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Just Caught You Multitasking

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Several books and conversations converged for me this week on the topic of multitasking. Wikipedia defines human multitasking as, “The performance by an individual of appearing to handle more than one task at the same time.”  I’d first heard the word multitasking in the context of computers and the ability to process more than […]

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Your Turn: Something New

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I have been going to painting classes for just over a year now. They are run by my local college, Mid-Cheshire and are one of the highlights of my week. The group of people I paint with are lovely. If you ask for help the more experienced artists are happy to give advice but everybody […]

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Book Talk: The Cure for Modern Life by Lisa Tucker

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I picked up The Cure for Modern Life as part of a writing exercise for a writing conference I attended last month. It was the only one of five novels that I actually wanted to read, much less pay full price for at Barnes and Noble. I’ll be honest, what first attracted me […]

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Book Talk:Bedside Reading

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I’m one of those people who are drawn to explore bookcases when I visit a friend’s house. I love to see what books they read. Of course actually what is in the book case in the living room is probably last year’s reading or even reading spanning a lifetime. It occurred to me that the […]

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