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When my friend, Tina, returned from Hong Kong, she brought me a gold drawstring bag and a tin full of candies. The bag is small and made from fabric worthy of a royal robe, but the tin is uninteresting and void of color. The candies are small and hard and wrapped in a waxy paper

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An advance review of my book, Maya Blue A Memoir of Survival, said my life and death survival instincts are

Can you believe it’s March already? Last week I thought the planets had fallen out of alignment, and now I’m

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This year, December 25th marks the date Christmas is celebrated and the day Hanukkah begins. It weighs heavy on my

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All of you know how much I love my dog(s), Annie, and if you’re like me, this will tug at

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This month I was going to share a number of my favorite things, but I decided it’s more important to

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