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Monday, Monday…

by Kathleen O'Reilly

So, I am out of things to blog about today.  I used up my interesting topic quota on Friday, so alas, I am forced to blog about boring things instead.  In my first official boring topic, I think the WhineSisters should have a SuperPacOfBonBons.  It should just like a political SuperPac, but it should be [...]

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Happy Friday!

by Kathleen O'Reilly

It seems like everyone is having a crazy week.  Sherri is tooling around New York, probably raising havoc.  Julia London is going to run her race with a nail gun in her hand, Jacquie is being all weepy mother, alternating between sweet teary-eyed bouts of “I’m so proud of you son!,”  and “Here’s how you’ll [...]

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Thursday Already?

by Julia London
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I’m late this morning and here is why.  I have been consumed with taking out a half wall the last two weeks, a project that grows a little every day.  Moose…you can see him there, peeking around the counter’s end, is afraid of plastic and does not like a lot of strange men in the [...]

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NO MORE PENCILS, NO MORE BOOKS!

by Jacquie D'Alessandro

It was an exciting week here at Casa D’Alessandro as our son graduated from college!  Yes, it is now official–the boy is a University of Georgia grad, with a Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs.  YAY!   Thought I’d share a few pics of the event (’cause we only took like 6,000 photos ).  The ceremony took [...]

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Kathleen, Kathleen…you done me wrong

by Julie Kenner/J.K. Beck

Winter is coming, she said. And at the same time she also said: Last night we watched the final episode of Season 1, and it was awesome. There were no “Who Shot JR” sort of cheap cliff-hangers that abound in television today. Instead, for Season 2 (starting on April 1st on HBO), we get the [...]

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A Little Taste of Texas

by Dee Davis
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When I first moved to NY—one of the things I missed the most was Tex-Mex food.  And at the top of that list were Texas tortillas.  You wouldn’t think there’d be a lot of variation in something as simple as a flour tortilla—but there is something special about those made in Texas—especially when they’re served [...]

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Everything Must End

by Dee Davis

So as you guys already know, I’m a big fan of watching TV.   I love the escape and am often found at the end of a long day in front of the tube with a favorite show.  And the advent of DVRing has just made it better! But one of the things I’ve always hated [...]

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Oh, Florida….

by Kathleen O'Reilly

Today’s post brings back the use of the paragraph, and I know everyone will be happy. I’ve had a *long* and hectic week, but starting today, I get to poke my head up out of my whole and breathe in, which is awesome, because our rhododendrons and iris are just now starting to bloom, and [...]

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One Giant Snowball

by Julia London

I know you guys have heard me complain about the half wall between my kitchen and living area that I despise.  It doesn’t serve any purpose but to block the sight of people in the living room, and to block the sight of people in the kitchen.  Tell me how ridiculous this is: So I [...]

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Way Back When…

by Jacquie D'Alessandro

Way back when, in November 1999, just a few weeks after the publication of my first book (Red Roses Mean Love), I was interviewed by Jill Vejnoska, a features reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  I was really excited about it, and Jill was extremely nice and witty during our phone interview.  She told me the story [...]

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Tequila!

by Sherri Browning Erwin

Is there any better way to welcome Monday? Kidding. I started with a breakfast smoothie, tequila free. Check out Smoothies 101 at my other blog, Sherri and Charlotte.  But Saturday was Cinco de Mayo and Kentucky Derby Day, and both occasions called for celebration here at Casa Erwin. Especially with my dad staying with me [...]

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Watching Girls

by Sherri Browning Erwin

Girls, as in the HBO show Girls, and not “watching girls” in general. Have you seen it?  If you haven’t seen it, you have no doubt heard about it because it seems to be all some of my favorite blogs can discuss lately. Usually with vitriol and not without a mention of nepotism. Girls stars [...]

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Once More With Feeling

by Dee Davis
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“Half my life is an act of revision.”  John Irving This week I’m revising.   (Double Danger, coming Jan. 2013) Taking a scalpel to my work and trying to make it better.   But sometimes it is like killing my children or at least bits of myself.   My words, each carefully thought out to make a perfect sentence [...]

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The 25 hour day

by Kathleen O'Reilly

I had planned to write this post yesterday afternoon.  I had it written down on my to-do list, a purposefully sparse piece of paper where the only the must of the must gets written down. Ha! The best intentions of mice, men, and overworked citizens of the world. Yeah, you’ve heard it all, but since [...]

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My New Burger Bar–You are All Invited

by Julia London
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Look how crazy I am.  I just opened my own personal burger bar!  In all seriousness, it is a new Facebook page and it is dedicated to women who have gathered around out of a love for books…but who also want to be healthy and eat right.  Being healthy and eating right when you sit [...]

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Touching, moving, sentimental and short

by Julie Kenner/J.K. Beck

I recently ran across this short film, Porcelain Unicorn, which won the Tell It Your way competition (3 minutes long, 6 specific lines of dialogue). I wasn’t expecting to be so moved, especially with only three minutes, but I’ve watched it twice now — once when I found it, and once when I showed it [...]

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Dog vs. Cat

by Dee Davis

Okay, so I’m pinch-hitting today—no boos from the audience.  It’s me you’re stuck with–and a funny that I’ve always loved and so am sharing with you!   The Dog’s Diary   8:00 am – Dog food! My favorite thing! 9:30 am – A car ride! My favorite thing! 9:40 am – A walk in the [...]

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Where There’s Smoke…

by Sherri Browning Erwin

There’s fire. Scary, big, rapid-spreading flames. It happened to my dad on Monday. His place of residence caught fire while he was out with his dog (thank goodness he was out with his dog). He came home to this: April 23: ACK! No one wants to come home to that. Everything he owned except his [...]

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Space, the Final Frontier

by Dee Davis

The world spins on with or without us.  And the passage of time, is often bittersweet.  As I age, I’m finding all kinds of new and wonderful experiences, but I’m also seeing things that were important to  me slipping away.  One of those “things” is the space exploration program at NASA.   I grew up during [...]

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Over and over…

by Kathleen O'Reilly

You know those people who listen to ONE song over and over again, looping endlessly, and never seem to get bored with it?  Yes. I am one of those people. It comes with writing. Oftentimes, I hear a song and I know the scene that goes with that song and it loops in my head, [...]

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Getting together

by Jacquie D'Alessandro

I love getting together with my two best gal friends, Wendy and Jenni (authors Wendy Etherington and Jennifer St. Giles) but since we live about two hours apart it doesn’t happen as often as we’d like.  Weeks ago we made a date for this past weekend–party at Casa D’Alessandro!  And boy, did we have fun!  [...]

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