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August 20, 2014
Review of “Defriended” by Ruth Baron
c3 may be the closest attempt I ever make to writing a young adult novel, but the experience left me with a better appreciation of the challenges faced in crafting a story that is realistic, timely and yet appropriate for all young readers. This is not an easy needle to thread, and when I heard that I knew someone who knew someone who had written a fairly successful young adult horror novel, I decided to give it a try. I am so glad I did.
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Filed under: kindred spirits Tagged: book reviews, crime, horror, novel, publishing, young adult
August 17, 2014
Jump for Joy
There is a joy to keeping a journal, and a feeling of accomplishment in working to make it interesting, well-written and attractive to others. Better than that, though, is that when random people like a post of yours, you look at their blog. And so many times you discover something wonderful.
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Filed under: y1: joy Tagged: dancing, joy, jumping
August 10, 2014
Writing for a Cause
That’s incredibly cool, I thought. In a burst of altruism I decided to donate ten percent of my proceeds from the book x0 to this organization. Be it a little or a lot, it seemed a good way to put something back.
Lest I sound more generous than I am, it is fair to mention that my husband and I have a fairly dismal record donating to charities. We mean well, we really do, but we tend to be too busy or having some kind of costly emergency ourselves and giving money to worthy causes just doesn’t seem to happen….
So yes, I sent the check off to Doctor’s Without Borders a few weeks ago, and just got back a wonderful little letter acknowledging what I was doing with my novel and thanking me for it. Terribly cool. I’m going to frame it and hang it in my study. I had no idea that being an author would have the potential to provide joys in so many ways.
Filed under: writing Tagged: causes, charitable contributions, Doctors Without Borders, gratitude, happiness, Southern Poverty Law Center, writing
August 4, 2014
It’s all about who you are
How many ways could you make your life easier, or even just more interesting, if you could look like anyone? I spent a good bit of time trying to devise the possibilities that might occur to a real life shape shifter.
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Filed under: y1: shape shifting Tagged: appearance, creating characters, shape shifter, shapeshifting, super powers, superheroes, teenagers with super powers
August 3, 2014
Breathing Deeply in Costa Rica
So here I am today, back in the ocean with snorkeling gear, wondering how this is going to go. I put on the mask and duck my head under. To my surprise, a year of deep breathing has had an effect.
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Filed under: c3: courage Tagged: adventure, be better, Costa Rica, deep breathing, health, improvement, overcoming, Qigong, snorkeling, travel
July 31, 2014
Animal Play in Costa Rica
I’ve started taking my quiet time at dusk out by the swimming pool. I sneak out like a teenager going for a smoke, and start my routine. Soon I have moved into the portion of my meditation that involves free movement and letting go of inhibitions. In it’s milder form it is known as swaying willow, but at its more expressive it is referred to as five animal play. I’m feeling pretty expressive today. I hear an odd noise close by in the bushes.
Filed under: z2: favorite posts Tagged: Costa Rica, meditation, monkeys, puzzles, Qigong
July 30, 2014
Many Paths in Costa Rica
“You must accept that not everyone is ready for qigong,” he says. No, I scream back in my head. Don’t use the word ready. Ready implies that there is only one way. As a Catholic child in a small Catholic town, I was taught that not all Christians were ready to become Catholics and we should help prepare them lest they be relegated to a lesser place in heaven. Later, evangelical Christians shook their heads at me when I argued with them about the narrowness of their faith, assuring me that I would come to believe what they did when I was ready. At least they hoped so, as they just hated the idea of my being tortured for an eternity. I wasn’t ready for Eckankar, or ready for EST and I’m still not ready for any organized religion that asks me to accept that it offers the only way.
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Filed under: y1: favorite posts Tagged: Costa Rica, eternity, many paths, personal freedom, Qigong, ready, religious freedom, tolerance, unique
July 29, 2014
Finding Forgiveness in Costa Rica
Gratitude goes well, but forgiveness hits a glitch. Not everyone defines the word the same. To some it includes an element of reconciliation, forgetting or moving on and several of us agree that defined that way, some acts are unforgivable. We get into a discussion about the meaning of the word, and several well meaning people pull in child molesters, sexual predators, genocide in Africa and, of course, Hitler. I find the images disturbing and enter the next exercise with a churning mind.
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Filed under: x0: peace Tagged: empathy, forgiveness, hugs, peace, Qigong, reconcilliation, world peace
July 27, 2014
Embracing the Yin in Costa Rica
The white side represented the male. You know. Shining, strong, noble, upright, something-ness that was active, productive and everything cool. But I was not to worry. Both were needed for life and equally important and that was the beauty of yin and yang. Screw the Chinese, I decided.
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Filed under: c3: favorite posts Tagged: Chinese, Chinese philosophy, feminine, Qigong, sexism, sexuality, yin, yin and yang, yin-yang
