Sending out queries to schools regarding a creativity workshop I would like to conduct--art and charter schools. There is a lot of competition in Asheville, lots of artists and writers, to do that sort of thing, I imagine.

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Terrible, tragic in Aurora. How long will it be before Limbaugh blames this, somehow, on Obama. And we DO need more stringent gun control laws, though I support the 2nd Amendment.

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Will be collecting all of my essays focusing on creativity and producing a new book manuscript. I keep writing. I keep pitching. It's the only way to go for me.

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Getting an air hockey table for the back porch. For game night with family. It would be good to open up our home in other ways to others, now that we have a large place.

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Still fighting the battle of food binges at night.

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Sent a message to a Salon editor w/no response. This has happened so many times. No wonder I feel alienated from Salon. But the new OS editor does respond, and he is Salon. Emily did a few times.

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When your instinct says someone cannot be trusted...what to do? Maybe my perception is wrong, but I am not going to discount this feeling. We live in a me oriented and manipulative society, so it is bound to rub off on a lot of people without them realizing it people. Then, I must assess my own exposure to cultural problem. My s___ does stink, too. But I have come a long way in strengthing my resolve to be trustworthy and straightforward and considerate of others.  

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Going to high school reunion. there is one former friend I would like to get in touch with. He ignored my message to him some time ago, but I will try again. We could maybe have coffee when I am in Delray Beach-Boca.

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On the food thing...one day at a time.