From the monthly archives:

November 2007

Eva…Still Evolving

by JHSEsq

We can all visu­al­ize our life as being a sit­com. Not all the time, mind you, but cer­tainly for some of it. Eva is the author of a blog she calls Eva…Still Evolv­ing. She is an Amer­i­can mar­ried to an Egypt­ian. So when she sees her life as a sit­com, she thinks she is “Lucy” […]

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OhMyWord! Did I Say That?

by JHSEsq

Though I’m a few years behind the 60s free-spirited gen­er­a­tion myself, I look at Ohmyword…Did I Say That, and imag­ine that, although also a few years behind that gen­er­a­tion, Lisa engen­ders the era far bet­ter than many of those liv­ing the era did. Cre­ative tal­ent, voice artist, actor, writer, lover, and ex-pat liv­ing in Paris, […]

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So, The Thing Is…Blog

by JHSEsq

Many times over the years, I’ve had to pack up my belong­ings and hang the “For Sale” sign out in the front yard. Now, I rent. And, I’m thank­ful in this month of Thanks­giv­ing, that I am not stand­ing in the spot in which Barb, of So, The Thing Is Blog, finds herself—having to deal […]

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A Painter’s Kitchen

by JHSEsq

Karina All­rich, pop­u­lar BlogHer author of the gluten-free food blog, Karina’s Kitchen, is also the very tal­ented author of A Painter’s Kitchen. A Painter’s Kitchen explores Karina’s thoughts, pho­tog­ra­phy, feel­ings, and free writ­ing. The site is pure artistry both aes­thet­i­cally and in con­cept and exe­cu­tion. Karina, mar­ried to a screenwriter/artist, lives in the remote New […]

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Observations from the Back 40

by JHSEsq

Robert Bourne describes him­self as a gritty old Cana­dian red­neck truck dri­ver. His blog is called Obser­va­tions from the Back 40. In his very mov­ing post enti­tled Thanks­giv­ing is 700 Miles he recounts a Thanks­giv­ing from years gone by and gives you a glimpse into the life of a truck dri­ver. He begins, “Years ago […]

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The Other Mother

by JHSEsq

It’s not as though alter­na­tive fam­i­lies didn’t exist in our par­ents’ gen­er­a­tion, but today, thank­fully, they have a voice and are inspi­ra­tion to those alter­na­tive fam­i­lies who may not have access to oth­ers like them­selves. Some blog­gers are espe­cially inspi­ra­tional in their deliv­ery and their mes­sage. Robin Reagler’s, The Other Mother, is an exam­ple of […]

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Where the Hell Was I?

by JHSEsq

Char­lie Hatton’s blog, Where the Hell Was I?, was one of the first blogs I ever read. He, in my eyes, was the big time. He had the big blogroll with really cool blogs listed on it. I wanted to be one of those cool kids. Char­lie is a humorist, stand up comic, and a […]

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Argumentum Ad Insaniam

by JHSEsq

The exis­tence or non-existence of a deity may well be an issue on the back­burner for most of us, most of the time. But for some, the argu­ment still rages. In fact, I guess it will ALWAYS rage. But for the author of Argu­ment Ad Insa­nium, who calls her­self “Name­sAre­Hard­toPick” there are fur­ther pos­si­bil­i­ties. It […]

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Second Hand Trypotophan

by JHSEsq

Karl of Sec­ond Hand Tryp­to­phan is Krazy. Crazy in a good way. Karl also has a col­umn in his local paper in Florida. Despite the fact that Karl is clearly not a “her,” he man­aged to get into the BlogHer con­ven­tion the past cou­ple of years, despite the raised eye­brows the . His sub­stan­tial following […]

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