Shiny everyday American: Relief Journal post

5.30.08

I like shoes. Strappy sandals, kitten heels, flats and worn-in sneakers. It's all good. So off to the mall I went (without kids!) to scope out the spring selections. I walked through Bloomingdale's, hoping for a great sale. But what I found I didn't expect. Click here to read the rest ...

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Relief blog post: journaling Indonesia

5.23.08

I'm at Relief Journal again today with the continuing saga of life in Indonesia. And it's a saga, my Internet peeps. Today's post has a smidgen of soap opera, which is scary because I never watch that nonsense. Except for a tiny lapse in judgment in high school when I ...

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Relief Journal post no. 1

5.17.08

My first post at Relief Journal is up today. It's about living in Indonesia, something I've never written about before. I hope you check it out.

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Eat, Pray, Love: a travel memoir

8.15.06

Update (6/9/08) For my latest comments on Gilbert's book, follow this link. I don't read memoirs, I absorb them. I begin to read and I don't quit until I've come up out of the last word of the last chapter. I get easily involved with the author's experiences; I hate to ...

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