall Smith.  She loved them all. From VIDA’s The Count http://www.vidaweb.org/the-count-2012 My dad loves westerns – Zane Gray, Louis L’Amour, Ivan Doig.  He’s a man who appreciates a good gunfight and a happy ...
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