Macy's Flower Show is at the State Street store through Saturday, April 4. Getting off the elevator on the 9th floor, we encountered a friendly guide who directed us through the cavernous space to the show. This floor, most of which is normally vacant, has been transformed for the first time into a cheerful wine …
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Are you almost ready to finish writing your book? I compiled ten tips that helped me finish Caring Lessons. Check them out on Julie Lindsey's blog, Musings From the Slushpile, the seventh stop on the author blog tour for Caring Lessons. Plan ahead. Think about gifts for those special nurses in your life. National Nurses …
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May 31st is the deadline for renewing my license as a registered nurse, a license I’ve held for fifty years. For two years, I’ve been preparing myself that my golden anniversary would be a memorable time to let it expire. After all, I retired from working full-time twelve years ago and haven’t even volunteered to …
This morning I found that my blurb on WOW Blog Tour #6 was posted as a "related article" on this "allaboutlemon" touching reminder about the importance of hope. I agree, a good thought for a Sunday morning.
I'm happy to offer my older friends an opportunity to submit your words via written interview for consideration for a new book being edited by one of my writing teachers, Carol LaChapelle. Here is a blurb from her blog: ON THE GEEZER BEAT: Tales from Elderville a forthcoming book by Carol LaChapelle, author of Finding …
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First, thanks to all who stopped in today to read my post of this morning on living lighter. It's sweet and comforting to know that so many of us are in this health conscious run together! Today's author blog tour stop for Caring Lessons is with Laura McClellan at I Was Just Thinking.... No interview …
I learned this simple mandate, watch carbs, walk more, last fall from Laura Dion-Jones after I was a guest as a nurse author on her radio show. That encounter led to the blurb I wrote for the Caring Lessons Blog Tour Stop #4 (posted 3/14). When I told Laura about the blurb, she asked if she …
Each book reviewer on this ten-stop tour takes a slightly different approach. The blogger today, Kathy, at I am a Reader, Not a Writer asked me to answer questions. So, if you're following regularly, click on the link, and I'm sure you'll find something surprising. Like, What would I rather do: text or talk? She's …
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If you've read Caring Lessons, you know Marianna. In Chapter 7, Finding a Friend, she's the "Red Hair" gal I spotted in a class I was taking and determined, immediately, that she " could be the friend I wanted. A friend with an insatiable mind for learning" (p. 78). It was Marianna who first inspired …
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In the slideshow below, follow Marv and me as we walked from the greening (dyeing) of the Chicago River, past a lone bird's nest in barren branches, past the hopeful sign of new construction, through Mariano's grocery, to a final shot from our terrace of the start of the parade. Come on over. The door …
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