Dick Cavett, a talk show host of the ’70′s and ’80′s, will be talking about “….The Price of Fame” at 7 pm on Thursday, June 23, 2011. He will be signing books at 8 pm. This is a “Socrates in the City” event taking place at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West [...]
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My sister just shared this fun little art meets writing “project”…and I’m thinking it might be fun to be part of. You pay a reasonable fee, have a blank book with a unique barcode on it sent to you, fill the book with writing and art (if I’m understanding correctly) then you send your book [...]
My husband and I are back from a wonderful vacation in Bar Harbor, Maine, with a stop through the White Mountains in New Hampshire on the way. I haven’t been blogging much for the past couple weeks or more, and thought I’d share my vacation with everyone to get back in the swing of things, [...]
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Charter. All opinions are 100% mine. The next best thing to reading a great adventure, or romance, or a historical novel, or just about any story in book or eBook form is watching a good movie. A movie sometimes leaves out the details that [...]
Many movies that we view were inspired by books, and I am sure for an author, having a book become a movie is one of the greatest compliments you can receive. I think of such titles as “The Chronicles of Narnia” series, “The Lord of the Rings” series (oh that the writers of those series [...]
As I sit here in my living room with my laptop writing emails, browsing the web, blogging, or reading a book, I enjoy having one of our classical local radio stations playing in the background. I love almost all types of music, but classical music is peaceful, and not distracting. If I’m busy working around [...]
I learned about a fun site tonight, the name sounds almost like a sneeze – “Kerchoonz“, which put a on my face, and when I stopped by for a visit, I found out the site is a lot of fun! I joined for free tonight, very easy to do, and got so caught up in [...]
In one of the discussion groups that I belong to the question was posed, “What book are you reading right now”, and though I do love books, and have a couple in process, I can honestly say that since the internet came into our home, I don’t devour books like I used to. There is [...]
I’m an “oldie but goodie” enough to remember Cher when she was married to Sonny, and they were just starting out in the entertainment industry. I distinctly remember lying on the beach at the Jersey Shore with friends, and our transistor radio blaring “I Got You Babe”. There were no iPods back then, or CD [...]