July - August 2008 | Spice of Life
I’m an avid reader and like most readers, I have my favorite authors. It never fails that when the next James Patterson “Alex Cross” book is released, I am there at the bookstore on that Tuesday (new books, CD’s and DVD’s are typically released on Tuesdays). When I read that Patterson […]
As May 12th will be the Fibromyalgia National Awareness Day, (in both America and the UK) and I will be writing a column for the May/June addition of All Things Girl, I thought I would pass on this alert I just received announcing a BlogTalkRadio discussion that will be broadcast tomorrow, check below to find your local time.
If […]
On 17 April, about twenty people, including me, gathered at Mid-Cheshire College in Hartford, Cheshire for an evening with Jo Bell, the Poet Laureate for Cheshire 2007.
Jo performed a number of her poems from her new book, “Navigation” which has recently been published by Cheshire County Council.
During her year as Poet Laureate, she had to […]
The Barnes and Noble near my house is relocating about a block away from their current location and part of that move involves not moving a single book from a shelf, but taking shipments of all new books. They are not re-stocking their shelves and have loads of great books on clearance at 40% […]
Earth Day is just around the corner and everywhere you go advertisers invite, order, suggest that you “go green.” I’m sick of it! When did being kind to the earth become a trend?
I can’t recall ever living another way. At the ripe age of 12 in the early 80’s, way before curbside recycling, I insisted that my parents seperate out […]
My favourite food is pasta but for some reason my husband does not want to eat this everyday. Last week, I had a four day trip, away on my own and naughtily I decided to indulge. On the first evening I ate spinach and mushroom cannelloni, washed down with two enormous glasses of house white. […]
I’m going on, yet another, diet. Will it be the last one? I don’t know, but I hope so. I am 35 years old and started my first diet and life-long obsession/struggle with my weight at age 12. I wanted to lose 5 pounds back then, and I’m STILL trying to […]
In part of my research on better health and lower cholesterol, I came across the American Heart Association’s website and the discovered that April 16this the official kick off for “Start! Moving“.
The celebrity spokesperson this year is Donny Osmond… and the challenge is to continue your resolution to live healthier - and part of this […]
This won’t be the last time you hear me whine about this, but there always has to be a first time, right? I have been instructed to lower my cholesterol - and to begin making diet changes that are lower in fat and cholesterol. Oh, and while I’m at making changes, it’s also been suggested […]
I’m in the process of writing a novel that takes place in and around a coffee bar. I was weaned on espresso, so this isn’t surprising, but I’ve noticed that my taste in movies and my taste in food play against one another.
First of all, whether I’m reading or watching a DVD, I respond to […]
I’ve always been a movie fan….it seems as if a huge portion of my dating and marriage life was spent at the movies. The translation of that is movies that I love enough that I want to watch a fifth of sixth time…. So, here is my list of five movies that I would […]
I once heard that if a writer studies their list of favorite movies, and from that list distills a central theme, then that’s what their writing should be about. This concept came up in one of my weekly writer’s group meetings, and we chuckled a bit trying to distill each of our own central themes. […]
So, I’m going to sound like a bit of a copycat here considering Penny and I seem to share tastes in favourite movies. What a tough choice. Only 5 favourite movies? I’ve actually struggled over this for the past week and my list keeps on changing every time I think about it. So, as of […]
One of my words for 2008 is Passion and I sent a portion of Saturday simply indulging in a passion of mine: a lust for vintage airplanes. I went to a museum near my home that housed a B17 (Flying Fortress)….lovingly restored to flying condition rather than “static” as most planes in museums […]
If you are lucky enough to be attending the Next Web Conference in Amsterdam, be sure to attend the Women on The Next Web Meetup during OpenCoffee tomorrow, Friday April 4th from 9am - 10:30am.
As Deb said, our mid-issue update includes the first part of our interview with author Lauren Henderson. Lauren would love to hear from her readers, and so would we, so we’re offering a little incentive.
We’ve got a couple copies of Kiss Me Kill Me to give away. If you leave a comment on the ATG […]
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