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Thursday Thirteen - 13 Things I Like About Twitter

Found myself in a bit of a time crunch as I've been writing and researching and pestering people for their help with information about the book, lately.

Which is actually how this week's topic came about. So please, permit me to share with you:
13 Things I Like About Twitter
1) It's a quick and easy way to see what some of my friends are up to - even better than Facebook, because the whole point of Twitter is to be concise.

A peek at my Twitter list of procyclists. 2) The reason I...

Thursday Thirteen: 13 Things I've Done in the Past Week

Just for the heck of it, I thought I'd share a reasonably random peek into my life for this week's Thursday Thirteen. So now you have:
13 Things I've Done in the Past Week

1) Offered advice and - in a manner of speaking - counseling to a few different folks via Twitter. I've also been incredibly silly there, too. It's funny - I didn't think I'd like Twitter much, but a friend persuaded me to use it to follow all the cyclists on there. Now I'm pretty well hooked on it!

Doodle! 2) My ...

Thursday Thirteen: 13 Photos I Took Last Night

Well, I hate to say it, but I've been busy, busy, busy - and who hasn't, right? - but last night, the hubby and I took a few hours for ourselves. We had a lovely dinner at a Japanese restaurant, and then we went for a walk in the city center. We hadn't done this at night for a long time, and we brought along the camera and tripod to capture some of the scenes for posterity.

So, please, allow me to present to you
13 Photos I Took Last Night!

Thursday Thirteen: 13 Things I Have in Mind for Next Year

I know we're just now creeping up on Christmas, but I've already got my brain pan boiling with thoughts, hopes and plans for 2012. So, bearing that in mind, I'd like to share with you:
13 Things I Have in Mind for Next Year
(These Are Not Resolutions)
1) I'm considering putting Alternate Rialto together with Ask Me if I'm Happy in a single book. Don't know if I'll do it, though. I might do it for a limited time or something. We'll see.

2) I want to ride my bike a lot more. Well, span

December 23, 2003

My final blog for 2012 for Book After Book is now up! Come by and learn about the events of my first visit - ever - in Italy, almost exactly eight years ago today!

A Matter of Place - Why Bologna?

_ "Why Bologna?"

"Al centro esatto di Piazza Maggiore
con leggerezza da pattinatore
Bologna adesso voltati
mi fai commuovere
lo sai che esagero con le parole..."

"At the exact center of Piazza Maggiore
With the lightness of a skater
Bologna you now turn -
You move me
You know that I exaggerate with words…"
-        "A Bologna" ("In Bologna") by Samuele Bersani  (translation mine)

Thursday Thirteen: 13 Items on My Christmas Wish List!

Well, here we go: 'Tis the season and all that stuff. Everyone's running around looking for Christmas gifts, so I thought I'd share what I requested from Santa this year. I mean, hey, you never know, right?

So, with that in mind, please allow me to present:
13 Items on My Christmas Wish List!

The Bag of Holding. $39.99 (on sale!)

I don't care much for purses and/or shoes, but I'm crazy about backpacks and messenger bags. They're "my thing" as it were. And I LOOOOOVE this!!!!

There's...

WOW! Write On Wednesdays Blog Hop Post

Here's what I'm sharing for this week's
Write On Wednesday Blog Hop

First, my book teaser from Ask Me if I'm Happy:

_"Just a minute," she said, then came out of the bathroom clad in flannel pajamas, her familiar, shy grin on her face. "See? Nothing too revealing."

His eyes narrowed, trying to make out the pattern. He reached for his glasses before remembering he'd left them downstairs in his coat. "Che cos'è? What is that?"

"They're penguins," she said cheerfully. "Penguins holding...

The Perfect *Imperfect* Man? Davide Magnani (Ask Me if I'm Happy)

_ Davide

One of the most surprising aspects of writing Ask Me if I'm Happy had to be the way Davide was received by the first folks to read the story. From its earliest days, men and women alike singled Davide out:

"Davide is a knight in shining armor that we all pray for to come save us."

"This Davide fella gets more attractive by the word."

The story was reworked considerably before it appeared on Authonomy, but I was confident it would – for the most part, anyway – pass muster. Again...

A Week's Worth of Eyecandy

Well, I promised some eyecandy for the ladies yesterday, since I didn't feel it appropriate with my Thursday Thirteen post on John Lennon.

In fact, I'll go one better and give you a whopping SEVEN pieces of candy, one for each day until the next Thursday Thirteen. How's that for customer service, eh?

So here you go, ladies! Enjoy!
Alexandre Despatie - diver Anderson Davis Ben Ross - rugby player Yoann Gourcuff - French footballer Tyler Christopher